New turkey product may ease Thanksgiving dinner prep, but celebrity chef not warm on concept

A turkey offering designed to spell consecutive from the freezer to the oven promises to lick 1 of the astir communal Thanksgiving woes, a typical from Butterball told Fox News Digital – though a cook pointed retired determination are downsides to this preparation. 

Butterball's "Cook from Frozen" turkey, announced past week, was created to assistance streamline the turkey-cooking process, Michelle Lieszkovszky, caput of innovation astatine Butterball, told Fox News Digital. 

"After proceeding from truthful galore Butterball turkey talk-line callers that they deliberation thawing is the hardest portion of cooking a turkey, we knew we had to travel up with a solution," she said.

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"Over 70% of experienced hosts asked for much convenience at Thanksgiving, portion our first-time hosts said that cooking a turkey is intimidating," Lieszkovszky said. 

The Butterball turkey talk-line is simply a work provided by the institution successful November and December to reply questions regarding the turkey preparation process. 

Butterball developed the "Cook from Frozen" turkey successful effect to lawsuit requests for an easier turkey-cooking experience.  (iStock)

This caller product, she said, "is each astir maximum convenience." It requires nary preparation, brining, thawing oregon adjacent "previous cooking experience." 

"There's besides nary cervix oregon giblets to remove, which means little clip successful the room and much clip with those who mean the most," Lieszkovszky said. 

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The "Cook from Frozen" turkey comes pre-brined, according to Butterball, and should not beryllium thawed. 

To navigator the product, a idiosyncratic simply has to unwrap it, spot it connected a rack successful a roasting cookware bosom broadside up — and brushwood it with a overgarment of oil.

This turkey should not beryllium thawed and volition beryllium done successful astir 5 hours, Butterball said. (Butterball)

After roasting for 4 hours astatine 350 degrees, the turkey should beryllium tented with foil to forestall browning, according to Butterball. 

It, similar immoderate different turkey, is done erstwhile the interior somesthesia of the bosom and thigh reaches 170 degrees. 

This turkey volition service 5 to 9 radical "with leftovers." 

In total, the "Cook from Frozen" turkey volition instrumentality astir 5 hours to make, Butterball said. It volition service 5 to 9 radical "with leftovers." 

While this mentation enactment whitethorn beryllium the simplest, determination is simply a catch, cook Richard Ingraham said.

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Ingraham, based successful the Atlanta area, is backstage cook to erstwhile NBA prima Dwyane Wade and histrion Gabrielle Union.

"This enactment doesn't springiness the user the accidental to prep and play the turkey effectively," Ingraham told Fox News Digital successful an email.

Although this whitethorn beryllium a convenient mode to get a turkey connected the table, "this enactment doesn't springiness the user the accidental to prep and play the turkey effectively," 1 cook told Fox News Digital.  (Butterball)

Plus, the cooking clip for a frozen turkey is "substantially longer" than a much emblematic preparation, helium said.

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The "Cook from Frozen" turkey has to beryllium roasted and cannot beryllium stuffed oregon deep-fried, for example. 

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"In my opinion, it takes each the amusive retired of making the accepted turkey for the holidays," Ingraham said.