Are you cooking a turkey in a roaster for Thanksgiving or other occasions? If yes, you love to try different techniques to cook a turkey as you are going to cook it in a roaster oven. It cooks faster in the roaster oven. Cooking turkey in a roaster oven not only makes it buttery, tender, and delicious but also free up some valuable open space and time. You have to know a perfect cooking time to cook a turkey in a roaster oven. Here, we are going to explain how long to cook a turkey in an electric roaster?
How Long to Cook a Turkey in a Roaster?
As we all know that Turkey is huge in size and its sizes are vary. The exact time of cooking a turkey depends on which size of turkey you are going to cook as well as it’s stuffed or unstuffed. If you are cooking a turkey in a roaster oven, you have to cook it at 450°F-500°F or higher according to your roaster oven for 30 mins. and rest of the time cook it at 325°F.
| Turkey Weight | Approximate Cooking Time (including 30 minutes at 500 degrees Fahrenheit) |
|---|---|
| 8 pounds | 2 1/2 hours |
| 10 pounds | 3 hours |
| 12 pounds | 3 1/2 hours |
| 15 pounds | 4 1/4 hours |
| 20+ pounds | 5 1/2 hours or longer |
Pro Tips for Cooking Turkey in the Roaster Oven:
For best results, try the following tips:
- Preheat your roaster oven to its highest temperature settings for the best browning. Put the turkey in the oven after it is preheated.
- For a moist, beautifully browned turkey, soak cheesecloth in wine and melted butter. Now, place the cheesecloth on the turkey breast and baste the cheesecloth with additional wine and melted butter as the turkey cooks. Discard the cheesecloth in the third hour of cooking.
- For crispy skin, using butter will help brown the skin as well. If it’s not as crispy as you would like in the roaster oven, stick the turkey under the broiler for a couple of mins. to finish it off.
How Long to Cook a Stuffed Turkey in a Roaster?
You have selected your favorite stuffing and your oven is preheating. The pies are all ready to be adorned with whipped cream when the time is right. Now, you are willing to know how long to cook a stuffed turkey in a roaster oven? Here, we are going to explain how much time it will take to cook a stuffed turkey at 325°F oven.
- For 10-12 pounds of turkey, you have to roast it for 3¼ hours to 3½ hours.
- For 12-14 pounds of turkey, you have to roast it for 3½ to 4 hours.
- For 14- 18 pounds of turkey, you have to roast it for 4 to 4¼ hours.
- For 18- 20 pounds of turkey, you have to roast it for 4¼ to 4¾ hours.
- For 20-24 pounds of turkey, you have to roast it for 4¾ to 5¼ hours.
The safest way to determine the exact timing of your stuffed turkey is by checking every 15 mins. or after the 3-hour mark using a meat thermometer.
