JOIN NOW LOG IN
iVillage GardenWeb iVillage GardenWeb THE INTERNET'S GARDEN & HOME COMMUNITY ADVERTISEMENT
Blogs
Garden Voices
Forums
Garden Forums Home Forums Nature Forums
Photo Galleries
Garden Galleries Home Galleries
Ask The Experts Tools & Directories
Organization Directory Events Calendar Hortiplex Glossary Zone Finder Garden Bazaar
       
Return to the Entertaining Forum | Post a Follow-Up

o
nesco roaster

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings
Posted by columbusgardener (My Page) on
Sun, Nov 9, 08 at 9:53

I hurt my back and I am really anxious about cooking a turkey in the oven this year. Have any of you cooked a turkey in a nesco and had it come out like they would if they were roasted in the oven?

can I still stuff it? should I put it up on a rack? gosh making reservations is starting to sound so much better....

any help would be welcome

Follow-Up Postings:

o
RE: nesco roaster

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

I have cooked a turkey in an electric roaster....more than just a few times. It's fine...yes you can stuff it and Yes I put the turkey on a rack.
Linda C

o
RE: nesco roaster

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

I had to ask - just because the manufacture says its so means nothing to me anymore..

thank you Linda - from the middle of my back

o
RE: nesco roaster

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

Use a rack. My mother used a Nesco type roaster (I don't know what brand it was) in the 50's and 60's to cook her turkeys at the holidays. They came out great, and did get a nice brown skin. My sister in law did one in a new Nesco a couple of years ago, and did not use a rack. The juices collected around the turkey, and it ended up being a boiled turkey!! Tasted okay, but the texture was strange.

o
RE: nesco roaster

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

If my link doesn't work, do a search (entire site) and you will find several long threads on the Nesco roaster which are totally favorable. I recently bought my first one and love it!! Ordered it directly from the manufacturer as there were none that I could find locally.

Here is a link that might be useful: Nesco roaster threads

o
RE: nesco roaster

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

Amazon.com has good prices & selections of Nesco & other brands of electric ovens.

Here is a link that might be useful: Roaster ovens on amazon.com

o
RE: nesco roaster

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

Our church just held their annual Turkey dinner today. We cooked 16 turkeys in roasters and they turned out great. We just seasoned them with S & P, added about 1/2 gal. water and cooked at 350 for about 4 hours. The skin doesn't really brown but it tastes great. BTW we cooked a total of 40 turkeys and fed 1100 people!! whew... what a day!

o
RE: nesco roaster

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

I second what mammacass said. I did my Christmas turkey in a Nesco roaster a few years back. It tasted fine, but I did not have any luck with browning. To me, that has some appeal, so I use the roaster for other things, but not my turkey anymore. If a nice roasted skin isn't a major factor for you, the Nesco will get the bird cooked just fine.

  
 

 

 


Click here to learn more about in-text links on this page.



iVillage GardenWeb: The Internet's Garden & Home Community
Join | Garden Forums | Home Forums | Exchanges & Trading | Member Pages | Contact Us
© 2006 iVillage Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Policies FAQ | Advertising
  
  iVillage Home & Garden Network