Ultimate Turkey Recipes Guide:
for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Anytime

This is it: your uber-complete guide to Christmas and Thanksgiving turkey recipes and techniques. Need more be said?

This amazingly (even obnoxiously) thorough guide to holiday turkey may just well change your outlook on turkey forever-- who'd have thunk there was this much to know about a simple (though scrumptious) bird? In fact, you may get as tired of reading the word turkey as you do of eating leftover turkey once the holidays are over.

If you're attempting your first holiday turkey, you'll find all the techniques, turkey cookin' supplies, thawing times, recipes and stuff you'll ever need. Even if you've got plenty of experience cooking turkey, we have lots of information here for you, too. From super-special turkey recipes to gourmet gravy to complex cooking techniques, we've got all the bases covered.

If there's something to be known about cooking and eating a turkey, you'll find it below. Really.

Roast Turkey: These recipes for simple, tasty roast turkey are so easy that anyone can make them. And so tasty that any chef would want to.

Perfect Dry Brined Roasted Turkey: This incredible (and icredibly easy) method for cooking turkey makes for moist, firm, and flavorful meat... the likes of which you've never tasted.

Turkey Cooking Methods: Not sure how you want to cook your turkey this year? Here, we go over the different ways to cook turkey, from roasting in a bag to deep frying, and what makes each one great.

Turkey Deep Fryer Instructions and Recipes: Looking to make a deep fried turkey? This page will start you off with all the basic instructions, plus some great recipes for Cajun fried turkey.

More Deep Fried Turkey Recipes: Here are some more great recipes for a deep fried turkey, from a classic-tasting moist turkey with brine to a full-out Cajun creation.

Thawing a Turkey: If you've never made a turkey before, how do you know what to do with that frozen block of bird? We can help.

Calculating Cooking Times for Turkey: Don't know how long you need to cook your turkey? This page goes over cook times by type of bird and cooking method.

Supplies for Cooking Turkey: What do you stock up on for cooking a Christmas or Thanksgiving turkey? Here, we go over both must-have and optional supplies.

Cooking Turkey Drumsticks: Tips and recipes for cooking turkey drumsticks for Christmas, Thanksgiving, a summer BBQ, or whenever.

Barbecued Turkey Legs: Recipes and instructions for making sticky-sweet barbecued turkey legs.

Smoked Turkey Legs: For some, smoked turkey legs (like the kind at Disneyland) are the ultimate food. This page will help you get that same flavor at home.

Cooking a Wild Turkey: Tips on preparing a wild turkey, including plucking and skinning, plus some great wild turkey recipes.

Recipes for Wild Turkey: More great recipes for cooking up a wild turkey for Christmas or Thanksgiving... or just because it's hunting season.