I whipped this up today because I am always having to look it up and figure out when I am supposed to put my turkey from the Freezer to the Fridge. I plan to pretty it up over the next few days but hopefully this will be helpful to others (me too since I am cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year). I am open to suggestions too if you have any.
“Guesswork”? It’s a pretty simple formula, IIRC…
“Thaw time in the fridge requires about 24 hours for every 5 pounds in a refrigerator set at about 40 degrees F (5 degrees C). Thaw time in cold water requires about 30 minutes per pound in cold water, refreshed every 30 minutes.”
Does this work with chickens?
Asking for a friend. (Honest. I’m supposed to be doing a big batch of chicken and dumplings for a thing. Either the chicken is bigger than I recalled or… I’m an idiot. It’s in water so we should be good,)
As a side note: do not fry even partially frozen turkeys. Or if you do… record it and post it to YT.
I guess “GuessworK” was the wrong thing to say. More like googling formula, doing the math, then counting the days backward while looking at a calendar is more apt. It’s really more whimsically convenient than anything. Like I said, I made this for me, but thought I would share it if it could be useful to someone else. Please feel free to not ever think about it again.