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Nu wave turkey

Appledeg — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:40:58 GMT

Can you stuff the turkey when you take out. The giblets?

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Barbarainnc — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:56:25 GMT

He talked about cooking the turkey FROZEN, then about half way done, take out the giblets and finish cooking. I guess you could stuff it half way of cooking, but the stuffing may never come up to temperature to eat it. I've never eaten stuffing out of the turkey. Instead I'd rather cook it in a dish and call it dressing.

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Mmsfoxxie — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:00:21 GMT

Under those circumstances, I wouldn't trust that the stuffing would be done.

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faeriemoon — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:06:25 GMT

On 3/23/2014 Barbarainnc said:
He talked about cooking the turkey FROZEN, then about half way done, take out the giblets and finish cooking. I guess you could stuff it half way of cooking, but the stuffing may never come up to temperature to eat it. I've never eaten stuffing out of the turkey. Instead I'd rather cook it in a dish and call it dressing.

I heard this too. Why do I find that idea disgusting?

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SharkE — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:12:30 GMT

Not all turkeys come with that stuff do they? seems like I got some I didn't have to worry about it. When you get a sale on chickens take out the gizzard and all that jazz then freeze.

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Barbarainnc — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:07:37 GMT

Jan was talking about having to take the time to thaw out the turkey in the refrig. or even putting it in a sink of water. He wanted to skip that step!! Just go to the cooking and half way take out the giblets.

I have a friend who cooks her turkey frozen with the giblets in it. Glad she told me, glad I've never eaten at her house.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:41:17 GMT

When I cooked my first ever turkey, I didn't know there were giblets in it so I cooked it without removing them. Worked out just fine; they got cooked and could then be removed for whatever you want.

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Cats3000 — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:56:48 GMT

On 3/23/2014 faeriemoon said:
On 3/23/2014 Barbarainnc said:
He talked about cooking the turkey FROZEN, then about half way done, take out the giblets and finish cooking. I guess you could stuff it half way of cooking, but the stuffing may never come up to temperature to eat it. I've never eaten stuffing out of the turkey. Instead I'd rather cook it in a dish and call it dressing.

I heard this too. Why do I find that idea disgusting?

Why? Because is IS disgusting. When we roast a turkey or a chicken, we thaw it completely if it's not a "fresh" bird, then we remove the giblets, then we clean out the inside just to make sure it's clean, then we season and roast it in our regular oven. If we did use a Nu-Wave, we'd do it the same way. I cannot imagine doing it the way it was presented on the show.

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Daysdee — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:35:12 GMT

Aren't the giblets in a plastic bag inside? I wouldn't want to cook a turkey or chicken with that inside even for half the time. Would be messy to remove too.

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faeriemoon — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:55:42 GMT

All the colors are still available.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:06:06 GMT

On 3/23/2014 Daysdee said:
Aren't the giblets in a plastic bag inside? I wouldn't want to cook a turkey or chicken with that inside even for half the time. Would be messy to remove too.

Mine were in a parchment-sort of bag, not plastic.

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Caaareful Shopper — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:36:32 GMT

Am I the only one that CLEANS the inside of the chicken or turkey after removing the giblet bag? If I was to use the NuWave, it wouldn't be for cooking whole frozen poultry, that's for sure. The thought of removing the bird half-way through to take out the bag and putting it back in the NuWave to finish cooking -- sounds gross to me.

I did like the cooking ideas of pork loin, steaks, chicken breasts, baking, etc.

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faeriemoon — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:12:31 GMT

On 3/24/2014 Caaareful Shopper said:
Am I the only one that CLEANS the inside of the chicken or turkey after removing the giblet bag? If I was to use the NuWave, it wouldn't be for cooking whole frozen poultry, that's for sure. The thought of removing the bird half-way through to take out the bag and putting it back in the NuWave to finish cooking -- sounds gross to me.

I did like the cooking ideas of pork loin, steaks, chicken breasts, baking, etc.

I clean and season the inside of a chicken or turkey.

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depglass — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:20:18 GMT

What about seasoning the bird? You do that half way through, also? This is a deal breaker for me. I'll stick with my oven and thaw the bird.

On the pro side, they are now saying you shouldn't rinse your poultry before cooking because you are splashing salmonella all over the place. But if you touch a half cooked bird, you are still contaminating your hands with salmonella because the temperature hasn't gone high enough yet.

Didn't SHOPHQ sell this thing awhile back, or was it a different brand?

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ilovedaisies — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:31:57 GMT

Not to get gross, but I will, I wash the turkey (or chicken) with running cold water and the back of a spoon and I get out little blood whatever's and other red tissue. Then I thoroughly salt and pepper it. I think I would skip using the Nuwave for turkey. If I had one, I would clean out chickens when I bring them home, then freeze them.

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Daysdee — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:38:27 GMT

On 3/24/2014 depglass said:
What about seasoning the bird? You do that half way through, also? This is a deal breaker for me. I'll stick with my oven and thaw the bird.

On the pro side, they are now saying you shouldn't rinse your poultry before cooking because you are splashing salmonella all over the place. But if you touch a half cooked bird, you are still contaminating your hands with salmonella because the temperature hasn't gone high enough yet.

Didn't SHOPHQ sell this thing awhile back, or was it a different brand?

Didn't Bob Bowersox sell a similar item from Sharper Image? Don't know what channel it was on.

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bells4me — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:53:58 GMT

I would never cook a frozen bird period.

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Cats3000 — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:16:41 GMT

On 3/24/2014 Caaareful Shopper said:
Am I the only one that CLEANS the inside of the chicken or turkey after removing the giblet bag? If I was to use the NuWave, it wouldn't be for cooking whole frozen poultry, that's for sure. The thought of removing the bird half-way through to take out the bag and putting it back in the NuWave to finish cooking -- sounds gross to me.

I did like the cooking ideas of pork loin, steaks, chicken breasts, baking, etc.

Are you the only one? No. My post explains how we do it, And yes, the method that was suggested during the presentation was less than palatable to me.

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Daysdee — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:23:36 GMT

They sure sold a lot of the NuWave. Always wanted one, but I kept myself from ordering. I wouldn't use it for turkey and now I only cook one or maybe two chicken breasts at one time. I feel it could be a lot of clean up for that amount of food. I would like it for baking potatoes though, but would take up too much room for the amount of food I cook at once and for the amount of time I would use it. I hope those that ordered enjoy and post how they like it and what they are cooking with it.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:01:53 GMT

Those of you who insist that you must always clean a turkey before cooking...what sort of contaminates do you thing you are removing by running water over it? The only ways to remove bacteria would be to wash with hot water and soap. Are you doing that? The cooking process will kill bacteria.