It may sound like something from Stranger Things, but Thanksgiving meal is often cooked upside down. Roasting your chicken breast side down keeps
it farther from the heat source, allowing the juices from the dark flesh to drip down to the white meat, making it juicier and less dry.
Should turkeys be cooked upside-down? This trick appears to treat a dry fowl, but our Test Kitchen experts warn it's too good to be true.
Learn why cooking a turkey upside down is troublesome and our tried-and-true approach for making the perfect turkey with crisp, golden skin and juicy meat.
Turkey roasting typically occurs in an oven at 375℉ to 400℉. A 12–14-pound upside-down turkey is on a hot roasting rack in a hot roasting pan.
Do you use a wooden spoon and paper towels to flip the bird? Wrap oven mitts with foil? Is turning a turkey right-side up safe and easy? Unfortunately, no.
That's the main problem of upside-down turkey cooking. When you flip a large turkey upright, you risk spraying yourself with hot turkey fat or burning
The roasting rack can create marks and indents on the turkey's breast, the show side, when cooked upside down.
Roast right-side up for the prettiest bird. Check out our greatest Thanksgiving turkey recipes for fried birds and spice-roasted breasts for inspiration.