Overcooked, dry turkey probably counts as the No. 1 stressor for most Thanksgiving cooks making the bird. However, a dry turkey is still a viable turkey, if you know how to re-hydrate it.

The absolute best way to cook a turkey is hotly debated, but if you want a perfectly juicy, mess-free turkey, all you need to do is pop it in an oven bag.

"Everyone goes into Thanksgiving Day with a half-frozen turkey," said Kobylinski. "And you can't get the bag of giblets out because they're frozen in place." It takes one day for every 4 pounds of ...

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