Reheating fully cooked frozen turkeys
Betty Haston
11/26/08 		I have a 10-12 lb fully cooked, smoked, frozen turkey. As my family wants to spend the day away from home Thanksgiving and having a Thanksgiving dinner that evening, I'd like to reheat my turkey in my crockpot.

The oven cooking instructions are 350 1-1/2 hours. Frozen - 2-1/2 hours.

Is a crockpot safe enough to consider? If so, should it be thawed or frozen? If either is O.K., how long for either? My crockpot has a timer with a warm-hold method that's good for up to 10 hours.

Thanks!

ellen
11/26/08 		OK, this is doable in the crock pot. The safety recommendations for the crock pot are, not to do frozen, so I would get it into the fridge if it is not there already. Quarter it, laying the dark meat on the bottom, set to low, and allow 8 hours. If you will be gone longer, set it to go to warm after the 8 hours.

Did you know you can do dressing in a second crock pot?

Betty Haston
11/26/08 		Thank you. I appreciate the input. Just curious... why does the turkey need to be quartered? Why can it not be heated whole?