[woodbutcher1963]

I use a temperature probe made by Polder.
Push it in the deepest part of the breast until you hit bone. Then pull it back about an inch.
Set the probe to 160.
Pull it out of the oven when it gets to 160. It continues to cook for another half hour. Worst case is you might have to nuke some of the inner most breast meat.

I have never tried the upside down method. I end up cutting about half of it. One platter for dark meat. One for white meat.

[mmichaels1970]

I use Alton Brown’s Turkey Triangle method which always works out well. Flash the Turkey at 500 for 30 minutes. Then cover the breast with a triangle of foil, reduce temp to 350, and cook til breast temp is 161. That method has always done well on Thanksgiving.

Might go pick up a couple extra turkeys at $0.33/lb later so I’m thinking about trying one in my pellet smoker.