I really wanted to sous Vibe a Turkey, Because Turkey can be sooo Dry but everything I saw online was Anti-whole turkey… Well, I DID IT! and it was the best Turkey I have ever had.
I got the biggest food saver bag I could find which was a roll of the 11" wide. The smallest Turkey I could find was 11.68Lbs
I made the bag about 30 inches long. The bag width was still a little small so I oiled the inside with olive oil and had a friend help me stuff the turkey into the food saver bag. It was TIGHT but it fit. I put the Turkey in legs first. (pointed end)
I threw in a few herbs and spices, and then sealed the edge of the bag. Because I put the Turkey in Legs first there is a lot of air in the cavity of the turkey. I flipped the bag, cut the seal at the leg end and then re-sealed it while removing the air.
But you want to leave a lot of bag left, more air will come while in the water bath. You will do this again in an hour or so.
I used a new 5 gallon paint bucket, set the Wand to 145 degrees. Covered it with press and seal wrap. After an hour or so there was a lot of air in the bag from the turkey. I took it out of the water bath. ( make sure you turn the wand off, the water level drops) cut a tiny corner and re-vac sealed. Now it was perfect. The Turkey had shrank a little, the seasoning started to spread.
With the Turkey in the bucket, I believe it was around 3.5 gallons of water.
I kept the turkey in the water at 145 for 5 hours.- Took it out. It was late so I put the turkey outside to cool for the night. (its 33 degrees here) The next day. I cut the food saver bag off. Saved all the juices in a bowel.
Put the turkey in a roasting pan. Threw on a few more seasoning and roasted Convection for 1.5 hours at 450. The White meat on this Turkey was so moist and juicy. The meat, the skin everything basically melting in my mouth. It was AMAZING.
I used the juices to spoon over the turkey a few times during the convection roasting. The drum sticks came off with a little tug, no knife needed. I am looking into seeing if a meat store can vac seal a larger turkey for me to try again. I also may purchase a second Anova wand to use 2 at a time if I need to use more then 4-5 gallons.
SOOO Moist and yummy., Will do this again!