# Turkey size?

**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/turkey-size/290
**Category:** General
**Tags:** turkey
**Created:** [January 15, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/turkey-size/290 "2015-01-15T04:42:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Trebor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Trebor](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Trebor)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/turkey-size/290/1 "2015-01-15T04:42:04Z")

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How big of a turkey or chicken can I cook? TIA.🙂

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### Author: ![nvaughn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@nvaughn](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/nvaughn)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/turkey-size/290/2 "2015-01-15T22:21:14Z")

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@Trebor Around a 20lb. turkey (Remove bones & clean) in a 5 gallon pot, covered, should work great ! Split all of the meat from the breast and do not sous vide bone, as it could puncture the bag.

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### Author: ![Trebor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Trebor](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Trebor)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/turkey-size/290/3 "2015-01-16T01:53:49Z")

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Thanks for the advice. 🙂

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### Author: ![jordan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/jordan/32/532_2.png) [@jordan](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/jordan)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/turkey-size/290/4 "2015-04-02T19:19:55Z")

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@Trebor I’m going to close this discussion since we have another related conversation which I noticed you’re also on 🙂

For others who come across this - we’d love for you to join in on! It can be found here:

[http://community.anovaculinary.com/discussion/414/](http://community.anovaculinary.com/discussion/414/)

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### Author: ![rowpatton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/rowpatton/32/1985_2.png) [@rowpatton](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/rowpatton)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/turkey-size/290/5 "2017-11-23T00:53:12Z")

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> [@nvaughn](#):
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> @Trebor Around a 20lb. turkey (Remove bones & clean) in a 5 gallon pot, covered, should work great ! Split all of the meat from the breast and do not sous vide bone, as it could puncture the bag.

I have turkey split breasts and a heavy duty vacuum sealer - is it okay to leave the bone on?

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### Author: ![chatnoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@chatnoir](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/chatnoir)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/turkey-size/290/6 "2017-11-23T17:05:42Z")

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Why not use the bones and trim to make a broth or stock for your gravy?

Large turkeys can have sharp exposed bones from the saw. To be safe either double-bag the meat or pad the bone with a few of layers of good quality plastic wrap before sealing.