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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
What percentage of a turkey is meat? I was able to find a very small (8 lb) turkey for just the two of us. It got me to thinking about how much meat I will actually have. Normally when you buy a turkey the neck organs and giblets are packaged inside. I assume that this contributes the weight as do the bones.
Does anyone have any idea roughly what percentage weight wise you will actually end up eating?
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Turkey question: edible meat vs. total weight - General Discussion - Turkey - Chowhound.
My bird (a very large hen) weighed in frozen at 21.67 lbs.
I cooked this just for the meat, so once it was cooked, I put on my trusty, industrial, food-safe gloves and ripped the meat off while it was still reasonably hot (comes off MUCH easier that way).
I got 4 pounds, 5 oz. of breast meat and 3 lbs, 13 oz of dark meat (not completely dark, some of this was off the back, the wings, etc.)
So, the final tally: 8 lbs., 2 oz. cooked meat.
21.67*.49=$10.62 /8.125 lbs = which boils down to $1.31 per pound.
Maybe close to 40% of total weight