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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's aren't that much meatier than chicken and I've done quite a few 7 to 8lb chickens(7.5lb on the smoker here:
Roaster Chicken cooked on pellet grill - YouTube). It's enough for 2 meals(for 2 people) of meat/sandwiches and a third for a stew/soup/shepherd pie kind of thing.