Cutting up a turkey

[zxcvbob]

Wife and I are planning on staying home for Turkey Day this year.  I have a frozen turkey in the deep freeze, but that's way too much meat for us.  I would buy a roasting chicken (and still might) but I have that big turkey in the freezer already and it's been there for 2 years.

I have partially thawed a turkey before and cut it up like a frying chicken and refroze it in 4 or 5 packages.  That works OK...

How about cutting the turkey in half lengthwise with a handsaw while it's still frozen solid?  Cook half and rewrap the other half to cook later.  I would aim for cutting it down the breastbone and the backbone. 

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

best way?  band saw while its hard

[Tallpine]

Stihl with 24" bar 

[birdman]

best way?  band saw while its hard

Detcord

And if you don't have that, hack saw, but make sure it stays frozen.

[zxcvbob]

best way?  band saw while its hard

I don't have a bandsaw, so I'm planning to do the same thing with a fine-tooth carpenters saw.

Detcord or a chainsaw will waste too much meat.  Even if it is turkey.

[41magsnub]

Cook the whole thing, vacuum pack and freeze the leftovers?

[Jim147]

Cook the whole thing, vacuum pack and freeze the leftovers?

This. It's been in the freezer for two years already. Cook the whole thing. Eat what ever you eat, debone the rest, freeze the leftovers in serving size packages and make stock out of the bones and you can freeze that too.

jim

[charby]

This. It's been in the freezer for two years already. Cook the whole thing. Eat what ever you eat, debone the rest, freeze the leftovers in serving size packages and make stock out of the bones and you can freeze that too.

jim

That is what I would do.

[birdman]

I don't have a bandsaw, so I'm planning to do the same thing with a fine-tooth carpenters saw.

Detcord or a chainsaw will waste too much meat.  Even if it is turkey.

Better with a hacksaw.  Bone is hard and will catch teeth in even a finish saw.  Use a medium tooth hacksaw.

That being said, get a 12" "the torch" 14-TPI Milwaukee sawzall blade and go to town with a recip saw.  Will take a couple of minutes.

Then, since you obviously will be full of man-energy at that point, go cut a car in half. :)

[zxcvbob]

This. It's been in the freezer for two years already. Cook the whole thing. Eat what ever you eat, debone the rest, freeze the leftovers in serving size packages and make stock out of the bones and you can freeze that too.

jim

That's too easy, and isn't Manlyâ„¢ enough.  I really like the Sawzall idea.

[lupinus]

You could go all HEEEERES TURKEY! on it and use an ax

[birdman]

Which reminds me...I need a new sawzall :)

[zxcvbob]

You could go all HEEEERES TURKEY! on it and use an ax

[Chuck Dye]

I have twice had frozen turkeys sawn in half by market butchers.  One zipped through it without regard to the wire leg clip, saying he spent the extra $$ on the blade for that purpose.  The other left a few inches for my hack saw to protect his blade.  One charged $3, the other did it for free.

Ask around.

[Azrael256]

Just toss it in the fryer like that.  Should be fine.  Firemen *love* turkey.

 

[lupinus]

Just toss it in the fryer like that.  Should be fine.  Firemen *love* turkey.

 

Just make sure you have someone hold your beer first. And film it.

[RaspberrySurprise]

Just toss it in the fryer like that.  Should be fine.  Firemen *love* turkey.

 

Totally
http://youtu.be/hXESqkUf2IU

[MrsSmith]

This. It's been in the freezer for two years already. Cook the whole thing. Eat what ever you eat, debone the rest, freeze the leftovers in serving size packages and make stock out of the bones and you can freeze that too.

jim

While this is clearly the most rational and logical way to handle the bird (I'm very impressed Jim), it would negate his obvious desire to wield some form of cutting implement on it, thus depriving him of his fun.

Use the axe. Post video.