When should I take my Thanksgiving turkeys out to star thawing it

2-4 days ahead of time, depending on weight. I would probably take these out tonight. You should probably start cooking them on Wednesday.

Go to the following site & click on the new cook section. It contains very good Information for defrosting turkeys. According to the site it takes 7-1/2 days to defrost a 30 lb. turkey in the refrigerator, & 10 days for a 40 lb. turkey. It will take 15 hours of cold water thawing for the 30 lb. & 20 hours for the 40 lb. turkey. If no thawing has yet been started it appears that u had better use the cold water thawing method. You can cut down on the cold water thawing time if u start thawing the birds in the refrigerator until u r ready for the cold water method. They would at least have some thawing started in the refrigerator. Thawing at room temperature is not recommended as it could promote bacterial growth. Be sure to allow sufficient cooking time. It will take in excess of 6 hours to cook a stuffed bird & over 5 hours for an unstuffed bird. I hope u find this information useful.
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thaw in fridge 5-6 days !

Put them in the fridge Monday morning to defrost and by thursday morning they will be thawed out and ready to prepare.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving.

Two safe methods for thawing:

In the refrigerator. This is the preferred method, but can be difficult to arrange with a fully stocked fridge. Clear some space & allow one day for every 5 pounds of meat: a 15-pound turkey will require three days to thaw thoroughly.

Submerged in cold water. Using ur sink or a bucket, keep the turkey in its original wrapper & make sure it is completely covered with cold water. You may need to cover the turkey with a plate & place some heavy cans on top of it to keep it totally submerged. It is vital for the sake of safety that u change the cold water every 30 minutes. Using this method, it will take approximately 30 minutes per pound to thaw a turkey.

It is also possible to use a combination of the two methods--use the fridge for the first two days of thawing, & the sink on the day before Thanksgiving, when the refrigerator fills up with other holiday dishes.

For safest thawing, u put them in the refrigerator; this keeps harmful bacteria from growing in the outer parts that defrost first. Not very nice to give ur guests food poisoning! You will need to do this several days in advance, particularly with two of them, as they will bring down the temperature in ur fridge with all that frozen bulk! I would suggest Monday, yes. If not fully thawed by the time u need to cook them, u can also submerge them (still packaged) in cold water, changing it frequently.

Do it just before going to bed and wake up early round maybe 6 or 7 to roast it

keep them in the fridge then seeing as there big birds take them out of the fridge about 24 hours before

Read the label

Do not thaw outside of the refrigerator. Thaw 3-4 days ahead on the bottom shelf of the fridge, in the original wrapping, with the turkeys on a platter or pan to catch any drips. You can run it under the faucet if it is still a little frozen on Thursday morning.

Edit: Some of these thaw times are strange. I have made many turkeys and it takes 4 days, in the fridge for safety, turning it once or twice.

i would. put it in the fridge. put it in the sink on like, wednesday.

Go ahead and put it in the refrigerator, if it is not done by wednesday, set it out for a couple hours, but put it back in over night.