AIBU to think that after 40 minutes’ rest the Turkey will be cold?

[MaggieFS]

Not really AIBU, but a plea for advice. Even covered loosely in foil, won’t it get cold? Any advice? I don’t want it to keep cooking in a warming oven, but I’ve no idea how to navigate this.

My turkey is in now because I dont have the oven space! Figured gravey will save us all

I think it'll be fine? We leave ours to rest for that amount of time. If the gravy is hot it'll be great.

No it won’t unless it’s really small. Put tea towels over the foil to help retain the heat. We often leave ours resting for 2h+ and it’s still warm although we do have a big one.

It's fine - cover in double tin foil, and then a tea towel. It actually needs to rest and the gravy will heat it up anyway.

Cover tightly in foil and the gravy will warm it back up anyway. My turkey rests for a couple of hours and is always still warm and you can’t tell anyway when the gravy is on it x

They stay warm for ages under foil. It will be fine once you’ve put gravy on it.

It will be fine and the gravy heats it up anyway

Put clean tea towels or a regular towel over the foil to keep the heat in.

It will be fine. Cover in foil and then an old towel. It retains the heat for a surprisingly long time.

I think it will still be hot. But it confuses me because I am think it will carry on cooking.

Obviously depends on your turkey size but ours stays hot in a warm kitchen for hours! You can pop a clean towel over it to insulate it if you are worried!

Pop foil and. A couple of towels over it and it will be a good temperature to eat.

Cover with tin foil and then a couple of tea towels. It won't stop cooking for another 20-30 minutes, then it'll start to cool down. A sizable turkey would stay hot for about 2-3 hours. If you start carving it'll cool down much quicker so leave it in one piece.

For next year, keep an amazon (other boxes are available) box, and stuff with towels. We have the turkey box on top of the freezer all year!

You should Google questions like this. Or go on to BBC Good Food.

It’s not very big as only really DH and I for Turkey this year. The kids will have their obligatory sliver and whinge about it! Other guests are veggie.

I promise it will keep the heat and be all the better for ‘resting’. Tin foil and towels/tea towels as everyone says is the way to go. Have a lovely day ☺️

My turkey is in the oven now. When it's cooked I take it out cover in foil and 2 tea towels whilst everything else goes in the oven to cook.

An hour later my turkey has always been very hot and ready to serve up.

I do this every year.

As others have said, cover in foil and then a thick towel. It will be great.

wrap it tightly in foil, twice. Then cover with tea towels and towels. I do this and it stays hot for over an hour.
Spoon gravy over it before you cover it to keep it moist.

Why when Op has had some perfectly helpful answers?

We always cook it early then a double layer of foil and 2 tea towels and it stays warm and can rest for a couple of hours if needed. It shouldn't be carved quickly, resting it keeps the juices in and it stays moist. FIL is a retired chef and it was his advice to do that, it works well

I was told y a reliable source the best way is to leave it for an hour so I’m going to try this today

Mary Berry (says in the Radio Times) takes hers to her daughters house wrapped in foil/tea towels and in a sleeping bad zipped up apparently is fine 3-4 hrs!!

Dh is that you i swear we have just had this conversation and I said it will be fiiiine 😀 honestly op it will be fine and even if it does cool a bit gravy will heat it up.