It should be ok by next Thursday. Every year, we do the same about a week before, and it's always fine.

Mmm, salmonella. No thanks!

A guide: https://www.bhg.com/recipes/how-to/cooking-basics/how-to-defrost-a-turkey/

From freezer to fridge takes about 5 full days for our modest 12lb bird. Then of course it's cleaning out the innards time while briefly soaking in a deep sink of fresh cold water to dissolve any remaining ice crystals from the inside out.

Rob, are you saying I am doing it wrong??

Judy, I think that was directed at having a turkey in the washtub. I think you should be ok.

Not at all. Did you get a chance to look at the link? There are more factors than the weight... It gives a specific timeframe several sized turkeys.

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There is a way to do it in the sink with water, but it's not overnight. It is however a very fast, a matter of hours. And one can avoid salmonella, rather than leaving it in a tub overnight.

Judy, I've always heard 24 hours in the fridge for every 3-4 pounds. However, that was never long enough for me. I always needed another couple days. Maybe your 24 hours for every 2 pounds is more like it. Our daughter just put her 19-pound turkey in the fridge today to thaw.

DH just put our turkey in the frig today. 25lbs. Good reminder tho. ☺

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I put mine outside (it's in the 40's and 50's here) in a well insulated ice chest to thaw. It stays cold (serves as its own ice) and I don't have to give up the refer space. I turn it occasionally so the same part of the turkey isn't always being exposed to the top, warmest part of the chest.

"I put mine in the wash tub 24 hours. In the 'fridge maybe a month???"

Is that supposed to be funny? Or sarcastic? Or, just trying to poison your friends and family?

I have a 15 lb and I took it out today. I put it in the fridge where we keep beverages. It is colder than the average fridge, so it takes longer. I find a turkey isn't defrosted if I follow the charts, so I always add a day. On Wednesday I want it totally defrosted so I can remove the insides and let the skin dry out a day in the fridge uncovered.

I'm moving mine to the beer fridge today (16 pound turkey). Should be ready to go by Thursday morning.

My 8.5 lb. breast is thawing in the shed fridge. On Monday I'll do a presalt then let air dry in the fridge until Thursday. It's the same every year.

Another reason I like to order fresh ;) I'm another who finds I really should add a day in the refrigerator from what all the charts read for thawing or I'm pulling at the neck and giblets with pliers Thanksgiving morning. Happily I have a big refrigerator, and a second in the garage. The garage refrigerator is 'the guys' and often loaded with soft drinks and beer, their snacks. I am not above calling rank and taking their canned things out if I need the space.

I would have started thawing mine probably Monday or tomorrow because it always takes longer than they say. It is 14 pounds and we were going to eat Saturday. I was thinking of making it on Friday so the oven would be free the next day to make everything else. I still haven't gotten my stupid covid test from Walgreens. though, so I can't do anything.

I guess I did the correct thing, I hope. It is just shy of 20lbs. Just checked it and it is just starting to thaw. I think we keep fridge cooler than most people so maybe that's why. Anyway I should be fine.