Turkey - legs tied or untied?

[Paul Bacino]

We get a heritage bird from Butcher Box, the legs are trussed.  I have always cooked it that way w/o problems( I use a probe )  -- But I see a ton of photos with open legs ?

 

Thoughts

 

B

[liuzhou]

14 minutes ago, Paul Bacino said:

But I see a ton of photos with open legs

 

Hmmm. What kind of websites are you frequenting?

 

 

[AlaMoi]

one of the popular tv experts theories is . . . if trussed, the bird cooks more evenly . . .
of course . . .
dark meat aka legs/thighs needs a higher finish temp . . . so let them hang out helps as they heat from all sides . . . 
but then . . . 
the thermometer is supposed to go in the thickest part of the breast, which is not covered/protected on the trussed bird . . .
however . . . 
the rib cage part that is covered/protected on trussed bird doesn't have a lot of white meat on it . . .

 

reality:  likely does not matter

corollary:  pop-up timers don't matter either - they're always 'wrong'