Smoked Turkey is the one topic I’m emailed about the most, espeacially this time of year! Questions range from the best brine to use all the way to the best way to carve a holiday turkey.

Because of this, I wanted to post a video to one of the best turkey carving videos I have seen. Ray Venezia is the Manager of the meat department at the New York’s Fairway Market, who better to learn carving tips and techniques then from a butcher! In this video Ray shows his step by step technique for not only carving a turkey, but also getting the most meat from that holiday turkey.

  This is the carving technique I use and I feel it is the best way to carve a turkey. Cutting the turkey this way also gives you a great presentation for your family and friends and helps in separating the dark meat from the white meat.

Do yourself a favor and watch Ray in this video, and if you have to watch again! I’ also included a visual aide chart to help in cutting up your turkey. You can find the New York Times article regarding the video and chart  at the link provided below.

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 Ray truly knows his stuff! If you follow his instructions you will surely impress your family and friends with your new found Turkey carving skills. I hope this helps give you some piece of mind in tackling that Holiday Bird!  Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

Carving The Perfect Holiday Turkey