Food Theory: You're Cooking Your Thanksgiving Turkey WRONG!

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It's that time of year again, where we all prepare to cook our favorite bird - the turkey! Listen, I am a connoisseur of Thanksgiving meals and the turkey is something I look forward to all year. So, it is VERY important to me to make sure that you are cooking your turkey the RIGHT way! You see, many people are doing it all WRONG! Today Theorists, I will show you the definitive way to cook your Thanksgiving turkey to make your dinner spectacular!
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[@virginiawatts8779]

Someone's tell Stephanie to stop flirting with the turkey she's a married woman

[@pierreking7241]

lmao

[@artistotaku8344]

😂😂😂

[@Pastel_Is_Always_Here]

No she's a hungry woman

[@hanzadriannervez6584]

Yeah she is cheating with matpat

[@CCDibujos]

@@hanzadriannervez6584 yup

[@breadbun1975]

“Its a business expense” “YESSSS” they’re adorable together

[@BCEKaushikKashyap]

That's true so true

[@kellyg2635]

they are definitely very adorable.

[@JohnDlugosz]

Two turkeys, zero guests.

[@Jm_the_gorilla_1296]

That is funny

[@Pg-ch5nb]

You are so weird

[@nerdyfoxes8000]

Steph: "I think we did it. He's sufficiently dead" Mat: *w h e e z e*

[@Multifandom.Moon.Edits.]

It had me dying too lol

[@user-hv2np3db3r]

Me too also how isnt this comment more popular???

[@edim108]

Honestly, relationship goals

[@MOoNBlox567]

Steph: Explaing how well it was cooked ( Well spiced, crispy skin etc. ) Matt : - Full mouth - Turkey makes me so happy...turkey is the best

[@milkywaycafe.]

I love they're dynamic

[@spudd5832]

Stephanie: It’s really moist, it’s well salted, it tastes seasoned, it’s a little battery, it’s exactly the way it should be. Mat: **mouth full** turkey makes me so happy

[@vrimb1]

men more simple, lmao

[@makenzycarter4023]

When I first read this I was like why is there a battery in the turkey?!

[@spark4924]

Mat 2020

[@QuBeeni]

Hahahahah I never ate a turkey cause i dont celebrate it

[@gemink7939]

​@@QuBeeni you don't have to celebrate christmas/ thanksgiving to eat turkey...obviously if you're vegetarian/vegan then yeah, you wouldn't eat it either... might also be a supply/demand issue as well.

[@geekygamer8434]

Stephanie: *explaining in extreme detail how the turkey is amazing* MatPat: "I like turkey. Turkey makes me happy."

[@tobybartels8426]

It's the tryptophan.

[@upgrade4975]

He is a simple man, with simple needs.....wait, He is a very complex person, but with still simple needs

[@dypsy3066]

Yeah.... Country turkey is too 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OttoTheJebediah]

it made it sound like he likes the country Turkey

[@dypsy3066]

@@OttoTheJebediah sende türksün ha? Bende. Ben genellikle böyle videolarda türk beklemem

[@meks039]

steph: yes, very moist, nicely salted, nicely seasoned, overall good cook. mat: i l i k e t u r k e y

[@maddiehagberg6353]

I have genuinely always hated all of the roasted turkey I’ve had, and I saw this video this summer (I think). I sent it to my dad, who’s in charge of the turkey every year. This year he spatchcocked it and I had seconds and took leftovers. Thank you so much for making this video. I can actually eat protein at thanksgiving now.

[@Potatoesop]

Yeah, I’ve never liked turkey because my grandma cooks it dead (its soo dry and bland), though we have ham at the table as well and I wouldn’t dare try to tell her how to cook her food… if it was my mom I would suggest this vid to her.

[@lindsaymosher4667]

Yeah, Turkey has been ruined for me because it’s always so dry and bland, it basically tastes lake hot water

[@lisahenry20]

Do people in the US not have gravy at Thanksgiving? In England, 90% of the time that we have turkey, we have gravy with it and that can save anything. If you have dry turkey, pour on some gravy (the gravy shouldn't be too thick, but definitely shouldn't be too thin) and let it soak in while you eat some veg then eat the turkey.

[@BeaglzRok1]

"We get to have two turkeys" "And both of them were a business expense" That's peak dad feel right there, I'd slap a lens flare eyes on that YEEEEEEEEEEEEES

[@michaelg8841]

I’ll be here when this comment blows up... also I reported a comment that spammed links to KZbin vids your welcome

[@michaelg8841]

Nvm it got deleted

[@therranolleo468]

TaxPat is best Pat

[@williampallay5326]

Carrots and celery interesting.

[@mrzerolife367]

FETCH ME THERE SOULS!!!!

[@rebeccabates1562]

Matpat saying that the spatchcock turkey went in the second oven had my brain immediately hear markiplier yelling "I am a man who owns FIVE ovens"

[@verryberryman7655]

YES!

[@BrotherTheory]

@Yeetus Defeetus It's funny that MatPat owns FIVE ovens, that's just crazy :)

[@theavacoda5823]

@@BrotherTheory It's not MatPat that has five ovens it was Markiplier

[@APersonTM]

Omg yes

[@DragonLord-vv5uc]

same

[@MeMe-eo1st]

Steph: * goes Gordon Ramsey for 10 mins straight while discussing the turkey * Mat: TURKAY MAK ME HAPPI 😊

[@motherofbuns]

Tried spatchcock for my first (Canadian) Thanksgiving turkey this year and my family said it was perfect and theyre going to do it like that from now on!!! Took roughly 2 hours for 13 Ibs

[@thememegeneer5716]

Matpat: I’m not much of a skin guy So thats why he’s so obsessed with exoskeletons

[@rosewhipple9923]

😂 Amazing

[@Yarlor840]

*endo

[@Nobody-rg1pn]

@@Yarlor840 there the same thing

[@Yarlor840]

@@Nobody-rg1pn endo means inner, exo means outer

[@hamsterninja3955]

@@Yarlor840 the more you know

[@thatchillasian8924]

“Spatchcocking is the best way to make a turkey” People who took CPR Classes: “My time has come”

[@sammmmmp1455]

@@slevinchannel7589 Maybe they'll find a game or a movie that has the lore that would bridge to having a capitalism discussion.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@sammmmmp1455 Yes, that's one option. I bet there's more though.

[@itshappyhyrda3970]

@@slevinchannel7589 This is not Reddit you did not need to make stuff political it is just a video about food.

[@unserkatzenland8884]

@@slevinchannel7589 relatable? Why would he risk his channel for that? He has employees to pay and sponsors to please, and why would a natural science focus channel comments on social science? Too much risk for a place where masks are political.

[@germanfan6481]

Execute order 66

[@pigoverlord8250]

Steph: this isn’t rigged at all Mat: they don’t care A man of the people

[@jamesgarlick4573]

Cooked my first turkey when I was 25. It was actually pretty easy. Even used the juices to make a gravy for it that tasted divine! The turkey was moist, seasoned perfectly, and was overall a fun cooking experience

[@couldyou4745]

Yea its only hard if you cant follow instructions. Its really kinda troubling to think of how many people seem to think cooking is hard. Its not. If you actually try and are capable of following simple instructions. Be thankful that youre one of the few modern people who can follow simple instructions. We're a dying breed.

[@iambumbo7534]

Mat: *Talking about thanksgiving* Me in a country/family that doesnt celebrated: I like your funny words, Diet coke man

[@Lostmymind1]

DIET coke man.

[@iambumbo7534]

Fixed it

[@firemansytkaboom5199]

SALAD MAN

[@Sephoronstew]

Same with Christmas and Halloween 🥺😭🥲

[@BananaWasTaken]

Imagine celebrating Thanksgiving: couldn’t be me or anyone else in my country

[@jessicaadkison9675]

"I'm not much of a skin guy." MatPat the serial killer explaining why his victims come peeled like bananas.

[@jaqell007]

i am not agreeing to terms and service anymore

[@strawberryduchess656]

What the...

[@AcuraRSX-dz5xf]

He also stated that he didn't really like dark meat

[@cevdetfat244]

Hahaha

[@CongressGamingINC]

Plus he won’t have to worry about if the skin comes out soggy lol

[@Bleuxisong]

I couldn’t convince my mom to let us spatchcock the Turkey last year, but over this past year I’ve spatchcocked multiple chicken to show her the benefits of it and now we’re doing it this year.

[@maddog3574]

Two years later and I’m hoping they kept to the data that they found and did a spatchcock this year and didn’t just go back to tradition because trying something new can make your life so much better. Happy Thanksgiving to whoever sees this, talk to anyone you care about, tell them what you love about them and I hope you can finish this year on a happy note with 2 wonderful holidays.

[@little_wintry3098]

I love how MatPat just rambles for ages about how important and difficult the turkey is, because in my family, it's a goddamn title to be able to cook the turkey (one my mom holds very proudly). Actually, I was born the day before Thanksgiving, so while my mom was in the hospital with a newborn, the rest of the nearly 25 people we had for Thanksgiving that year were scrambling to figure out who could actually cook (since my mom does the stuffing, turkey, gravy, and cranberry sauce. This woman knows her Thanksgiving).

[@Vileplume87]

That should be a movie

[@MidnightDrake]

Oh my god same here. ..For me its november 24th (Dont know if its different or not where you are from) which is the exact day before thanksgiving for me.

[@leohargrave]

November 21, happy late birthdays to those stuck in the Thanksgiving month

[@Kevintendo]

@@Vileplume87 I’d watch that movie

[@anxygls6209]

I'm born four days before Christmas

[@Buttermilk_the_pony]

Steph: **critiquing the turkey as if she's a judge on Food Network** Matt: *~tUrKeY~*

[@nathansiagian289]

My god this comment is accurate

[@Democrab]

this comment is underrated

[@mementomori5898]

Matpat: turkey makes me happy

[@kittymeowmeow8568]

Turkey is definitely delicious but I think that MatPat really appreciates turkey more than I do

[@jamesakin9996]

Turkey is my favorite meat. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving I get the turkey leg my will not take it out of fear

[@Racko94]

Having deep fried turkey is also amazing. Smoked turkey is good. Having a turkey that is smoked for 3/4 of the cooking and finished in the deep fryer was probably the best turkey I've ever had. The only time that my family ever went to get another turkey to cook. Honestly haven't had an oven baked turkey in over 15 years, but I'm interested in trying this out, now.

[@LorenzoKim]

I love this episode. A lot of content creators act kitchen illiterate for a reaction, but you guys put effort into finding answering questions. Respect

[@beanacademy2376]

Stephanie: *Giving her Honest Opinion* Mat: "Turkey Makes me so Happy..."

[@WeegeSeries]

That made me happy as well

[@neonpinkqueen1403]

Bless

[@icebreaker9995]

Turkey makes me happy too

[@huntertimmons6465]

Turkey makes me very happy

[@elainad6728]

I like chicken :)

[@HDTomo]

Game theory: theories Film theory: plot fixing and filling Food theory: scientific tests

[@andrewp8549]

I Love this comment!!! But does that mean films and games aren't theorys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@andrewp8549]

@@kbye2321 Ok. I just like the theroyists.

[@MLGProMaster-tu9tz]

@@andrewp8549 Don't listen to him boah

[@Roseasuko]

Nah games and films (occasionally) are theories but food theory is the whole scientific method

[@huck2147]

The perfect trio

[@cass2000]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Since watching this video, which was so much fun to watch, more than once too! My mother and I have been cooking our Turkey like this for every occasion we make one for, so delicious and simple. Thank you and the team so much!

[@ItBeKyo]

I just wanted to thank y'all for making this video. I've been returning to it every year since it came out cause it's such a great tutorial. Definitely has helped me up my turkey game!

[@serveturkey3324]

Friendly reminder: get to defrosting your turkey this Sunday.

[@BrotherTheory]

That's very friendly of you, Serve Turkey. Thank you :)

[@heysaucemikehere1804]

Thank you, Master Turkey

[@lolom8772]

Thank you kind turkey

[@odaysiam2631]

Oof I forgot to feed mine

[@charleslegada09]

Wait why Sunday?

[@asteroiderer]

Imagine you're that turkey in whatever afterlife it has and he's looking down as they're doing "CPR" on his long dead corpse.

[@acgeewhiz]

That turkey stole my wallet, there’s no way it’s not looking up from the afterlife.

[@halex6016]

Love that food theory gives us more of Mat and Steph together, it's so nice seeing these two laugh with each other and enjoy being in each others company as they progress with the theory of the video. Love this channel.

[@DannimusPrime]

I'm glad this popped up on my KZbin before Thanksgiving this year of 2021 I'm gonna try it out. I have only cooked a turkey once and though it wasn't terrible I hated the whole let's cook this bird for 3-5 hours. 2.5 hours is definitely much better and just makes getting the whole meal done so quicker.

[@edwardjenkins5421]

Alternative title: "How to perform CPR on a turkey, whose goose is cooked."

[@trishie_V]

**does CPR** "I think we did it, I think he's sufficiently dead."

[@mintygachacow]

I think that's healthy... It's not breathing

[@TheKrazyguy75]

I was just thinking of this on a human. Paramedic pulls up. Cuts off the head. Rips out the spine. Cuts down the neckbone. Administers CPR. "Well, guys, we did our best, but he just didn't make it."

[@offensivebeefroast5407]

@@TheKrazyguy75 username checks out

[@Speed001]

@@TheKrazyguy75 and then the patient walks out of the room. Or imagine if that worked.

[@preciousmariepenuliar209]

@@Speed001 or the patient suddenly get cooked (how idk magic) then they have a feast eating the patient

[@kameronmckinnon5527]

Awesome to see the difference between the two, in recent years my family used slow cookers with the juices in the bottom with a lid so it keeps the meat moist

[@brockmckelvey7327]

I'm rewatching this at 2x speed cause I just want to see the recipe, but I can't skip over the setup/thesis. MatPat, please keep doing what you're doing!

[@charlesfrancis7166]

MatPat: You're cooking your Turkey wrong! My Grandma: Who dares summon the ancient one!?

[@elainad6728]

Grandma: I heard your hungry

[@triggerhappy8595]

Fortnite?༎ຶ‿༎ຶ(〒﹏〒)

[@Insorainity]

Nono it should be: WHO *DARES* SUMMON *THE ANCIENT ONE*

[@SuperDrPancho]

Those ones who summon the wrath of the elder calamity shall be erased from this plain of existence into the gap between worlds dammned to eternal starving torment

[@lorriehicks7156]

Hey! Grandma isn't that old. 👵

[@herosoris1545]

Get yourself a man who looks at you with as much joy as Matpat does when eating turkey.

[@WobblesandBean]

I'm 37, at this point I'm lucky to even get a call back from any guy, let alone a decent one 😭

[@herosoris1545]

@@WobblesandBean not everyone needs a man you know. Just live life until love finds it's way to you! If you spend all your time chasing butterflies, you'll never see the field of flowers you run through to find them. ^^

[@user-ge8yf1rg8f]

@@herosoris1545 Yes, some want women, some want both, some want non-binary peeps as well, some only want their good friends, some want nobody.

[@user-ge8yf1rg8f]

@remmi Not just someone, EVERYONE.

[@buttersfan0__]

Yes😐🙂

[@High_Kahl_Ray]

Today is the day before Thanksgiving 2021 and my fiance and I decided to Spatchcock our turkey tomorrow after I showed her this video at the end of last year. Watched it again to reacquaint myself. Thanks again for doing this one MatPat

[@largefriesandacoke]

This literally saved my thanksgiving. Thank you Matt Pat

[@lukelee4590]

When you realise MatPat can keep your attention longer with different ways to cook a turkey than any of your teachers ever could

[@kaliberkam0681]

Mat can u be my tutor!!! It would be like a tutor patreon where u compare stem and core classes but we all get mini theory too!

[@isiahvolcy3137]

That is sadly true

[@amongussus4]

I'm vegetarian, I find this diguisting still watching it.

[@thegamingpuppet8381]

BURN like the teacher's turkey

[@abhinavkumarsaini1595]

@@amongussus4 Yes me too

[@pkpkpkpkppapapakpkpkapakap5462]

0:39 MatPat: "thanksgiving and turkey name a more iconic duo i'll wait." Me: You and diet coke.

[@the-anhpham3364]

Lmao true

[@eclecticsoffy]

Lol tru

[@rebordinance]

not anymore

[@eclecticsoffy]

@@rebordinance oh yeah, still funny tho

[@PearoIGuess]

@@rebordinance friendship ended with cola, new one with harris teeter diet cola

[@irosquaredboku]

I want to see the yearly watch analytics for this video. I know that I rewatch it every year to refresh on how to spatchcock. CPR skills help so much.

[@drachir7146]

For next year, perhaps try wrapping the turkey in aluminum foil as that's what my family has been doing for years, and it allows for the picturesque turkey presentation while being much faster at 2 hours so I'd consider it as a medium option between straight roasting it, and and butterflying the bird

[@circleception6026]

“It’s Sufficiently dead” Just what you want to hear during CPR

[@magnificloud]

Task failed successfully

[@joeyjoey5393]

Hahahe

[@lucagrindean8741]

Mission passed +Respect

[@Stonecargo21]

@@lucagrindean8741 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpeygpmLn9-Nm7M

[@lucagrindean8741]

@@Stonecargo21 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2nGZqqjmrR_b9E

[@kunstderfugue]

You know you're an adult when the one thing that makes your day is getting to write off your favorite meal as a business expense

[@jezikerr3720]

This year, we ran out of time and I really wanted to try spatchcocking because of this video. We did it, spur of the moment and a bit rough but...it turned out divine. 100/10 will spatchcock again.

[@gamingdisastercayla]

My first time hosting thanksgiving I was wrecked with anxiety cause it seemed so hard but my mom helped and I realized, it’s not hard to cook, it’s hard to get all the good time right.

[@703Heat]

This is the only way to cook a bird from now on. Cooked my Thanksgiving turkey like this this year and just cooked two cornish hens for Christmas dinner with this method. Video changed my life. Thanks man.

[@cathpalug1221]

Glad to know your love for this method. Also spine can be used to make stock that freeze well in fridge, roasted or not.

[@shadowsseen6322]

Same here. This was my first Thanksgiving cooking so it definitely was a pleasant help

[@tuddthetotodile5448]

I’m not the only person who likes Cornish hens? They’re the BEST!

[@anuragneelam8527]

@@tuddthetotodile5448 same love em

[@Batsnang]

Yeah I'm either doing this or whole smoking from now on. I wonder if you could spatchcock-smoke.. I don't see why not 🤔 No more whole baking/roasting!

[@d1ss_tract1on27]

I love how wholesome their marriage is. Like, just matching each other's goofball and keep it fun

[@crossingplays2155]

I hope to achieve that one day

[@clarkj0sephkent]

Steph and Matt together on one frame makes me happy

[@singingislife18]

Dry brine the day before (salt and sugar rubbed on the skin). Day of stuff with onions and apples (lots of moisture which keeps it moist from inside), mayo on the skin (traps moisture and gets brown). Lots of herbs and chicken stock in the bottom of the pan for gravy and moisture. The Flavors by Ale recipe is amazing!

[@2Pixelated]

Stephane: *describing the Turkey in vivid detail and intense critique* Matt: “Turkey makes me happy...”

[@swordigo]

yeah

[@girlynewb2000]

matpat: nods happily :)

[@shifti7387]

#Copiedcomment

[@2Pixelated]

@@shifti7387 love you too buddy

[@WoodlouseChucker]

@@2Pixelated XD

[@nggames9201]

I love how Stephanie makes everything and matpat's like: hm yummy turkey

[@petlop412]

yummy turkey yes

[@elijahcrowder21]

Yes

[@MusicBlik]

This video is legitimately my yearly reference material.

[@GoldenDartRat]

Me too!

[@JamesBarnousky-kz5ql]

Also, buy two turkeys (if you can), in case you mess up the first one. If the first one comes out good, you can save the other for Christmas

[@crystalspeed7214]

"both of them are a business expense" that is why this channel exists

[@onenbking9486]

Yes...."Buisinesssss"

[@Nele__]

I was a business man, doing business

[@nethascotx24]

Me: Not even an American, I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving Also me: Oooh turkey

[@peet-janissen5838]

Turkey is a really taisty bird

[@m.dagasan]

🇹🇷

[@BarryTheLittleLad]

@@peet-janissen5838 chicken is the best

[@pesky_lara4321]

Haha same

[@Ketnja]

we have turkey on new years and man, it's so fucking good

[@allokay3559]

just spatchcocked my first turkey for my family! thank you for teaching me this!!!!

[@deannal.newton9772]

I do agree with you on this one, my mom and I would wake up at the crack of dawn just so we could cook the turkey first before we did anything else for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and another holiday that we cook whole turkey for some reason. My mom and I actually put our turkey inside of a turkey bag so that it can become more juicy and collect the rest of it for the gravy that goes with it.

[@Carflong]

“I think he’s sufficiently dead” Something about that doesn’t seem right.

[@Carflong]

@Harry Mough I don't think you understand, I was referencing something they said in the video.

[@thequad8945]

As opposed to the ones that could be revived and turned into undead turkey, it's a pain to catch it, especially if you buttered it, or I suppose if you wined it should be too drunk to get far XD

[@Carflong]

@@thequad8945 ?

[@emeraldkoala2543]

666th like... ....................

[@vinzcastro9304]

As a non-american I feel concerned at the fact that a 'Turducken' exists.

[@amandaedmunds8852]

I’m American and I’m concerned that a Turducken exists. o_o

[@dotty7789]

Most people in the US are too

[@amber4320]

I'm an American and I honestly don't know how to feel about the turducken

[@aliciacordero7436]

@Serphent Lesson #1 of the US: if it's concerning, it's both real and a joke >.>

[@vampire.__.komori7052]

As an American I’m concerned too

[@HunterxDante]

I did a literal first pump when you said spatchcock. I've been doing it for over 7 years for Christmas and Thanksgiving both at home and at work. Nothing can match that crispy skin. I always do compound butter under the skin and make sure you tuck the wing tips so the don't burn. Also the neck and spine are great to use for turkey stock.

[@couldyou4745]

"LiTeRaL"

[@animalsrcute5762]

Every since this one aired. We do our turkeys this way. And we usually have a turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. It's the best!

[@OsmSkylandersCheats]

I showed this video to my parents and they both asked about MatPat’s “Michael Jackson jacket”

[@nolyesjustcurls1159]

🎶Cause this is Thrilleeerrr, Thriller night🎶

[@Kraaven2026]

did they try it?

[@OsmSkylandersCheats]

Dhruv Bhojaraj The turkey thing? We actually didn’t have a turkey that thanksgiving, we just had a chicken that wasnt even that good

[@enguunerka3476]

we dont even do thanksgiving sad times

[@allyandbayleesstudio9822]

🎶He He🎶

[@Cburst]

"just get inside the turkey" my brain: *TURPATTEN*

[@BrotherTheory]

What does that mean :)

[@Cburst]

@@BrotherTheory well imagine matpat inside a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey

[@BrotherTheory]

@@Cburst Oooh, very ..... interesting! I love your comment, C. burst :)

[@Cburst]

@@BrotherTheory :))

[@jokerthekingly3708]

@@Cburst interesting, I like it.

[@amberica86]

I made my very first turkey this year, I'm 36 so I figured it's finally time to adult the f up. I was curious to see if I should have done it differently- and was DELIGHTED to see that y'all did it the way I decided to do it! Mom and I both made turkeys together this year and she was so angry that mine was better, LOL I have to give credit to Babish though for giving me the idea, but I am really happy to see the food theorists agree that I did it right from the get go

[@nozomiritter5048]

For years now my family has been using a rotisserie to cook the turkey. And it has been coming out perfectly every year since then!

[@bryanneris7670]

Can we just have a dedicated part of this channel just being matpat trying with steph new types of cooking methods and recipes?

[@baileyhuff3309]

I support this idea 🙋‍♀️

[@AustinD_YT]

this should be the case and this comment does not have enough likes

[@aryandoesstuff]

it is strange perhaps he is using a theory to keep us up

[@Speeda-Guy]

FoodTheory(FT) Live

[@themaincharacter4985]

Wholesome idea

[@pgnathan]

Editor: Lady just CUT THE DANG TURKEY everyone during their thanksgiving: *YES*

[@kennyplayz1469]

DO A VID ON DASONI

[@king_ian_yt]

Henry stickman

[@gapetheapegod7976]

Yeah

[@ish030]

Hahaha

[@zioncochran4940]

YES

[@melodyviewing7364]

I hosted my first thanksgiving a couple months back and I spatched it and it was amazing!!!! A little dry but this was my first ever turkey and it rocked!!!!!

[@christinaadams4187]

I had just as hard of a time cutting the spine out when I did it, but it was better for us as well. I do find that a roaster does better than the oven and goes quicker with or without spatchcocking it.

[@Cup_o_Caffeine]

But “Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people” -Saemus Gorman

[@IceMetalPunk]

Not wrong, but... I love the food.

[@heididavison816]

😂 that’s hilarious

[@factfactfan]

i love that line so much

[@briannguyen4929]

r/technicallythetruth

[@blazeprobablyanimates]

You watch Saemus TOo!?!?

[@jeanschyso]

me, a cooking-tube addict: "He's gonna talk about spatchcocking".. Nailed it.

[@KTRXR]

I only know this word exists from American Dad

[@lacytaylor1501]

So many years of Food Network has blessed me with a lot of strange knowledge that I don't need due to my lack of cooking other than box meals

[@quietone610]

Imagine Nigella Lawson saying it. No, my Google-fu is too weak.

[@spencerbrown4075]

He called us a Turkey 3:21

[@-UglyDucklings-]

Stop bragging!

[@KevinYannutz]

My family often has a prime rib for Christmas and prime rib trumps turkey IMO. I still really enjoy Thanksgiving though. As for spatchcocking the turkey, thanks for the tip. Stuffing/dressing is one of my favorite parts, but you can make it separate and outside the bird

[@charlesrockafellor4200]

I remember my overwhelming skepticism at the thought of oven bags ("clearly" a preposterous idea, compared to basting)... and my absolute conversion instantly after my first use of one. I wonder how those would help/hinder a spatchcocked bird.

[@Scars1023]

I wonder if that stock photo guy knows that he's such a commonly used character in the theory universe.

[@rosewhipple9923]

I wonder

[@nataliefarag8142]

We should finally give him a name

[@Scars1023]

@@nataliefarag8142 He looks like he could be a Dave. Or Jeff?

[@asdfghjkzxcbnm]

@@Scars1023 David or Johnathan

[@fenrirwolf4157]

His Name Is Brad

[@jamespwalter13]

We find out the reason they really started food theory: tax deducting all their food

[@MoriShep]

its a good play

[@darthvita11]

This video has changed my life for the better. I will never cook a turkey the normal way again. It’s so juicy and amazing. I will always recommend this to people as well. It’s so much better!!!

[@bincherito]

Never forget the food theory without a cold open. I did spatchcock my turkey this year though and I highly recommend it

[@rap7771]

Imagine if the turkey came back to life when stephany did the CPR

[@Hollow_Apollo_]

Thats impossible because it's headless but that would be hilarious

[@thecoopinater]

ITS ALIVE!!!!!

[@sixtythree2214]

ITS ALIVE!!!!!

[@hjonkhjonk2471]

College humor and cyanide and happiness would like to know your location

[@gamefalor8872]

*spatchcock tries too make a noice but it doesn't work

[@dragonicdoom3772]

Imagine Mat checks the airways and just hears a faint "I always come back"

[@moondough_]

but *that's* pizza simulator, not turkey simulator ;)

[@Charlie-ue5tb]

@@moondough_ Yes Exactly

[@ur_dieabetic_loser]

Hoooooo

[@psychoticleverage3374]

HA!

[@julianservantes1764]

Latest FNAF game theory reference Let me out

[@rebeccairlam5213]

I use to work in Nando’s and we would spatchcock our chickens when cooking them in the ovens. My mum always put butter under turkey for xmas, the best way to keep moist and not dry

[@TheOgZOMBlE]

i love seeing you guys happy

[@micahwarkentin3541]

Thank you MatPat, thank you for remembering us Canadians who have the weird tradition of having Thanksgiving in October.

[@sofiapharand6515]

It’s not weird. The majority of our country has a shorter harvesting period bc it gets colder so that’s when we celebrate the end of harvest lol

[@micahwarkentin3541]

True lol 😂

[@hoobajoob1]

the US's used to be as well, i want to say they changed it in the 30s/40s for some reason or another

[@tonhaogamergranudo]

It's not weirder than Brazil's. Our turkey feast in in christimas.

[@TheGaleden]

@@tonhaogamergranudo In North America we tend to have turkey at Christmas time as well, as for why, I do not know.

[@arkarts2987]

“Name a more iconic duo than thanksgiving and turkey?” Matpat and fnaf related trauma. Beat that.

[@zacharyperlee4179]

no man's sky, and underdog stories

[@zacharyperlee4179]

pewdiepie and that one bridge

[@bluelexialexamcv1909]

Matpat and slowly losing his sanity

[@YouveBeenBlitzed]

Goku and vegeta.

[@MatrixWorxs]

He said on Thanks Giveing. Not just a better duo.

[@emilyakerman6086]

I’m back for year 2, thank you MatPat!! Happy Thanksgiving :)

[@thelonggame9166]

HOLY FK! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I used your video and a couple other references to create my first turkey ever! This was perfect! Tastes amazing! Juicy! The juice actually spilled down my counter, so I have a bunch of cleaning to do! I've always avoided turkey for thanksgiving because I'm single and don't want to spend a ton of time. Between your video and a couple others, I'll be doing turkey for Thanksgiving as long as I can cook! (Thanksgiving 2022)

[@Girlcivilengineer]

Matpat, excited: "We have two turkeys this year" Steph: " And they're both a business expense!" Matpat, even more excited: "YESSS!" I love this channel so much.

[@Mike-sw4mb]

I think matpat just wanna eat the cleavage :) if ya know what im sayin

[@BrotherTheory]

I alos love Food Theory. But it's actually the people behind the channel who I like the most :)

[@savannahs.5874]

Its just so wholesome

[@cheeselord8153]

“We put the spatchcocked turkey in a *second oven* ” humble flex much

[@kosmic_overlord]

I went looking for this when he said it lol

[@christianemerson4622]

Mark is a man with 5 ovens.

[@stephen3164]

I have a twin wall oven setup. The ovens are each smaller than a range type oven, but you can cook things at different temperatures at the same time. Or for Thanksgiving, you can cook side dishes in one oven while the turkey cooks in the other. The double wall oven isn’t very expensive. We only use the one oven most of the year. Nice to have the oven at eye level too.

[@ciriadeflora]

@@stephen3164 I must ask my husband if we can get double ovens when we buy a house now.

[@styfen]

The whole kitchen is a humble flex. But they earned it.

[@michaelholmes7479]

My favorite part is the stuffing Really like to see how that stacked up in a challenge

[@thomasdean302]

I love how long it takes to cook my bird I use a flavor injector needle mixing the same seasonings for the outside mixed with butter and injected into the bird then about every 1.5 hours I take the juices in the bottom of the pan and inject those back in

[@artscats3752]

No one: The most wholesome thing I’ve seen today: *”Turkey makes me to happy”*

[@n00bbruh40]

Next year: deep-fried turkey v. Spatchcocked turkey

[@xicor333]

sous-vide is by far the best preparation. separate the turkey into all its pieces raw. cook for 4 hrs in a water bath (not active). put the pieces on a cooling rack in the fridge (this can be cooked in advance). deep fry to reheat and crisp skin at dinner time. Being able to cook the turkey the day before or in the morning when you arent having to do other things is really nice.

[@stinkpie]

Deep fried spatchcocked turkey? 🤔

[@marcobisi7768]

'Murica Vs a little bit less 'Murica

[@thomasalias8492]

Deep frying a whole bird is the worst idea ever. IDK why people do it. it's the reason turkey gets a bad rep and why when you talk to 10 people, at least 7 of them will say they prefer ham because turkey is dry...

[@xLoafY]

@@stinkpie HmMmMmMmMmMmMmMm 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh124]

ty you saved my thanksgiving forever

[@blueblazestar]

My husband loves spatchcock-ing all our chickens, and they always come out amazing

[@manwithnoplan4546]

*STEPH* = critiquing like gordon ramsey *MATT* = turkey durged

[@Historygeek2006]

Turkey makes him happy❤️

[@TheJokesterSCR]

Speaking of Ramsey, watch his holiday turkey video to learn the RIGHT way to cook a traditional turkey. There is no comparison. I've made it 5 times and about to do it again. It's way easier than how these two did it as well. I dunno why they made a video about how difficult making a turkey is, cause it really isn't.

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

Here's my theory. Pat is using this channel to make his Thanksgiving dinner a work expense for tax purposes.

[@Jalu3]

That's just smart, it's business!

[@isaacwilliamson9659]

Not just Thanksgiving, every holiday he has an excuse to eat Turkey

[@PhoenixTwoFiftySix]

big brain

[@danielraiber3639]

I have been spatchcocking my turkey since i first saw it on an episode of "Bob's Burgers". I cooked a full turkey in only 45 minutes. It was amazing. Have not changed since then

[@Lunneus]

I've been doing this to all my chickens and turkeys for a few years now. Finally taught my mom how to too, it's so much better than trying to roast a whole bird. also i just really like cutting up poultry soooooo also also smoked turkey neck is absolutely delicious, 11/10 would recommend /w rice.