Turkey Carving Tools & Equipment

Series Summary

Thanksgiving turkey is a tradition in most American households for Thanksgiving dinner. Observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States, Thanksgiving celebrates giving thanks for bountiful harvests, as well as celebrating family and friends. It is generally a very traditional family event. Sometimes called Turkey Day, Thanksgiving dinner almost always features turkey, but also stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.

In this free video series, our expert will show you how to carve a turkey. You've cooked a beautiful bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so learn how to carve it in a beautiful way. Our expert will show you how to pick the right knife for carving turkey, and then give you easy to follow instructions on how to carve turkey legs, turkey wings, and turkey breasts. You will also get tips and advice on how to pick the right platter for your Thanksgiving dinner turkey, and how to arrange the meat on the platter.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Jennifer Cail and on behalf of Expert Village I am going to show you how to easily care your Thanksgiving Day turkey. Our first step before we start actually carving our turkey is to discuss the equipment and ingredients that we will need. Of course your only ingredient is your turkey. A well cooked turkey should not be too much problem to cut once you find the joints and get the right spots. Secondly, the knife. The knife is extremely important because this is what you are going to do - is cut a turkey. I will go into different types of knives in just a moment. Next you will need a fork to hold the turkey. Either stick the fork in the turkey to hold it or if you have waited long enough then your turkey might be cool enough to hold in your hands. Either way, you want to make sure it is kept steady while you are slicing away. Next, the cutting board. And this is very important as something to put your turkey on. Hopefully it will have an edge in which to collect any juices from your juicy turkey and it also must be something that's not going to dull the knife once it cuts through. And of course, something to protect the counter top. And last but not least, you want some type of serving platter on which to put your turkey."