Defrosting A Turkey At Room Temperature. If you do defrutre turkey during this time you will lose some of its flavor and texture. Well I removed at 1900 hours Christmas Eve so Im in some bother.
Because room-temperature turkey falls into this danger zone it is not safe to leave a turkey at room temperature before cooking. Never defroze turkey while it hasnt been fully heated. Besides the fact that it is let us say unseemly to defrost a Thanksgiving turkey in some random bedroom to say nothing of the bathroom thawing a turkey at room temperature is a terrible practice.
Its fine to bring the bird partway to room temperature before roasting.
The safest temperature to defrost turkey is anything below 10C never refreeze raw turkey once its been defrosted. Be aware that not all fridges will be set to this temperature. At room temperature about 20ºC 68ºF allow approximately two hours per kg. Its fine to bring the bird partway to room temperature before roasting.