Meat & Poultry Cooking Times

If you are cooking a joint of meat or turkey/chicken for Sunday lunch, or any other day, then you need to know how long to cook it for.

Whole Stuffed Turkey

Metric	Imperial	Cooking Time
1.4kg	3lb	1½ hours
2.3kg	5lb	2 hours
3.6kg	8lb	3 hours
5kg	11lb	3½ hours
6.8kg	15lb	4½ hours
9kg	20lb	5 hours

Whole Chicken

Allow 20 minutes per 450g/1 lb.

Joint of Beef

Allow 20 minutes per 450g/1 lb plus 20 mins for rare,
25 minutes per 450g/1 lb plus 20mins for meduim or
30 minutes per 450g/1 lb for well done or for a boned and rolled joint.

Joint of Lamb

Allow 25 minutes per 450g/1 lb plus 25 mins for meduim or
30 minutes per 450g/1 lb plus 30 mins for well done or for a boned and rolled joint.

Joint of Pork

Allow 30 minutes per 450g/1 lb plus 30 mins for meduim or
35 minutes per 450g/1 lb plus 30 mins for well done.

To crisp the crackling remove from the joint 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time and place under a pre-heated grill.

Boned and Rolled Joint of Pork

Allow 35 minutes per 450g/1 lb plus 35 minutes.

Please note that the metric and imperial equivalents are a rough guide only and are not exact comparisons.

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