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i have cooked 44 thanksgiving turkeys...never had this problem before but I never used pure convection setting on the oven, I have used convection bake setting before. I never did the butter/cheesecloth thing, I did take off for last hour of cooking and I did not baste....because people who have...

i would like to hear from someone who has cooked turkey using convection and/or cheesecloth? Or anyone who has had this tough skin problem.

I bought an organic turkey and cooked in oven at 350 on the convection setting. 18 lb bird took 3 hours....first two hours I covered the breast with butter infused cheesecloth. The bird sat for an hour before we ate loosely covered with foil. The meat was OK, but the skin was tough and inedible...