Here are the basic steps to roast a turkey, from Butterball: * If you don't have a rack, you can use vegetables or crinkled up aluminum foil to keep the turkey off the bottom of the pan.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut the last two joints off each turkey wing, leaving the wing drumstick on the bird, and put them in a small roasting pan. Roast until the skin is well browned ...

Transfer the turkey, skin side up, to a shallow roasting pan or baking dish not much larger than it is (about 8 by 12 inches). Roast. Slide the turkey into the oven and roast until the juices run ...

The news started percolating last week in grocery retailer trade publications: Butterball, the nation's largest turkey producer, will only be able to deliver about half the large, fresh turkeys ...