My husband is an engineer. There is no way I could convince him to cook the turkey without using a probe thermometer. He needs to know, scientifically, whether the turkey is actually done or not. For full instructions on how to probe your turkey, u003ca href=u0022https://blog.thermoworks.com/turkey/accurate-probe-placement-in-turkeys/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003echeck out this handy articleu003c/au003e.