Theres an unusual amount of smoke coming out of my oven. What should I do?
First, check to make sure that no part of the turkey is sticking over the pan rim; if it is, push it back in place. Also make sure that the pan itself doesn’t have a hole that fat is dripping through; if it does, slide the pan onto a larger, shallow-rimmed pan. To get rid of smoking fat, wipe it off the oven bottom with a pad made of folded damp paper towels, pushing them over the oven bottom with a long-handled spatula. Another reason for smoke is that your oven may be averaging hotter than 475; if so, reduce the temperature setting by about 25.
