Turkey Surgery': See the One Violent Trick That Can Cut Thanksgiving Turkey Cooking Time in Half

If you're prepared to get physical with your turkey, you can celebrate Thanksgiving in less than half the time.

A stuffed turkey can take more than 6 hours to cook, but as Business Insider's Sydney Kramer detailed in a Friday video, that cooking time can be slashed to 90 minutes with one simple trick: cutting out your turkey's backbone.

The "turkey surgery," as Kramer called it, "isn't for the squeamish."

Watch the video to see how a backboneless bird gets crushed...

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...and cooked up.

If you need further Thanksgiving tips, you can always call the government hotline dedicated to turkey-roasting advice.

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