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1 Thaw breast side down, in an unopened wrapper, with enough cold water to cover your turkey completely. 2  Change water every 30 minutes to keep the turkey chilled. 3  Estimate a minimum thawing time of 30 minutes per lb.old Water Thawing. 1  Thaw breast side down, in an unopened wrapper, with enough cold water to cover your turkey completely. 2  Change water every 30 minutes to keep the turkey chilled.
An 8 pound turkey will provide enough for dinner for us with some leftover turkey for the next day. I put one turkey breast in the fridge to thaw and one in the freezer. You want to plan 1 day of thawing in the refrigerator for every 4 pounds of turkey. The turkey took 6 hours on high in my slow cooker.Slow cookers vary so I recommend that you start checking the internal temperature at about 5 hours. Once it has reached 170 degrees in the breast (and 180 degrees in the thigh if you are cooking a whole turkey) you are ready to pull it out and serve it.n 8 pound turkey will provide enough for dinner for us with some leftover turkey for the next day. I put one turkey breast in the fridge to thaw and one in the freezer. You want to plan 1 day of thawing in the refrigerator for every 4 pounds of turkey. The turkey took 6 hours on high in my slow cooker.