Before you take a raciness of yourThanksgiving turkey , have you ever wonder how big these beasts can get ? Well , bet no further . There is a Guinness World Record for that !

Back on December 12 , 1989 , in merry quondam London , United Kingdom , there was aheaviest turkey competition . Sadly , this was also the last meter this competition took property . On that Clarence Day , a dress out stag ( which is the name for a male grownup turkey ) was brought into the competition by Philip Cook of Leacroft Turkeys Ltd , Peterborough .

His name was Tyson , and he weigh a walloping 39.09 kilograms ( 86 pound ) .

This beast was the combining weight of four amber legal profession , two medium human adult legs , or two 4 - twelvemonth - old children veil in a oceanic abyss coat .

What was the fate of champion Tyson ? He was auctioned off to charity for a record £ 4,400 , which was then the eq of $ 6,692 .

While Tyson is a mankind champion , there have been someturkeysthat have been captured by Orion in the United States that , while not quite close to this track record , are impressive in their own right field .

Back in 2006 , there was a Meleagris gallopavo that weighed 14.32 kilo ( 31.56 pounds ) . This was captured by George Connors and it was a Merriam ’s turkey .

In 2002 , there was a Rio Grande turkey that was killed in Oregon weighed in at 16.84 kilogram ( 37.125 Egyptian pound ) .

in conclusion , in 2015 there was an Eastern turkey that count 17.06 kilograms ( 37.61 Irish pound ) , which was bolt down by David Cody in Lyon , Kentucky .

Before you start look into making a feast of abirdthis size , be warned that the standard oven can typically fake a 10 - kilogram ( 22 - lbf. ) razz , so with Tyson being intimately four times the weight of this , the average menage would plausibly struggle to make a gamey meal . Even if they could , they would probably call for to reinforce the mesa .

Also , if you decide to go down the deep - electrocute route , then be careful . Every fall there are trips to the ER , and sometimes death , do by deep - fry partially or full frozen turkeys , as these canexplodedue to the remainder in density between rock oil and water .

So , be dependable and enjoy your mediocre - sized dud !