Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2022

Watch our video on how to carve a turkey and bone-in ham!

If you are only interested in the bone-in ham, fast forward to 13 minutes. Thanks for watching and we hope this helps!

Cooking Instructions for Ham or Turkey? See below!

WHEN DO WE NEED YOUR ORDER?

We recommend you placing your order by November 9th this year.  This does not mean that you cannot order after this date, we just need to place our order with the farm on this date.  After that, they let us know if we can continue to take orders.

ABOUT OUR FRESH TURKEYS

Our HOKA FRESH turkeys are grown on the Howard Kauffman family farm in DeKalb County in Waterman, IL where the one day old poults are brooded in one of the temperature controlled starting sheds. They are soon changed to open, airy sheds to prepare the birds for their move to open ranges when they are five weeks old. When slaughter time comes, they are herded to the plant on foot. This eliminates the stress on the birds created when hauled for hours on a large truck. The result is better quality meat.

The birds are grown on a low energy feed which causes them to take a bit longer to mature but gives more flavorful meat. The major feed ingredient is corn, which is gown on the HoKa farm. The birds are never fed hormones or antibiotics for growth promotion.

Probably the most important factor that insures high quality is the tender loving care these birds get during the time they are on the farm. The same people handle these birds from day one, through all of the process to delivering of the dressed product. This fact encourages HoKa to do the very best, every day to produce a bird that they can sell with pride.

Click here to read more about the HoKa Turkey Farm

COST OF OUR FRESH TURKEYS

Call us at 847-669-6679 to inquire about pricing.

SIZES OF OUR FRESH TURKEYS

Disclaimer: We strive to accommodate all turkey size requests. If the farm is out of a size, they will substitute to their nearest available weight, as we will also. We apologize for any inconvenience if this occurs.

Turkey sizes go in 4 lb. increments ranging from 12 lbs. all the way up to 30+ lbs. Please note that smaller birds are difficult to come by.

HOW MUCH TURKEY SHOULD I GET?

We recommend 1-1/2 lbs. per person because people tend to eat a little more on Thanksgiving. This typically will give you leftovers as well.

8-10 people…………. 12-16 lbs
11-13 people………… 16-20 lbs
14-15 people……….. 20-24 lbs
16-18 people……….. 24-28 lbs
19+ people…………… 28+ lbs. (Or get 2 smaller turkeys) 

TURKEY BREASTS – Sizes & Recommendations

Our turkey breasts always come in frozen. The turkey farm freezes their turkey breasts and then ship them to us. We begin to slack them out upon receiving the delivery. We recommend 1-1/2 lbs. per person for those bigger eaters and/or for some leftovers.

3 people…………………. 4-5 lb turkey breast
4-5 people………………. 6-7 lb turkey breast
6 people…………………. 8-9 lb. turkey breast
7 people…………………. 10-11 lb. turkey breast
8-9 people………………. 12-13 lb. turkey breast

SMOKED TURKEYS OFFERINGS FROM HO-KA

Whole Smoked Turkey – Averages 10-12 lbs.
Smoked Turkey Breast – Averages 4-6 lbs.

OTHER HOLIDAY OFFERINGS:

Other Items You May Want to Add to Your Order:

Don’t see something you are looking for? Just Ask!

HOLIDAY HOURS

Monday 11/21   10:00-6:00
Tuesday 11/22   10:00-6:00 
Wednesday 11/23  10:00-4:00 *CLOSING EARLY*
Thursday 11/24   CLOSED (Thanksgiving Day)