Costco Deluxe Thanksgiving Feast 12-14 guests $150 FS (Turkey min 14 lb, Sides, Deserts total 27 lb)...$125 if stacked w/AmEx deal

Please for the love of everything holy, don't feed your family costco food for thanksgiving. Any other day, sure, but not thanksgiving (unless you are a single male). I make pretty much EVERYTHING from scratch (except some of the chicken broth- gotta stop somewhere). I'm feeding 8-10 people-rough costs for homemade:
15lb turkey (cheap one at store deal) $8 (better is $20--30+ if you want to brine your own)
Gravy- $2 maybe
Rolls (homemade parkerhouse style)- $5
Mashed Potatoes- $5
Dressing (bread crumbs, onions, cornbread, broth, etc)- $7
Aspargus Casserole-$10
Rum Bread Pudding- $15
Cranberry Apple pie- $15

Grand total of $67 very very very roughly- for meal which will blow the socks off any other store bought meal- about as home cooked as you get these days. No premade dressing mix crap (if you want a recipe, I will give it- real homemade dressing+ gravy is insanely better). If I wanted to splurge, I could go around $100.

Get your costco meal, I don't care. Just don't think you are getting a nice meal.

Granted I love to cook (it's relaxing- versus my high stress job) so I would do it even if it costs more- but I'd say a nice HOME cooked meal + family + football=thanksgiving for me. Anything less=not. Enjoy your costco meal.

We get it, some of you know how to cook. Good for you.

I don't know how to cook (Thanksgiving food staples anyways), I can make quite a few other random dishes I made up on a whim, so this prepackaged deal is appealing to me. New homeowner and having my first Thanksgiving on my own puts a lot of stress on making sure things will turn out good. Currently scouring the internet for good recipes at the moment

True SD'ers would get this delivered to BB, wally world, or whatever store they are camping out at since wed.

I consider myself as a fairly good cook, but the way some of these "cooking" people come off as is very snobbish or even arrogant.

Listen, not everyone likes to cook. Not everyone likes to cook for Thanksgiving considering the amount of work and time that goes into it.

By the way, I value my hour pretty highly, so if I decided to cook like some of you say, it'll be pretty damn expensive food.

Quote from phillylex : To the people saying they can feed 12-14 people on Thanksgiving for $20, remind me to never eat at your house.

I wouldn't doubt extreme couponers ability. I however cringe at the thought of risk of food safety from the hours it takes those on TV to get their refrigerated items back to their fridge- get items, ring up, coupons, travel, and placement in fridge.

Quote from wp746911 : Please for the love of everything holy, don't feed your family costco food for thanksgiving. Any other day, sure, but not thanksgiving (unless you are a single male). I make pretty much EVERYTHING from scratch (except some of the chicken broth- gotta stop somewhere). I'm feeding 8-10 people-rough costs for homemade: 15lb turkey (cheap one at store deal) $8 (better is $20--30+ if you want to brine your own) Gravy- $2 maybe Rolls (homemade parkerhouse style)- $5 Mashed Potatoes- $5 Dressing (bread crumbs, onions, cornbread, broth, etc)- $7 Aspargus Casserole-$10 Rum Bread Pudding- $15 Cranberry Apple pie- $15 Grand total of $67 very very very roughly- for meal which will blow the socks off any other store bought meal- about as home cooked as you get these days. No premade dressing mix crap (if you want a recipe, I will give it- real homemade dressing+ gravy is insanely better). If I wanted to splurge, I could go around $100. Get your costco meal, I don't care. Just don't think you are getting a nice meal. Granted I love to cook (it's relaxing- versus my high stress job) so I would do it even if it costs more- but I'd say a nice HOME cooked meal + family + football=thanksgiving for me. Anything less=not. Enjoy your costco meal.

Dont forget Rosemary,thyme,bay leaves, butter, flour, sugar, garlic,chicken broth, oil, alumininumnm foil, electricity or gas for stove/oven, roasting pan, and a bunch of other items which will bring your true overhead up as well as time to get in your car and go to store and buy all these items. If you have the skills to do this from scratch, you should have skills to take a Costco precooked dinner & kick it up a knotch. BAMMM! $=Time Thanks OP!!! I will be taking credit for cooking an amazing dinner pre-cooked and shipped to my doorsteps in a cooler! (Add a little tony chacherie seasoning is all it takes)

Quote from Mr.Ritz : Still can make it cheaper for 10 people. I could prob do 10 people for about 70 dollars.. You have to keep in mind a ton of thanksgiving stuff goes on sale too around this time

You mean regular prices get marked up, then put on "sale"?

Quote from MotorolaRazrHD : We get it, some of you know how to cook. Good for you.

Amen. Don't wanna set fire to my apartment on Thanksgiving

Wow, thanks for that Facebook link to sync Amex with Costco - I have Amex Costco card and shop there regularly anyways, so $25 credit would be awesome! Not sure that I'd get the 14-person Thanksgiving meal, but thumbs up anyway just for the facebook info.

Just signed up for SD not 30 minutes ago, but already got 2 free PC game downloads, applied for a Barclay's home team Football MC with $400 statement credit, and essentially free $25 just for shopping at Costco... I LOVE YOU SLICKDEALS!!!

I can cook or pick up a 7-3 shift at work for overtime. I'll take the overtime pay & this Costco deal isn't bad, I've had a lot of their prepared meal items from their deli & they really are pretty good.

Quote from wp746911 : Please for the love of everything holy, don't feed your family costco food for thanksgiving. Any other day, sure, but not thanksgiving (unless you are a single male). I make pretty much EVERYTHING from scratch (except some of the chicken broth- gotta stop somewhere). I'm feeding 8-10 people-rough costs for homemade: 15lb turkey (cheap one at store deal) $8 (better is $20--30+ if you want to brine your own) Gravy- $2 maybe Rolls (homemade parkerhouse style)- $5 Mashed Potatoes- $5 Dressing (bread crumbs, onions, cornbread, broth, etc)- $7 Aspargus Casserole-$10 Rum Bread Pudding- $15 Cranberry Apple pie- $15 Grand total of $67 very very very roughly- for meal which will blow the socks off any other store bought meal- about as home cooked as you get these days. No premade dressing mix crap (if you want a recipe, I will give it- real homemade dressing+ gravy is insanely better). If I wanted to splurge, I could go around $100. Get your costco meal, I don't care. Just don't think you are getting a nice meal. Granted I love to cook (it's relaxing- versus my high stress job) so I would do it even if it costs more- but I'd say a nice HOME cooked meal + family + football=thanksgiving for me. Anything less=not. Enjoy your costco meal.

Can I have an invite to dinner? BTW I like how you called it "dressing" instead of "stuffing," you must be from the south.

This Costco meal is probably cheaper and taste better than what most of you cook

Quote from mgny89 : what are the odds that all of it is loaded with MSG????

So you wanna be the one person on earth who lives forever?

Quote from garycoleman : This Costco meal is probably cheaper and taste better than what most of you cook

you bitch