Honestly, itβs incredibly difficult to not burn something like a turkey.
Theyβre freaking huge, and of significantly varied thickness. If you absolutely insist on doing a whole turkey, your most reliable method is to slow cook it for about a day. Souz vide, smoking. Something like that. Low and slow.
If you donβt want to spend the 24-ish hours just cooking, a better option is breaking the bird down, possibly Splatchcocking the thing. (Or you know just butchering it into thighs, drum sticks, wings and breasts. Carcass for stock.)
For real. I don't even like cooking regular chicken because it has to be watched like a hawk to not burn (or at least end up dry as fuck), but also be thoroughly cooked when you don't have temperature probes you can just leave in it while cooking. I've been buying my turkey already cooked since I've had to handle thanksgiving on my own. I ain't feeding hella people so it's not really much more in price than getting a raw turkey.