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> Usually I think boneless and still may. Not sure. I slow cooked a whole
> turkey and I did a whole chicken. The 12Lb turkey after cooked, deboned
> weighed in at 6Lbs. So you pay for 12Lbs and
> get 6Lbs. Same with the chicken. 6Lbs becomes 3Lbs. Both my chicken and
> turkey were so tender they fell off the bones. I think some people
> won't believe these figures. I actually weighed them. If this is the
> case is boneless possibly the better deal? Just want to see if anyone
> else has figured this out. Thanks, I'll be looking in.

Of course everyone has weighed in with the facts regarding flavor and
use of bones, etc., but if you do the math, you still come out better
buying whole birds rather than boneless. For example, I can buy a
whole chicken for 59 cents a pound (or less sometimes) on sale. I can
buy boneless chicken breasts for 1.99 a pound, only on sale (it's
usually 3.99 or 4.99 a pound). So a 6 lb. chicken would cost $3.54.
If, as you claim, you only need to buy 3 lbs. of boneless chicken to
gain the same weight after cooking, then 3 lbs. of boneless chicken on
sale costs $5.97.

Sandy