Enter your chicken's weight and oven temperature to get an estimated total roasting time.
A whole chicken's roast time scales with its weight because heat has to penetrate all the way to the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, without drying out the breast. This calculator uses standard minutes-per-pound rates for common oven temperatures, but always confirm doneness with a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, avoiding the bone — USDA guidance requires poultry to reach 165°F internal.
Source: Based on standard USDA and poultry-industry roasting guidance (similar to Butterball's whole-chicken roasting charts) of about 20 minutes per pound at 350°F for an unstuffed bird.
USDA guidance requires poultry to reach 165°F internal at the thickest part of the thigh, without touching bone, to be considered safely cooked.
Around 1 hour 40 minutes using a standard 20-minutes-per-pound estimate, though actual time varies with your oven and whether the chicken is stuffed.
Yes — stuffing adds mass that needs to reach a safe temperature too, and slows heat penetration to the cavity, so add extra time and always check the stuffing's own temperature (165°F) as well as the meat's.
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