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I've never heard of using a cheesecloth, so I watched the vid. I haven't cooked a turkey in some years but I didn't baste that often, maybe twice during the whole process. Saying all that, I'm not sure if just buttering under the skin would do much, herbs can flavor the surface flesh, neither is going to penetrate deep inside.
Guess you'll take a look and see approach to drying out of cloth. For an even like cooking you might want to cover the breasts but leave thighs out, they won't dry out as fast as breast meat.
If it's done cooking you just have to make sure the thighs and breast come to temp, mainly thighs, to around 150º F. If the skin isn't crispy to your liking you can bump up the oven temp to 475-500º F and put it in for 7-10 mins. depending on what it's like after it's ready. Cover with foil loosely after it's all done and rest for like 20 mins. before carving it. Hope it turns out well for you Urzu.
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