Heat & Serve Thanksgiving Dinner
$319.95 · Serves 10. A whole fully cooked Butterball turkey, homemade stuffing, two quarts of homemade gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, two dozen rolls and your choice of side — picked up cold Wednesday, Nov 25 at Oakdale or Leechburg and reheated at home in the pans it comes in. Order by Friday, Nov 20.
What’s in the Box
Everything below is cooked from scratch in our kitchen, chilled, and packed in oven-safe pans so it reheats in the pan and goes straight to the table. One dinner feeds 10 with leftovers.
Whole Butterball Turkey (pre-cooked, uncut)
Homemade Stuffing
Homemade Gravy (2 quarts)
Mashed Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
Two Dozen Rolls
Your choice of one side: Green Beans Almondine, Buttered Corn Niblets, or Sweet Potato Casserole
Thanksgiving Morning, Minute by Minute
Every order comes with a printed reheat sheet, but here is the shape of the day so you can plan around the parade. Times assume dinner at 3 PM — slide everything to fit your table.
| When | What you do | How long |
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| Wed, Nov 25 · 10 AM–4 PM | Pick up cold at Oakdale or Leechburg. Straight into the fridge — the pans stack. | 15-min round trip |
| Thu · 12:45 PM | Preheat the oven. Pull the turkey pan out to take the chill off. | 15 min |
| Thu · 1:00 PM | Turkey in, covered, per the instruction sheet. | ~90 min total |
| Thu · 1:50 PM | Stuffing, mashed potatoes and your side go in around the turkey. Gravy on the stovetop, low. | 40 min |
| Thu · 2:30 PM | Turkey out to rest; rolls in for the last few minutes. Cranberry sauce out of the fridge. | 15 min |
| Thu · 3:00 PM | Carve at the table. Take the credit. | — |
Heat & Serve From a Caterer vs. the Other Ways to Do Thanksgiving
| Cooked Goose Heat & Serve | Typical grocery-store bundle | Cooking it yourself | |
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| The turkey | Whole Butterball, fully cooked, uncut | Often a boneless breast or pre-sliced roast | Raw bird: thaw 3 days, brine, roast 4+ hours |
| Stuffing & gravy | Made from scratch in our kitchen; 2 quarts of gravy | Packaged sides, gravy in a tub or packet | Two more things on the stove at 2:30 |
| Packaging | Oven-safe pans — reheat in them, serve, recycle | Mixed plastic tubs; transfer to bakeware | Every pan you own |
| Time on Thanksgiving Day | About 90 minutes of oven time | 1–2 hours plus transferring dishes | 6–8 hours |
| Feeds | 10 with leftovers (about $32 per person) | Usually 6–8 | 10, if the turkey cooperates |
| Pickup | Oakdale or Leechburg, Wed 10–4 | Store deli counter, holiday-week lines | Three grocery trips |
| Made by | A family-owned Pittsburgh caterer, 45+ years | A regional chain | You, at 6 AM |
We are not knocking anyone's grocery run. But if the point of Thanksgiving is the people at the table, a scratch-made dinner that shows up cooked, in the pans it reheats in, from a kitchen that has done this for 45 years is the simplest way to get there.
Three Easy Steps to Turkey on the Table
Order, pick up cold the day before, reheat in the pans it comes in. That is the whole job. Two kitchens, one on each side of Pittsburgh, so the pickup is a short drive whether you are in Robinson or New Kensington.
Order Early
Reserve your meal online or call 412-258-5944. Holiday orders are first-come, first-served — and they sell out every year.
Order by: Friday, Nov 20, 2026Pick Up Cold
Grab your fully prepared, chilled meal at either of our locations the day before the holiday. It travels easy and keeps beautifully.
Pickup: Wednesday, Nov 25, 10 AM–4 PMReheat & Serve
Follow the simple reheat instructions included with every order, then take all the credit. We won't tell.
Instructions includedPick Up at Either Location
All holiday meals are picked up cold with reheat instructions provided. No substitutions. Prices subject to change without notice.
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Round Out the Table
Feeding a few more, or just want pie? Add any of these to your order. Everything below serves about 10 unless noted and reheats alongside the dinner. Feeding 15 or more? The Holiday Feast is $21.95 per person with sliced turkey and all the fixings.
| Add-on | Price |
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| Roast Beef (serves 10) | $79.95 |
| Sliced Turkey with Gravy (serves 10) | $59.95 |
| Green Beans Almondine (serves 10) | $39.50 |
| Sweet Potato Casserole (serves 10) | $39.50 |
| Quart of Gravy | $9.95 |
| 10" Apple Pie | $12.95 |
| 12" Pumpkin Pie | $14.95 |
| Pumpkin Log | $9.95 |
All holiday meals are picked up cold with reheat instructions provided. No substitutions. Prices subject to change without notice.
Heat & Serve Thanksgiving Dinner: The Details
Questions we get every November about how the heat and serve dinner works, what's included and when to pick up.
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Everything is fully cooked in our kitchen, chilled, and packed in oven-safe pans. You pick it up cold on Wednesday, November 25, keep it refrigerated, and reheat it on Thanksgiving following the printed instructions in the box. No thawing, no brining, no carving a raw bird.
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Plan on about 90 minutes of oven time for the full meal at the temperature on your instruction sheet, with the sides going in for the last stretch. Start roughly two hours before you want to sit down.
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The Heat & Serve Dinner includes a whole, uncut, fully cooked Butterball turkey — not a boneless breast or a pressed turkey roast. If you would rather have sliced turkey, add a pan of Sliced Turkey with Gravy or order the Holiday Feast for 15 or more.
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A whole Butterball turkey, homemade stuffing, two quarts of homemade gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, two dozen rolls, and your choice of green beans almondine, buttered corn niblets, or sweet potato casserole. Pies, extra sides, roast beef and extra gravy are add-ons.
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It is built for 10 with leftovers. For 11 to 14, add a pan of Sliced Turkey with Gravy and an extra side. For 15 or more, the Holiday Feast at $21.95 per person scales to your headcount.
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Order online or by phone by Friday, November 20. Pick up cold on Wednesday, November 25, between 10 AM and 4 PM at our Oakdale kitchen (7851 Steubenville Pike) or our Leechburg kitchen (29 Angel Drive). Holiday orders sell out every year.
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Just an oven and a refrigerator. Everything reheats in the disposable, oven-safe pans it comes in, so there are no dishes to wash afterward either.
A relaxed Thanksgiving, finally
Pittsburgh hosts who’ve handed off the cooking and reclaimed the day.
I will never cook a turkey or entree for a holiday again. The food was delicious. I did not have to cook and clean up the kitchen in advance. I got to spend more time with my guests. Overall, it was a very relaxed holiday compared to past events.
The food is always delicious! Actually, delicious is an understatement! We have used this caterer for Thanksgiving for the last 2 years and we just used them for my son’s first birthday! Wow you guys never cease to amaze us!
Awesome dinner. I wanted to take credit, but everyone loved it so much that I had to tell them I got it from the Cooked Goose! Thank you and Happy New Year!
Heat & Serve Thanksgiving Dinner — $319.95, serves 10.
Order by Friday, November 20. Pick up cold Wednesday, November 25 at Oakdale (412-258-5944) or Leechburg (724-845-6247). Holiday orders are first-come, first-served and sell out every year.