I used one of these last year and the turkey was great, it also freed my oven for other goodies. I am not a crispy skin person, so mine didn't cook that way. There is a vent in the lid that I think you can open. This way the steam would vent and probably get a crispier skin. I used to be a cooking bag user, but after finding this roaster won't go back to the bag, just hate to wrestle those birds into the bag, although they do give you a moist cooked turkey.