<figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/673ba829ede4eeae39284278?format=jpeg" height="3024" width="4032" alt="Sliced turkey, a plate of rolls, a bowl of gravy, and other Thanksgiving foods on a table set for a Thanksgiving dinner"><figcaption>The Thanksgiving meal we ordered from Fortune Fish & Gourmet through Costco was filling and delicious.<p class="copyright">Terri Peters</p></figcaption></figure><ul class="summary-list"><li>We let Costco handle <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cooking-and-reviewing-guy-fieri-thanksgiving-recipes" data-autoaffiliated="false">Thanksgiving dinner</a> by ordering a premade meal from the warehouse chain's site.</li><li>The $180 meal for eight people included a turkey breast, rolls, six sides, and two pies.</li><li>Our super tasty dinner required little work to reheat, giving us more time to spend with family.</li></ul><p>I love the holiday season and all the delicious food it brings — so much so that I've even cooked an entire <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ina-garten-thanksgiving-dinner-recipes-review-photos">Thanksgiving feast from Ina Garten recipes</a>.</p><p>But in recent years, my family and I have embraced a simpler approach to Turkey Day, turning to chains such as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/review-is-cracker-barrel-thanksgiving-turkey-meal-worth-it-family-2023-11">Cracker Barrel</a> to order our Thanksgiving meal to-go.</p><p>One year, I purchased a heat-and-serve Thanksgiving dinner for eight from the food-distribution company <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fortunefishco.net/about-fortune-fish">Fortune Fish & Gourmet </a>through Costco.</p><p>Perks such as it being shipped right to my front door and coming with easy-to-follow reheating instructions especially caught my eye. The total came to $180, after a $50-off deal for Costco members.</p><p>Here's what it was like to let Costco handle our early Thanksgiving dinner, which we planned for when my mother-in-law would be in town.</p><div id="slideshow"><div class="slide"><div class="slide-title">The Thanksgiving meal included everything my family needed, from rolls to pie.</div><div class="slide-image"><figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/673ba6bf192f525898593baaformat=jpeg" height="3024" width="4032" charset="" alt="Spread of packaged Thanksgiving food on counter with instructions taped to them"><figcaption><p class="copyright">Terri Peters</p></figcaption></figure></div><div class="slide-content"><p>Our Thanksgiving meal was easy to order online. At checkout, I chose a delivery date a few days before we planned to eat it.</p><p>I was emailed easy-to-follow instructions for reheating the meal in advance, and it later arrived on my doorstep in a cooler box.</p><p>The box contained a 5-pound turkey breast, 24 ounces of turkey gravy, 2 pounds of mashed potatoes, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/review-popular-chef-best-green-bean-casserole-recipe-photos">green-bean casserole</a>, mac and cheese, sweet corn, cornbread stuffing, 12 dinner rolls, a 20-ounce container of cranberry sauce, a pumpkin pie, and an apple cobbler.</p></div></div><div class="slide"><div class="slide-title">The turkey breast turned out moist and delicious.</div><div class="slide-image"><figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/673ba6bf192f525898593ba9?format=jpeg" height="3024" width="4032" charset="" alt="Sliced turkey roast on plate"><figcaption><p class="copyright">Terri Peters</p></figcaption></figure></div><div class="slide-content"><p>We could <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/review-faster-way-to-cook-turkey-spatchcock-method-photos-2021-11">cook the turkey</a> from frozen or thawed, and instructions were included for each method.</p><p>We thawed our turkey in advance, followed the cooking instructions on the package, and were rewarded with 5 pounds of tender, juicy breast meat.</p><p>While the turkey cooked, all that was left to do was reheat each side dish in the oven-safe container it came in, thaw and serve the cranberry sauce, heat the gravy on the stovetop in a pan, and warm our rolls.</p><p>We spent no more than 30 minutes in the kitchen preparing the meal, as everything but the turkey came precooked. My oven truly did all the work.</p></div></div><div class="slide"><div class="slide-title">The side dishes were tasty, and one of our favorites was the green-bean casserole.</div><div class="slide-image"><figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/673ba6c0fa0140cdd56421ff?format=jpeg" height="3024" width="4032" charset="" alt="Green-bean casserole in large bowl"><figcaption><p class="copyright">Terri Peters</p></figcaption></figure></div><div class="slide-content"><p>Green-bean casserole is one of my favorite <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/michelin-starred-chefs-favorite-easy-christmas-sides-2020-12">holiday side dishes</a>, so I'm always skeptical about ordering premade versions of it.</p><p>Fortunately, the green-bean casserole in this meal kit was perfectly creamy and savory, with well-cooked green beans and a nice flavor. It was so delicious that I didn't miss my home-cooked version, nor did the rest of my family.</p><p>Other sides, such as <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-elevate-improve-canned-cranberry-sauce-2020-11">cranberry sauce</a> and mashed potatoes, were just as good as my homemade versions, too.</p></div></div><div class="slide"><div class="slide-title">There were plenty of essential Thanksgiving carbs, such as rolls and mac and cheese.</div><div class="slide-image"><figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/673ba6befa0140cdd56421fd?format=jpeg" height="3024" width="4032" charset="" alt="Rolls on a plate on a table set for Thanksgiving."><figcaption><p class="copyright">Terri Peters</p></figcaption></figure></div><div class="slide-content"><p>We thoroughly enjoyed the dinner rolls that came with this meal, especially when paired with butter. Easy to heat through and serve, they were crispy on the outside and soft and pillowy on the inside.</p><p>We also loved the cornbread stuffing, even though we normally make <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-best-stuffing-recipes-from-your-favorite-chefs-review">homemade stuffing</a> from cubed white bread on Turkey Day.</p><p>Since there were only six of us eating a meal intended for eight, we had plenty of leftovers — and carby options such as mac and cheese and dinner rolls were delicious in the days after our feast.</p></div></div><div class="slide"><div class="slide-title">The meal even included two desserts.</div><div class="slide-image"><figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/673ba6beede4eeae392841b1?format=jpeg" height="2660" width="3547" charset="" alt="Pies sitting on counter"><figcaption><p class="copyright">Terri Peters</p></figcaption></figure></div><div class="slide-content"><p>Once we cleared the table and went for an after-dinner walk, it was time for dessert.</p><p>The <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baker-compares-pumpkin-pies-grocery-stores-review-photos">pumpkin pie</a> was really good and tasted like something I'd bake at home myself. The apple crumble was delicious as well.</p><p>I made only two extra purchases for the dessert course: canned whipped cream for the pumpkin pie and vanilla ice cream for the apple crumble.</p></div></div><div class="slide"><div class="slide-title">It was also fun to focus on setting my table instead of cooking.</div><div class="slide-image"><figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/673ba6be192f525898593ba8?format=jpeg" height="3024" width="4032" charset="" alt="Thanksgiving table set up with name cards and dishes with serving spoons"><figcaption><p class="copyright">Terri Peters</p></figcaption></figure></div><div class="slide-content"><p>I love setting a holiday table as much as I love cooking a meal, so it was fun to focus on creating a beautiful tablescape this year instead of spending most of the day (and the day before) in the kitchen.</p><p>I was able to pull out my great-grandmother's china, set a gorgeous table, and top it off with silly crafts for my family to do as we ate.</p><p>Having a bit of extra time to set the table allowed me to facilitate some great Thanksgiving memories for my family, such as laughing until we cried about how difficult the "kids craft" turkeys I bought were for four adults and two teenagers to assemble.</p></div></div><div class="slide"><div class="slide-title">The meal felt pretty complete to us, though some might wish for sweet potatoes.</div><div class="slide-image"><figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/673ba6bf192f525898593bab?format=jpeg" height="3024" width="4032" charset="" alt="Plate with roll, mac and cheese, turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green-bean casserole"><figcaption><p class="copyright">Terri Peters</p></figcaption></figure></div><div class="slide-content"><p>The meal we ordered from Costco truly included everything our family would normally cook for Thanksgiving dinner, down to the turkey gravy and the cranberry sauce.</p><p>The only <a target="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-thanksgiving-dishes-america-us-2018-11">popular Thanksgiving dish</a> that I noticed was missing was yams or sweet potatoes, but my family isn't big on them anyway, so we didn't miss them.</p></div></div><div class="slide"><div class="slide-title">I would definitely order this Thanksgiving dinner through Costco again.</div><div class="slide-image"><figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/673ba6befa0140cdd56421fc?format=jpeg" height="3024" width="4032" charset="" alt="The author holding plate of Thanksgiving food."><figcaption><p class="copyright">Terri Peters</p></figcaption></figure></div><div class="slide-content"><p>Based on our experience ordering the Fortune Gourmet Thanksgiving meal from Costco, I'd absolutely order this again or a similar meal package.</p><p>It was delicious, and the dishes tasted remarkably close to many of my usual recipes.</p><p>I loved not having to spend several days in the kitchen making things from scratch, and the cleanup was incredibly easy since so many of the dishes came in oven-safe containers for reheating.</p><p>This year, the same company is offering a near-identical <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://affiliate.insider.com/?h=f1b5daff6567af2898048e494d1ddd603532be00f9c5e53b87a31c166f3dcdb5&postID=6aedf2da5b849789888de7d4&postSlug=costco-thanksgiving-meal-worth-it-family-fortune-gourmet-review-2026-11&tags=service%3Acapi&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.costco.com%2Fp%2F-%2Fpre-order-complete-gourmet-thanksgiving-turkey-dinner-serves-8-30-lbs-total%2F4201035707">Thanksgiving dinner through Costco</a> for $270, or discounted to $200 for Costco members.</p><p>I'm interested in trying this again — and my fingers are crossed that the warehouse chain will sell something similar for Christmas dinner, too.</p><p><em>This story was originally published on November 19, 2024, and most recently updated on November 6, 2026.</em></p></div></div></div><div class="read-original">Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/costco-thanksgiving-meal-worth-it-family-fortune-gourmet-review-2026-11">Business Insider</a></div>
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