Which NFL commentator promoted turducken during Thanksgiving games?

The NFL commentator who promoted turducken during Thanksgiving games was John Madden.

Turducken is a layered poultry dish made by placing a deboned chicken inside a deboned duck, then placing both inside a deboned turkey. The name is a blend of “turkey,” “duck,” and “chicken,” and the dish is associated with Louisiana cooking and the technique called engastration.

Madden helped popularize turducken nationally through his lively television commentary, especially during NFL Thanksgiving Day games. He explained how the birds were assembled and sliced, turning an unusual regional dish into a memorable football-broadcast tradition.

Madden ate his first on-air turducken on December 1, 1996, during a New Orleans Saints game. He later demonstrated the dish on television, sometimes sawing through it by hand to reveal its layered contents. Joe Buck, Pat Summerall, and Al Michaels were prominent broadcasters, but Madden is the commentator specifically linked with promoting turducken.