It is not uncommon that people do not know how to cook a turkey properly. It can be embarrassing when you cut open the turkey and it is really dry or even worse burning the turkey. To a child it might be funny that one cannot cook a turkey properly and the family ends up going to some restaurant for dinner. It is the worst feeling ever after one has been working hard in the kitchen for hours on end, and the turkey comes out burnt or dry. If one wants to avoid this embarrassment one should follow this process of how to cook the perfect Thanksgiving turkey. First, one will need to get all the ingredients needed to create this amazing turkey. One needs to know how many people will be at their Thanksgiving dinner table to determine what size turkey to get. When thawing one`s turkey in the refrigerator, one will need to allow  24 hours  for every four to five pounds (4 to 12 pounds:  1-3 days, 12 to 16 pounds:  3-4 days). In order to keep the turkey moist in the oven, stuffing will need to be added to the turkey. One will need to go to the store to the ingredients needed to make this delicious turkey. McCormack stuffing is the best stuffing out there to work with; one will also need butter, celery, one medium onion, chicken broth, mushrooms and red wine. One will also need a few more ingredients to make a holiday rub to put on the turkey to give it flavor; kosher salt, ground black pepper, dried thyme, dried rosemary, dried sage and garlic powder. One will also need a roasting pan, foil, string, oven-mitts, and a thermometer. Promptly, one will have all the ingredients needed to make the greatest Thanksgiving turkey. Now, that one has the fixings, it is time to prepare the turkey. One might want to put gloves on at this point; we are going to clean the turkey out. Put the turkey on a counter next to a sink. Now, there will be a bag full of the turkey`s heart and neck in the turkey`s chest cavity, pull the bag out. Next, rise the ins