Cooking a moist, yummy turkey

My dad is a great cook (most of the time).  He's really good at perfecting a recipe or technique then try to perfect it further, in turn ruining it.  He's too smart for his own good some times :).  However, he has perfected the roasting of a turkey (and hasn't tried to perfect it further) and passed on his secrets to us.

Here are some tips to get a yummy, moist turkey:

• Rub the inside and the outside of the turkey with vegetable oil then rub it down with a dry rub of salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.  When you think you've rubbed it with enough seasoning, add some more.
• Stuff the turkey with rice stuffing.  
• Rice stuffing ingredients:
• Rice that's been 3/4 of the way cooked (not quite finished)
• Butter
• Salt
• Pepper
• Ground Sausage (the secret ingredient) (do not use maple flavored)
• Chopped giblets (unless you are saving them for gravy)
• Place the turkey in a cooking bag BREAST side down!  
• Do NOT cook the turkey on a rack, just place it in the pan directly (in the bag of course).
• Do NOT overcook the turkey.  The internal temperature of the turkey should reach 180ºF.  Follow the cooking time instructions that come with the turkey.
• Let it sit for at least 20 minutes before deboning it.
• Smother it with gravy when you eat it.

Make some delicious gravy to go on your turkey and stuffing with the broth.  This can easily be done by straining the broth into a pot to remove pieces of fat and bones.  Heat the broth on the stove on medium high heat.  Add chicken broth to the turkey broth if you need more gravy.  Season the broth with salt and pepper--TASTE IT.  Once the broth is boiling, slowly whisk in a cold water & cornstarch mixture until the gravy thickens to your liking (typically 1 tablespoon of cornstarch per cup of broth mixed in about 1/4 cup of cold water).  To make the broth even better, add chopped boiled eggs, chopped turkey or diced celery into the gravy and cook until the celery is soft...but do this before you thicken it.

Let me know how your turkeys come out!