Brining keeps poultry and pork juicy by letting salted water soak into the meat, and getting the salt concentration right is what makes it work. This calculator takes the total water you plan to use and a target salt percentage (a typical wet brine runs around 5 to 8 percent salt by weight of water) and tells you exactly how much salt to dissolve. It also converts that salt weight into approximate volume for both table salt and coarse kosher salt, which matters because kosher salt is less dense and measures differently by spoon. A common starting point is about 60 grams of salt per liter of water for a roughly 6 percent brine. You can add sugar at a similar rate for flavor. These are standard brining figures, and everything is computed locally in your browser, instantly and privately.
It gives the salt and water for a wet brine at your chosen salt concentration so the meat is seasoned evenly.
A wet brine helps the meat hold moisture and seasons it through, so poultry and pork come out juicy and flavorful.
You pick the salt concentration, and the tool works out the grams of salt and volume of water to match your amount.
Brining keeps poultry and pork juicy by letting salted water soak into the meat, and getting the salt concentration right is what makes it work. This calculator takes the total water you plan to use and a target salt percentage (a typical wet brine runs around 5 to 8 percent salt by weight of water) and tells you exactly how much salt to dissolve.
Yes. Brine Ratio Calculator is completely free, with no sign-up and no usage limits.
Yes. Brine Ratio Calculator runs in any modern web browser. There is nothing to download or install.
Yes. Brine Ratio Calculator runs entirely on your device in your browser, so nothing you enter is uploaded to a server.