Salt to add:

Sugar to add:

Total dissolved solids:

Dissolve salt (and sugar) completely in cool water before submerging meat. Refrigerate during brining. Adjust recipes with cure #1/nitrates separately — not covered here.

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Salinity is expressed as % of the water weight (e.g. 5% = 50 g salt per 1000 g water). Typical wet brines sit around 4–6% salt.