I tried wet brining a few pork chops for the first time the other day. It came out way to salty and I think I mixed up the weights and volumes thing
I added 1/4 cup (volume) of Morton kosher salt to 16 oz (vol) of water.
After rereading Meathead book on wet brine again I tried to get the " weight" thing figured out.
If I target 7.7% wet brine by weight, I have a gallon of water = 8.34 lb, 7.7% of that would be .64 lb of salt to be added to a gallon of water. .64 lb of salt is 10 oz (wt) of salt. I only want to use a pint of brine so 8 pints in a gallon means divide the 10 oz(wt) of salt by 8 to get 1.25 oz(wt) salt for one pint of water. 1.25 oz(wt) Morton kosher salt comes to about 1 fluid oz volume. So it looks like I need one fluid oz of Morton kosher salt to one pint of water for the wet brine. My first wet brine used 1/4 cup Morton kosher salt in a pint of water so it likes I had double the amount required.
Can anyone verify my math or just say an ounce(vol) of Morton kosher salt per pint of water sounds right?
(my head hurts.......)
I added 1/4 cup (volume) of Morton kosher salt to 16 oz (vol) of water.
After rereading Meathead book on wet brine again I tried to get the " weight" thing figured out.
If I target 7.7% wet brine by weight, I have a gallon of water = 8.34 lb, 7.7% of that would be .64 lb of salt to be added to a gallon of water. .64 lb of salt is 10 oz (wt) of salt. I only want to use a pint of brine so 8 pints in a gallon means divide the 10 oz(wt) of salt by 8 to get 1.25 oz(wt) salt for one pint of water. 1.25 oz(wt) Morton kosher salt comes to about 1 fluid oz volume. So it looks like I need one fluid oz of Morton kosher salt to one pint of water for the wet brine. My first wet brine used 1/4 cup Morton kosher salt in a pint of water so it likes I had double the amount required.
Can anyone verify my math or just say an ounce(vol) of Morton kosher salt per pint of water sounds right?
(my head hurts.......)
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