A goal of the Thanksgiving host is to deliver a beautifully cooked turkey with golden-brown crisp skin and juicy meat. Achieving the latter is no easy task, but there's a surefire way to ensure your ...

For many cooks, that’s the first question they face when cooking a Thanksgiving turkey. A brine is nothing more than a salt solution. At its simplest, it’s salt and water, though other ingredients can ...

Discover why turkey often turns out dry and how the science of brining can solve this problem. Learn how salt, through both ...

Knowing how to brine a turkey could save you (and your family!) from years of dry Thanksgiving turkeys to come. Here are our five easy steps to achieve brining magic. Thanksgiving dinner used to be ...

Brining a turkey in advance is one of the best ways to season the meat and keep it juicy and tender. A wet brine involves submerging the raw turkey in a mixture of salt and water with optional ...

Brining is similar to marinating, but is primarily focused on moistening the meat as opposed to adding flavor. Brining your Thanksgiving turkey prior to cooking will help ensure you end up with a ...

Our Thanksgiving motto is brine baby, brine! After experimenting from year to year with methods and recommendations for a satisfying bird, brining consistently delivers us a bird that cooks faster, is ...

I've been told that "brining a turkey" is the best way to fix a moist turkey. So how do you "brine a turkey" for roasting? -- K.J., R.H.-J., and L.J., Tulsa. The ...

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