Brine Solution Calculator

Work out brine solution instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Brine Solution Calculator

Brine strength is grams of salt per gram of water, so a 5% brine needs 50 g of salt per litre; brining time falls roughly in inverse proportion to concentration. Salt concentration and time trade off against each other, which is why a strong quick brine and a weak overnight one can season a bird equally well.

Formulas

Salt quantity

salt grams = water litres x 1000 x salt percentage

Time guide

hours is roughly 24 / salt percentage, capped between 1 and 48 hours

Worked example

With the default values below, Brine Solution Calculator returns Salt to dissolve of 200.0. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Waterminimum 0.1 L: 4 L
Salt concentrationaccepts 0.5–25 %: 5 %
Sugar concentrationaccepts 0–25 %: 2 %

Results

Salt to dissolve: 200.0 g
Sugar to dissolve: 80.0 g
Suggested brining time: 4.8 h
Salt in cups of table salt: 0.73

Step by step

1Values used
2Salt quantity
3Time guide
4Salt to dissolve= 200.0 g
5Sugar to dissolve= 80.0 g
6Suggested brining time= 4.8 h
7Salt in cups of table salt= 0.73

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Brine Solution figure worked out?

salt grams = water litres x 1000 x salt percentage. Brine strength is grams of salt per gram of water, so a 5% brine needs 50 g of salt per litre; brining time falls roughly in inverse proportion to concentration.

Why does this matter?

Salt concentration and time trade off against each other, which is why a strong quick brine and a weak overnight one can season a bird equally well.

What do I need to enter?

Enter water, salt concentration, sugar concentration. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.