7 calculators in this category
- Brine Salt Percentage CalculatorEquilibrium brining and the salometer scaleEnter the meat you are brining, the water you will cover it with, and the strength you want, and this calculator returns the…
- Dry Brine Salt CalculatorDry brining is pre-salting: you weigh the meat, apply a percentage of its weight in salt, and let time carry the salt inward…
- Curing Salt Nitrite PPM CalculatorUSDA FSIS, 9 CFR 424.21 & 424.22Curing salt is the one ingredient in charcuterie where guessing is genuinely dangerous in both directions: too little sodium…
- Sausage Seasoning & Fat Ratio CalculatorUSDA FSIS, 9 CFR 424.21 (ingoing nitrite)Professional sausage recipes are written as percentages of the meat block, never as cups and spoons, because percentages scale…
- Fermentation Salt Percentage CalculatorSalt percentage by weight (% w/w)Salt in a vegetable ferment is a dose, not a seasoning. Too little and the batch turns soft and yeasty before the lactic acid…
- Canning Altitude Adjustment CalculatorUSDA Complete Guide to Home Canning (2015 revision)Every tested canning recipe is written for sea level, and every one of them is wrong for you if you live above 1,000 feet…
- Kombucha Sugar & Starter Tea CalculatorA kombucha recipe is four numbers: sugar per litre, tea per litre, starter liquid as a share of the batch, and priming sugar…
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- Brine Salt Percentage Calculator
- Work out the exact salt and sugar for a wet brine at any target percentage, by equilibrium or classic brine strength, with teaspoons and salometer degrees.
- Dry Brine Salt Calculator
- Calculate the exact salt for dry brining a turkey, roast or steak at any percentage of meat weight, converted to grams, ounces and teaspoons of your own salt.
- Curing Salt Nitrite PPM Calculator
- Calculate Prague Powder #1 or #2 for any batch of meat and check the resulting ingoing sodium nitrite in ppm against the USDA limits in 9 CFR 424.21 and 424.22.
- Sausage Seasoning & Fat Ratio Calculator
- Scale salt, cure, sugar and spice to any sausage batch by percentage, and solve the lean-to-fat blend that hits your target fat content exactly.
- Fermentation Salt Percentage Calculator
- Work out the exact salt weight for sauerkraut, kimchi and fermented pickles at any target percentage, by dry salting, covering brine or equilibrium brine.
- Canning Altitude Adjustment Calculator
- Adjust boiling-water-bath processing time and pressure-canner gauge pressure for your elevation using the USDA and NCHFP altitude tables, with boiling point shown.
- Kombucha Sugar & Starter Tea Calculator
- Scale kombucha sugar, tea, water and starter liquid to any batch size in liters or gallons, and get the priming sugar per bottle for a second ferment.