After testing dry- and wet-brined turkeys side by side, we’ve found the method that delivers the juiciest meat, crispiest ...

Dry brine or wet brine? Here’s how each method shapes flavor, texture, and moisture so you can choose the bird that suits you ...

Brining your turkey for Thanksgiving is an important step you might be forgetting. Fix these common brining mistakes for a ...

Thanksgiving is a holiday when we all eat together in a spirit of warmth, kindness and loving togetherness. Unless, of course, someone mentions brining a turkey. Or brings up the matter of mashed ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The dreaded holiday question: Will the turkey be moist enough? Will its insides steam with succulence or explode like the fateful turkey in ...

Here, a guide to deciding which brining technique is best for your bird. You have your Thanksgiving turkey, now it's time for the dry brine vs. wet brine debate. Brining is important, because it's a ...

The great big brining debate takes place this time every year, with people staunchly in various camps when it comes to how best to achieve a moist, flavorful turkey. Some like it wet, others, like me, ...

It's the stuff of nightmares for Thanksgiving cooks: serving dry, bland turkey. A plump, juicy and tasty Thanksgiving turkey, with evenly roasted white and dark meat, is the Holy Grail of home cooks ...

For years, most of the turkeys cooked in the Free Press Test Kitchen were brined in some fashion. When brining became all the rage in the late 1990s, we hopped aboard. A few years ago, New York Times ...