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I bought a turkey , its about 10 lbs, but I want to brine it in about 2 gallons of water. I have a plastic container that holds 28 lbs, of what used to be laundry detergent. As I was thinking is that container going to hold that much volume, I guess I am wondering, with the turkey and the liquid? Or should I get something bigger in size? If that is the case, what gallon size should I get?

Update:

There still is an issue of size..

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  • Edward
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Use a plastic bag not a rigid container.

    A 10 lb turkey would have a displacement of about 1.3 gallons

    If you use a plastic bag 1 gallon of brine would do just fine for the a plastic bag, Just make sure that your plastic bag can hold over 5 gallons ( need room to form a nice seal).

    If you decide to use the 28lbs plastic container which holds about 3.2 gallons then you will need about 2 gallons of brine.

  • Your turkey probably has close to the density of water, and water is roughly 8lbs / gallon, so your turkey will have a volume of a little more than a gallon, if you add 2 gallons of brine you'll have a little more than three gallons total. If your container holds say three and a half or more gallons, it should be fine, if it holds three (or less) you'll have to use less water or it will overflow.

    Since I don't know the density of your detergent I don't know how big your 28lb container is, but you could find out by filling it with a measured amount of water.

    However, I would be a bit concerned about residual oder from the detergent, perhaps lining the container with a plastic bag would be a good idea.

  • 1 decade ago

    it depends on the specific volume of the brine and the turkey, as we proceed to the computation 1 gallon of water is equivalent to 3.78541Li so if we add the turkey + the brine it will surely be able to hold it in a plastic container.. if you use brine the specific gravity approximately 1.03 -1.07, well for turkey i don't know its specific gravity...try to research for it

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes

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