Not for “Everything!”
I purchased this app without reading all the information. My fault. When I saw the title, “Brine Everything” I actually thought it meant everything, including vegetables. Well, no. It’s for brining meat only. It looks great for that purpose, but I wanted to know how much with veggies only. i’d love to get my money back since I plan to delete the app, but I don’t think that’s possible. My loss. Don’t make the same mistake. Read the details first.
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Basic but good.
This is really a “no frills” app. You basically select the type of protein you want to brine, the method you want to use to brine it and then the weight of your protein and the weight of the water you’re going to use (if not dry brining). The app then figures out what amount of salt and sugar to add to the water and how long to brine it for. These are all things you could figure out by using the Internet, but at least here you have it all in one convenient app. I haven’t actually used it in a real life situation yet, but I have put in some values based on detailed past cooking notes I keep for all my long cooks. The surprising thing is that the app routinely recommends brining times extending over several days (7 days for a 14 pound pork shoulder for example). I suppose this is probably accurate for equilibrium brining, but I don’t think I have ever brined anything more than 24 hours or so (which does not mean I was doing it scientifically accurately, just following a typical recipe). I’m curious to try it out and see if it makes a difference. My only complaint with the app is that while you can switch the default metric temperature and length units used by the app to the U.S. system of degrees Fahrenheit and inches, you can’t switch the metric mass units in the calculator from grams to pounds and ounces. That means you have to convert the weight of your proteins to grams, weigh your water in grams and measure out your sugar and salt in grams. Most modern food scales will allow you to switch to grams easily enough, but you’re still going to have to do some of your own conversions. The developers should update this app to allow full in-app metric/US system toggling for all values.
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5 stars are not enough
Extremely useful app for all chefs, professionals or not, on a rather sometimes confusing technique.
