Doc Holliday Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Morning all. Mrs H and I have been looking at brining over the oast few weeks but are stumped at the first gate as to what type.of container to use to put the joint and brine in. I have looked online and most forums generally say "food grade hard plastic". We managed to get in to Lakeland yesterday to see what they had but apart from offering a BPA Free box and a loose asaurance that we "should be ok" left us with a certain amount of doubt. We then thought maybe either something glass or ceramic but think.we will strugggle to get something big enough to put a joint in. Any recommendations gratefully received. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243deer Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 It was a fair while back I bought my container for brining (I experimented with boned out haunches of venison - munties and roe) I think it might have been from Wilko but anyway it is about 10l in size and I found this for you https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-home-97l-klip-lock-storage. I think that you will pretty much always get some leeching of the plasticiser out of any plastic container so maybe pop a strong salt solution in there for a week first and then discard it if you are concerned. What are you going to brine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 A bit small but I recycled the bowls from two Halogen cookers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 what about a homebrew fermenting tub holds 23ltrs of brine if need be .cost about £10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haynes Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 This ^. Nip to boyes for a brewing bucket with a lid. Cheap and large enough for most joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 8 hours ago, Swinton said: what about a homebrew fermenting tub holds 23ltrs of brine if need be .cost about £10 +1 We used a big white nylon bin about the size of a dustbin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted April 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Looking to do pork joints and whole chickens initially. Brewing container sounds like the best option. Do I need to 'prime' it first, just to get any residual manufacturing stuff off/out of the surface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 If you have a big enough stock pot (with lid) that would work, and serve more than one purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 On 09/04/2018 at 12:26, Swinton said: what about a homebrew fermenting tub holds 23ltrs of brine if need be .cost about £10 This and easy to get hold. The Range, Wilco, Amazon etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 I use a homebrew bucket as I can easily get it into my deer fridge. However, before I got the big fridge, I used large heavy duty ziploc bags, they were about 30cmx40cm but I think you can get bigger. The beauty of the bags is you don't need the volume of brine you need in a bucket as you squeeze the air out of the bag so the liquid envelops the meat without having to completely fill the bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 I just used the salad drawer of the fridge the last time I brined a piece of brisket. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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