I don't think I will ever bake a turkey with out brining it first! This was great!!! The turkey was so moist! I baked it as other had suggested; Bake @ 500 for the first 1/2 hour and then the rest of the time at 300 with the breasts covered with foil. I also cooked in in a turkey bag. Awesome recipe!!!

I have to say I cook a great turkey to start with and was really excited to try this recipe. I did roast it and was wondering if I should still stuff it or if it would change the flavor, It did. The turkey was extemely tender and juicey(perfect) but the worchester sauce in the brine changed the flavor of my dressing. I will diffently brine again next time, but I think I will try the other recipe on this site. The ingredients will better suit stuffing.

First time brinning. Husband and I tried this last Christmas and was very impressed. Will do this again and again, maybe trying other brine recipes as well.

This has been the best brine recipe I've ever used!

the best turkey i have ever had probably will never make a turkey another way again.

This is awesome. I cut the recipe in half and used a whole chicken and soaked for 24 hours. This is seriously the best chicken I have ever made. My hubby smelled it roasting was excited, then when he started eating his first words were he would fight me for the leftovers. I roasted it in chicken broth, with garlic, onion, parsley, and bay leaves. Afterwards I strained it and made gravy for mashed potatoes. I will definitely do my Turkey in this for Thanksgiving.

I will only prepare turkeys this way in the future. Was very good. I tried it on cornish game hens and chickens also. Very good. Thanks.

Decided to try this for my Thanksgiving turkey breast. I had to cut this in half to better suit my meager needs, but it worked out really well. Brining really did make a difference, and we had the juiciest turkey breast ever. I've used this also for chicken since then with the same juicy results.

Makes the best turkey ever. Will use this over and over.

This was my first time brining a turkey-WOW! I have never tasted turkey so flavorful and JUICY. It just melted in your mouth. I did use a small amount of the water hot - just to dissolve the salt, and then used almost ice water for the remainder to make sure that the solution was not warm when putting the turkey in. otherwise, I followed the recipe exactly. I roasted in the oven instead of smoking, but turned out great! This is the only recipe anyone needs for preparing turkey! Thank you, SUDEMERS, for this outstanding recipe.

wonderful!

This made the best turkey ever.

This brine smelled awesome on its own. Then the flavor that it adds to turkey is delicious. And no dry turkey meat this Thanksgiving. Thanks for the recipe.

Never brined anything before - I was stunned at what this did to turkey legs. Great recipe!

Worked perfect! Very moist, best turkey I have ever made