20 pound bird.

Hi all, I,m going to try my luck on the brine recipe in this forum but I'm not with my smoker so I'm doing it in the oven.

Question - I have a 20 lb bird and the recipe calls for a 12-14 lb bird. Will I need to adjust the recipe for a larger bird and if not, will the flavor fall flat?

Thanks.

You need to have enough brine to completely submerge/cover your turkey. Consequently you will need to scale up your quantity.
Might be easiest to just double everything.

I was concerned more about ratios than having enough brine. I put my 20 lb. bird in my ice chest, filled it with water until the bird was totally submerged and then pulled the bird out. I measured the amount of water and it was about 5.5 quarts, or about 1/2 quart more than the recipe calls for (2 quarts apple juice and 3 quarts water). I can add another 1/2 quart of water or with the additional displacement of water from the oranges, I should be close enough.

Just finished step one (boiling apple juice, brown sugar and salt) and it smells terrific already! I'm psyched!!