A little different question here. When using Morton's Tenderquick cure there is a specific formula for the amount of TQ to use per measure of liquid(1 cup per quart I think). However I haven't seen anything like that for "pick salt cures"(insta cure, DQ cure, etc). Only thing I've seen is to use 1 teaspoon per 5lbs of meat. So does the same apply for using it in a wet cure no matter the amount of liquid?
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Good question Lou... curing brines are mixed to a CONCENTRATION of nitrates/ites. I have found the TQ to be too salty in the published concentration- and I assume one COULD lessen the amount perhaps 30% and go with a longer time in the cure.
Altho, I am not positive of this. There is a sticky somewhere...lemmee see here...
http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=850
That explains some of this. I guess I should go thru it again...In God I trust- All others pay cash...Check out the Mad Hunky and products at https://madhunkymeats.com or https://www.facebook.com/MadHunkyMeats
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Welll by weight...6.25% nitrite I guess...
http://www.appropedia.org/Prague_powder_1In God I trust- All others pay cash...Check out the Mad Hunky and products at https://madhunkymeats.com or https://www.facebook.com/MadHunkyMeats
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Thanks Rich
Originally posted by Richtee View PostWelll by weight...6.25% nitrite I guess...
http://www.appropedia.org/Prague_powder_1
Dave
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Not only that, Dave but how to assure even distribution in 5 lbs. That's where TQ has an advantage...it's "diluted". I would suggest mixing ALL your spice/flavorings together WITH the cure BEFORE adding into the meat. Spreads it out, easier mixing.In God I trust- All others pay cash...Check out the Mad Hunky and products at https://madhunkymeats.com or https://www.facebook.com/MadHunkyMeats
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Originally posted by lcruzen View PostSeems like there would have to be a concentration level for pink cure also but I can find anything on it.
2 pounds per 100 gallons pickle brine at the 10 percent pump level in the product
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distrib...on/DJ0974.html
An interesting article: http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docush...SI-3994web.pdf
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Hmmm Something's not right there. I'm not sure what... crap... I gotta go do some math later.In God I trust- All others pay cash...Check out the Mad Hunky and products at https://madhunkymeats.com or https://www.facebook.com/MadHunkyMeats
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OK what is this 10% pump level? Are they injecting the meat with a 200PPM solution with 10% of the meat weight here?In God I trust- All others pay cash...Check out the Mad Hunky and products at https://madhunkymeats.com or https://www.facebook.com/MadHunkyMeats
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yessiree
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Sooo then... you do not add the weights of meat AND water, but make the brine according to the water amount to equal 200PPM-ish, (200PPM being the MOST allowed per USDA rules...right?) and inject the meat, then into that concentration cure/brine?In God I trust- All others pay cash...Check out the Mad Hunky and products at https://madhunkymeats.com or https://www.facebook.com/MadHunkyMeats
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Dan and Rich, thanx for sorting this out. You'd think the folks that make the cure would have this info readily available.
So the answer is .32oz per gallon of water, correct?sigpic
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My calculations come up with .325 Oz, or perhaps easier, 9.1 grams per gallon brine, WITH 10% of the meat weight IN BRINE injected...then meat put in brine.
This will reduce curing times to about half of normal, and time does matter in this case as more nitrite/ate IS available. I would suppose we are looking at 4 days/inch of meat radius in this case. I think. Sigh still reading and figgering.Last edited by Richtee; 03-28-2010, 03:16 PM.In God I trust- All others pay cash...Check out the Mad Hunky and products at https://madhunkymeats.com or https://www.facebook.com/MadHunkyMeats
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