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bluetang · 11-13-2011, 01:38 PM

I'm sure bucc will chime in when he gets back online, but in the meantime: I think that he is referring to cure #1, or prague powder, which is 6.25% nitrite, and the rest of it salt, pink in color. There is also a cure #2, also pink which has both sodium nitrite as well as sodium nitrate, in very small quantities, mixed in salt.
Here is what I do:
2Tablespoons blk peppercorns
1 Tablespoon dried thyme
6 bay leaves
2 teaspoons whole cloves
1 Tablespoon garlic juice
2 teaspoons whole juniper berries
155 grams Kosher salt
108 grams dextrose
175 grams cure #1
1 gallon water
Bring water to boil, add and dissolve salt and dextrose
Remove from heat, add the rest of the spices(not the cure yet) and steep until cool, then chill to 38 F
Add cure
Pump meat to 15% of green weight
Submerge meat in remaining brine for 3-5 days @ 38F
Rinse before smoking.
Add coatings of your choice

11-13-2011, 01:38 PM	#7
bluetang somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-06-10 Location: Stuart, Fl Name/Nickname : Mike	I'm sure bucc will chime in when he gets back online, but in the meantime: I think that he is referring to cure #1, or prague powder, which is 6.25% nitrite, and the rest of it salt, pink in color. There is also a cure #2, also pink which has both sodium nitrite as well as sodium nitrate, in very small quantities, mixed in salt. Here is what I do: 2Tablespoons blk peppercorns 1 Tablespoon dried thyme 6 bay leaves 2 teaspoons whole cloves 1 Tablespoon garlic juice 2 teaspoons whole juniper berries 155 grams Kosher salt 108 grams dextrose 175 grams cure #1 1 gallon water Bring water to boil, add and dissolve salt and dextrose Remove from heat, add the rest of the spices(not the cure yet) and steep until cool, then chill to 38 F Add cure Pump meat to 15% of green weight Submerge meat in remaining brine for 3-5 days @ 38F Rinse before smoking. Add coatings of your choice __________________ Homey, the Homegrown frier, 22" WSM, 18.5" Elderly(but not retired) WSM,Homegrown Electric, Weber gasserrrr,Weber Performer, Gravity feed smoker, Blackstone, Indisputably Fastest [COLOR=purple]Purple[/COLOR] Thermapen, SAI Satay Grill Avatar by landarc, thanky! Last edited by bluetang; 11-13-2011 at 02:14 PM..