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gdub3542
As a rule of thumb I use 8oz water to 1lb of meat. I do dissolve the cure in water before adding.
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twilliams Power User PK100 Regular Contributors Team Greyreplied to gdub3542 on last edited by twilliams
gdub3542 I have never done straight pork, however I use 2qts of distilled water for 25lbs meat block. And yes dissolve the sure cure in the cold water before adding to meat. Sure gel can be added to meat before water and cure mix. I see no mention of an accelerator so you are holding in fridge for at least 12 hours before smoke/cook cycle correct?
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gdub3542 I use 1 once of distilled water for every pound of meat.
I dissolve both sure gel and sure cure in water and mix with meat then mix in seasoning.
I highly recommend mixing at least sure cure in water so it disperse into the meat better.
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Jamieson22 Team Blue PK100 Regular Contributors Power User Illinoisreplied to gdub3542 on last edited by
gdub3542 what size casing and tube are you using? Snack stick size can stress a stuffer out so I usually don’t wait long before adding cure and stuffing. Extra water helps too if you have troubles.
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cdavis Masterbuilt Canning Kamado Joes Regular Contributors Power User Sous Vide Oklahoma Team Camoreplied to gdub3542 on last edited by
gdub3542 good luck
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Grimpuppy Team Blue Military Veterans Power User Regular Contributors Kansasreplied to gdub3542 on last edited by Grimpuppy
gdub3542 if you don’t mind the “tang” then ECA is fine, if you prefer it without the tang, then go with another accelerator. I like smoked meat stabilizer as there is no tang and you are not measuring in fractions of a gram for a small batch like you would with sodium erothorbate.
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gdub3542 Grimpuppy is correct. I do not use an accelerator so his advice is better to consider. I try to keep my products as natural as possible without adding all the extras. Not saying adding them is a bad thing, just my preference. Usually as well time does not allow me to mix stuff and smoke all in the same day.
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Jamieson22 Team Blue PK100 Regular Contributors Power User Illinoisreplied to PapaSop on last edited by
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gdub3542 the half vac sealed, are those stuffed into casing already or you just vac sealed the mixed meat mixture? If you did not stuff them in to casings it will be hard on your stuffer as the meat firms up after mixing
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gdub3542 you should be good
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cdavis Masterbuilt Canning Kamado Joes Regular Contributors Power User Sous Vide Oklahoma Team Camoreplied to gdub3542 on last edited by
gdub3542 man those look great. Good work right there
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