- Mar 10, 2014
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The whole nitrate poisoning has me totally paranoid. I cooked a brisket yesterday in an electric smoker and used tender quick to get a nice faux smoke ring. I used three tablespoons for 15 min. and then washed it all off and used a normal rub. Final product came out great but I felt like I was killing my self while eating it and didn't enjoy it. The bag calls for 1.5 tablespoons per pound and it was a 5 pound brisket. Am I just being a baby? I know cure #1 is different then tender quick in that it had less nitrates. Which is why itsmok to use more...I think