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I used the basic eq method and online calculator and did weight as 1 pound but it was really 4 pounds so I was light on it just worried when I re did it that plus new salt will make us sick from to much.
Today I was curing bacon and after doing the first slab I realized the scale was set to kg and not lb so I took it out of vacuum seal rinsed it off in water and re-did if under correct weight I was worried some of the cure salt may have not come off so I put about .50grams less on it now I'm not...
Yes the bacon weighed more then the scale said by 1 pound I'm confusing myself that's why I was worried I put the cure about in for 4 pounds and it was really 5. The meat was reading 9 pounds from farmer and it was really the 10 it was supposed to be that's what made me get another scale though...
I bought 10 pounds of ground meat from a farmer and threw it on a scale and it read 11 and I thought that was suspicious so I grabbed a neighbors scale and his read 10 pounds so I went and bought a new scale and it also read 10 pounds. Then didn't think much of it till after I was smoking the...
Hey I have a question I cured bacon using the eq method and I found my meat scale to be off by about 1 pound. I cured 15 days and smoked about 4 hrs at between 180⁰ and 200⁰ to about 140⁰ Internal temp. Is this even safe to eat now I found out after all this the scale was off. Seems like the...
Yes cure 1 i mean when I make ground jerky i use commercial mix i want to try making my own mix and wasn't sure if I would still use 1.1 cure per pound of meat.
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