This is my third time doing buckboard bacon second time using hi mountain buckboard bacon cure which I really like. I'm curious as to how others might be doing it everything has been good but not awesome I've used TQ, cure1, white sugar, brown sugar half white half brown. This hi mountain brand seems to be about 2.1% salt and 1.9 sugar ingredient lists as brown, white, maple. I can get my salt right but never thrilled with my sugar ratios or types of sugar. what have others been using?
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So, you like Hi Mountain's Buckboard, but fall short when making a substitute?
I like Hi Mountain Buckboard Cure too, I've recommended it for many years, and I buy their jerky cure in bulk. I've written several how-to articles about it. And, I live about 100 miles from the facility that makes it. I can buy it all over town. It contains 0.7% nitrite and has some seasonings already mixed in.
About 6 or 7 years ago, I started getting emails saying the shipping was more than the BBB kit. So I worked out an alternate cure using Tender Quick since it's readily available. Here is that formulation. It's nothing special, but maybe it will help dial in what you are looking for.
~~~~~~~~thirdeye's Tenderquick Cure for Buckboard Bacon~~~~~~~~
Per ONE pound of pork loin or boneless pork butt:
1 Tablespoon of Tenderquick
1 teaspoon of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of maple sugar
Sprinkle of black pepper to the meat before adding the curing mixture, maybe a little more after the soak-out
(I think the Hi Mountain Buckboard cure has a hint of garlic powder in it too, but the label does not mention it, so if you want to add some that's up to you)