Cure #1 and pork ribs or other bone in cuts

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blucmal

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Dec 21, 2019
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How do I calculate the amount of cure #1 when dry curing when there is a large amount of bone in the meat. I usually go with .25% weight on boneless cuts but wont the amount of bone, in say ribs a shoulder or a whole chicken throw out this calculation?
 
Thanks for the replies. Just for clarification I have been going by .25% meat weight as cure #1 (prague powder etc 6.25% nitrite salt) so if a cut of meat is heavy boned like ribs do I still use .25% weight meat as cure #1 or reduce it because major part is bone and will push cure ratio ppm to high.

Yes bacon on a stick is an example but I want to be able to work out and adjust cures to suit what I am making not just follow a recipe..no offence to anyone who spends time working this stuff out for others. But I want to be able to apply knowledge to any situation..
 
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