Cure weight/volume calculation.

[zwiller]

Hold on a moment. Let's recap, shall we? Wife has an allergic reaction to red food coloring so instead of using store bought cure#1, you want to make your own, don't know how, have the precision, and the result of preparing it incorrectly is death. Seems rational...

 

[chef jimmyj]

1 oz. added to 16 oz. = 17 oz. 1 / 17 = 0.0588 ...

1 oz needs to be added to 15 oz. of salt.... 1 / 16 = 0.0625...

I see it...I believe it...But it never looks right.
Thanks Dave, I need to commit this to memory...JJ

 

[daveomak]

Another way to look at it is....
You just put 1 gram. of pure nitrite into 15 grams. of pure salt....
1 gram is 1,000 mgs... 15 grams is 15,000 mgs... total 16,000 mgs of stuff....
1000 / 16000 = 0.0625

The method noted on another post is wrong..... One more reason NOT to believe stuff you get on the web, forums or blogs..
Re-figure stuff so you know what's correct...

 

[indaswamp]

I see it...I believe it...But it never looks right.
Thanks Dave, I need to commit this to memory...JJ

It's a common mistake. I almost missed it....