Curing brine

[George L]

sorry Folks, But I posted as a newbie, and messed it all up!
I managed to save some info from
Pops6927, with a curing brining recipe.
What I guess I need now is Help with curing/brining times as well as Smoking times in a Pit Boss Blue Blazin 2 smoker. Wanting to do pork tenderloin and also some chops!
Help please .

 

[Smkryng]

Here’s pops updated brine post, it also gives times for different cuts and tells how to figure for thickness. I follow this and have no problems at all.

https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/ams/pops6927s-curing-brines-regular-and-lo-salt.9838/

And as far as times I guess that’s gonna be dependent on what exactly your smoking and if your hot smoking or cold smoking. The first ham I cured I was nervous about it being brined to the center so I hot smoked just to be safe. I cooked the ham to an IT of 145

 

[George L]

Here’s pops updated brine post, it also gives times for different cuts and tells how to figure for thickness. I follow this and have no problems at all.

https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/ams/pops6927s-curing-brines-regular-and-lo-salt.9838/

And as far as times I guess that’s gonna be dependent on what exactly your smoking and if your hot smoking or cold smoking. The first ham I cured I was nervous about it being brined to the center so I hot smoked just to be safe. I cooked the ham to an IT of 145

Thank You, this helps!
Going to do a couple Pork Tenderloins and maybe a few chops as well.
Want to do more eat it today, rather than keep it for an extended time!
Is Kosher Salt acceptable rather than Sea Salt?
Thanks
George

 

[Smkryng]

I converted the sea salt to kosher salt on a calculator on Morton salts website and it works just fine. By eat it today I assume your wanting to hot smoke? Either way I would do a search of hot smoke vs cold smoke on here and see which result more suits your needs. Someone, can’t remember who or I would tag them, said that with cold smoke the smoke penetrates deeper into the meat than with a hot smoke.

 

[George L]

Yes, I would prefer to Hot smoke, quicker end result, :).
Wondered about Iodized Salt, so will
Check on Kosher vs Sea salt.
Thank you

 

[Smkryng]

No problem, and good luck. Hope we get to see some pics of the results!

 

[George L]

Yes, I would prefer to Hot smoke, quicker end result, :).
Wondered about Iodized Salt, so will
Check on Kosher vs Sea salt.
Thank you

 

[George L]

Thanks, Will do some pics if I can remember. Hopefully this week end!