Help determining how cure per pound I should use

[carter86]

Picked up a bag of bacon cure which tells me 5lbs season cures 100lbs of bellies imparting 200 ppm of nitrite.





Can you guys help me determine how much per pound I should use?





Here is a pic of the bag

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• carter86
• Oct 22, 2015

Thanks

 

[atomicsmoke]

Ummm....5/100=0.05lb for a lb of belly?

 

[carter86]

Thank you.

Can you tell me how much is that in ounces or grams?

Apologies if this is a crazy question

 

[carter86]

I got it.

.05lb =.8 ounces 

I would just times that by how many pounds of belly I have.

I probably sound real dumb right now but is this correct.

I'm used to going by cures that tell me this info already

 

[daveomak]

Carter, evening.... 5#'s per 100...... or 5% of the weight of the belly...

5#'s x 454 grams per pound = 2270 grams per 100 #'s.... or 22.7 grams per 1# (454 grams of bellies)...

 

[atomicsmoke]

I got it.

.05lb =.8 ounces 

I would just times that by how many pounds of belly I have.

I probably sound real dumb right now but is this correct.

I'm used to going by cures that tell me this info already

You got it.

 

[carter86]

Thank you Dave for the information

 

[carter86]

Thanks atomic smoke.

This info helps a lot

I was hoping I wouldn't get bad replies from asking so simple of a question.