I have been watching a couple of Steven Raichlen's episodes of "project smoke".
In a couple of them he uses a brine of cure #1, salt etc and boils this mixture to make it easier to dissolve.
I have always been scared to do it that way.
I may boil to dissolve salt and sugar but I only add the cure when the mixture is cooled down.
What I would like to know:
Can you safely do it his way, or is it better to dissolve the cure in a cold/cool brine?