Brining meat for the BBQ

Brining meat for the BBQ

Postby milesthemeat » Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:28 am

Hi all.....

Just read this article on brining meat, not for the preservative value but for flavour! Sounds good to me, has anyone tried it or got any recipes/suggestions.

http://bbq.about.com/cs/barbecuetips/a/aa112000b.htm

Also note the inclusion of saltpetre on the last page. Does this sound like a safe dose to all you pro's?

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Postby johnfb » Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:46 am

I think 1 gram of saltpetre per kilo of meat is an accepted level these days.
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Postby TJ Buffalo » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:08 am

I have brined pork chops quite successfully before, but I haven't used any preservatives since I only brine the chops for an hour or so.
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Postby lemonD » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:07 pm

I been brining for the last year or so, the results speak for themselves, try it.
I use 1/2cup salt, 1/2cup sugar and approx 4litres water.
Length of time in the brine is dependant on the meat.
Never had a dried up piece of meat off the grill since I've been doing it.
I don't use saltpetre.

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Postby saucisson » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:14 pm

I always brine my turkeys overnight nowadays, usually from frozen so the brining is part of the thawing process. I don't use any nitite/nitrate cure for that at all but I certainly wouldn't put a tablespoon of saltpetre in a gallon of liquid :shock: Having said that, when Mike Robinson dry cured venison for a couple of hours before BBQing it he seemed to sprinkle on pink salt quite liberally. I suppose the arguement is that not much will be absorbed if you are curing for a couple of hours only but in a brine a lot more might get in. I would stick with John's figure which is a happy medium between FDA and UK recommendations for an immersion cure or better yet don't use any unless you are doing a proper timed cure as opposed to a quick brining.

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Postby Bad Flynch » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:48 pm

I think that you would be quite pleased with the recipes. However, I would change them to use a sodium nitrite based cure, rather than saltpetre. The reason being is the relatively short cure time and for that, nitrite is arguably better.
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