How to Make a Homemade Cure for your Smoked Meat

Please be warned. Once you cure and smoke your meat yourself you will never want to buy store-bought cured meats again. This recipe shows you how to make a homemade cure for your smoked meat. I love to make my own bacon and ham.

You can find my homemade, cured bacon recipe here.

I also have a homemade ham recipe here using a smaller boneless pork butt that is ready in half the time as a full ham here.

Please follow the directions precisely or you are risking spoiled meat. No one wants that!

This is designed to be an equilibrium cure where the right amount or preservatives will penetrate the meat to both allow you to the time cure the meat and store the meat after you smoke it.

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You can find several of the tools and resources I love to use to make my own BBQ here.