Learn The Difference Between Curing Meat and Brining Meat

Discover the best ways to brine meat and the best ways to cure meat with this grilling suggestions video from Cave Tools. Lots of people don't actually understand what a brine is or what a salt cure is and the best ways to use brines and cures when preparing your food for the grill.

Exactly what is a Brine?
In this video, we brined Pork Chops to assist draw wetness into the meat. The brine we used was a combination between water, salt, sugar, and a ton of different spices. By letting your meat sit in a brine recipe, the meat soaks up all the different spices from the solution. This makes your meat juicer and avoids it from drying out when you are grilling it. Among the very best uses of a brine is making use of a brine for chicken since chicken is notorious for drying out on the grill. Brining meat is also a technique that a lot of restaurants use to make their meat super juicy.

What are the best ways to Cure meat?
In this video we used a cured pork belly recipe. A cure is actually the exact reverse of a brine since it cooks the meat by pulling wetness out of it. Unlike a brine, a cure has a much higher salt content, which is why it is in some cases described as salt curing meat.

Whether you are brining meat or curing meat, it is necessary to clean the meat off before grilling it. Otherwise, there will be a strong salty taste to your meat.

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