Leggs Blend #133 Peppered Jerky Seasoning

[Jeffinn]

Hi all!
I bought a bag of this awhile ago and am trying to determine if I can use it as a dry rub. The label directions call for adding water and using it as a "brine". It looks like a few folks online have used it as a dry rub after adding the appropriate amount of pink salt.
Has anyone here used this particular spice blend as a dry rub?
Thanks.
Jeff

 

[DivotMaker]

Jeff, are you sure it doesn't have any curing salt in it already?  Many dry jerky seasonings have #2 Prague powder in them, for use as a rubbed cure (where you don't mix it with water).  This one seems to maybe actually be a brine, since it says to add water?  Curious...going to have to investigate!

I just looked it up, and see that it is, indeed, just a seasoning mix!  States "does not include the sodium nitrite cure."  If you put it in a liquid brine, you should add #1 Instacure (Prague powder, 6.25% nitrite).  If you intend to rub on the meat, place in a plastic bag, use #2 Instacure (nitrite and nitrate).  The idea of using #2 for a rub is that the nitrates convert to nitrites, over the length of the cure.  Brines need pure nitrites. 

Bet it's a tasty blend!