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  • johnsbrewhouseJ Offline
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    johnsbrewhouse
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    Grams are a whole lot more precise than ounce measurements. I would just either round up or down with the 1/10thโ€™s except with Sodium Erythorbate which has to be measure pretty exactly. New Escali scales are not to expensive and measure in .1 gram increments. I have a PR200S and love how it works.

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    • johnsbrewhouseJ johnsbrewhouse

      Grams are a whole lot more precise than ounce measurements. I would just either round up or down with the 1/10thโ€™s except with Sodium Erythorbate which has to be measure pretty exactly. New Escali scales are not to expensive and measure in .1 gram increments. I have a PR200S and love how it works.

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      kyle
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      johnsbrewhouse thanks. I will look into them

      hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!

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        glen
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        kyle For spices and salt rounding to the nearest gram would not be a problem but as johnsbrewhouse pointed out cures and additives need to be more precise.

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          Tex_77
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          kyle this is what you want https://www.waltonsinc.com/escali-precision-digital-scale

          Isaiah 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks

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            As mentioned above grams is way more precise, also I noticed the likes of Alton Brown has moved all his recipes to grams.

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              kyle
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              thanks guys. All my sausage recipes up until now with the Kabanosy recipe have been in ounces. I just rounded up to a whole gram when I made it and it turned out great. But now looking at other recipes I see most are in grams. Thanks again all

              hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!

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              • kyleK kyle

                thanks guys. All my sausage recipes up until now with the Kabanosy recipe have been in ounces. I just rounded up to a whole gram when I made it and it turned out great. But now looking at other recipes I see most are in grams. Thanks again all

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                kyle Iโ€™ll just say that I also use that Escali scale, and I love it. If you want to get extremely precise, you can pick up a jewelerโ€™s scale for under $20, but I doubt you need that kind of precision when the Escali scale will do 99.99% of what you want to do.

                If you ever want to quickly convert ounces to grams, head over HERE

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                  Precision scale is what you would be looking for. NOW they make some scales that have the smaller precision scale on the side. I mention this because in some places in the States cops could harass you over paraphernalia and possible even try to charge you with it due to the fact it is the same type scale that would be used for items that are sold in the grams sub grams manner. Yes I have been harassed about that due to flour being on it when I got stopped. OZ to Grams honestly after baking for ages now I prefer the grams it is easier and more precise.

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                  • kyleK kyle

                    So many recipes call for grams, not ounces of spice. My scale only goes to a whole gram, not 1/10s. Is there any issue with converting grams to ounces so I can get closer with my scale or should I buy a new scale? Round up to the next full gram? Whats your thoughts on this.

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                    kyle
                    Escali all the way! Great scale.

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                    • TexLawT TexLaw

                      kyle Iโ€™ll just say that I also use that Escali scale, and I love it. If you want to get extremely precise, you can pick up a jewelerโ€™s scale for under $20, but I doubt you need that kind of precision when the Escali scale will do 99.99% of what you want to do.

                      If you ever want to quickly convert ounces to grams, head over HERE

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                      kyle
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                      TexLaw said in ounces and grams:

                      If you ever want to quickly convert ounces to grams, head over HERE

                      Thats the place I went to convert grams to ounces. It works great, I just didnt know if it was good enough. thanks

                      hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!

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                      • PapaSopP PapaSop

                        kyle
                        Escali all the way! Great scale.

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                        PapaSop I could do it the backwoods WI way and use my reloading scale I suppose. Just fill up the powder hopper with spice and away we go๐Ÿ˜‚. I am just kidding you guys of course

                        hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!

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                        • kyleK kyle

                          PapaSop I could do it the backwoods WI way and use my reloading scale I suppose. Just fill up the powder hopper with spice and away we go๐Ÿ˜‚. I am just kidding you guys of course

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                          kyle You can Laugh, but that is exactly what I have been doing until I pick up the escali a couple months ago. Electronic powder scale worked great.

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                            kyle You can Laugh, but that is exactly what I have been doing until I pick up the escali a couple months ago. Electronic powder scale worked great.

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                            bss14978 I guess one thing good would be I know its calabrated, i check it every time i use it. I will pick up a new scale before my next batch of sausage tho. Thanks for making me look not so silly.

                            hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!

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                              Just use your re loading one. Perfect for this. I use mine.

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                              • kyleK kyle

                                So many recipes call for grams, not ounces of spice. My scale only goes to a whole gram, not 1/10s. Is there any issue with converting grams to ounces so I can get closer with my scale or should I buy a new scale? Round up to the next full gram? Whats your thoughts on this.

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                                kyle itโ€™s time yโ€™all went metric. Even the Britโ€™s that invented your system of weights and measures have gone metric. Since there are more than 28 grams in an ounce you donโ€™t need more accuracy to measure the spices. Another advantage is that you can do the math easily as there are 1000 grams in a kilo. Up here in the Great White North we went metric about 75 years ago so itโ€™s easy to calculate 156 ppm for the exact amount of cure to add for my kg of meat for smoked garlic sausage. Iโ€™ve got my fingers crossed Biden doesnโ€™t screw up

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                                • kyleK kyle

                                  PapaSop I could do it the backwoods WI way and use my reloading scale I suppose. Just fill up the powder hopper with spice and away we go๐Ÿ˜‚. I am just kidding you guys of course

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                                  kyle said in ounces and grams:

                                  PapaSop I could do it the backwoods WI way and use my reloading scale I suppose. Just fill up the powder hopper with spice and away we go๐Ÿ˜‚. I am just kidding you guys of course

                                  Probably have the same reloader scale. Yeah, it works. Just not the same. LOL.
                                  Single beam, not like the triple back in the day. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                                    #18

                                    There are a ton of cheap, accurate digital reloading scales that can switch from grams to grains. I have hornady branded ones I use for spices for sausage. Absolutely the way to go, if your small measurements digital scale wonโ€™t read grains, itโ€™s a one-trick pony. No need to buy an extra spice scale for 30 grams and under.

                                    But yes, there should be no Tablespoons or teaspoons or other volumes in cooking. At least not when publishing a recipe for others. For accurate repeatability weight is the way to go. And grams is the unit of choice ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                                    • kyleK kyle

                                      PapaSop I could do it the backwoods WI way and use my reloading scale I suppose. Just fill up the powder hopper with spice and away we go๐Ÿ˜‚. I am just kidding you guys of course

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                                      kyle
                                      Had to blow the dust off. Still works. ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿคฃ

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                                      • PapaSopP PapaSop

                                        kyle
                                        Had to blow the dust off. Still works. ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿคฃ

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                                        PapaSop doh, digital man! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                                          PapaSop Grains ainโ€™t grams, my man. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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