Corned beef / pastrami question

[BFlynn]

I did 150 ppm

[Jerod Broussard]

What ppm?? I like 150

[BFlynn]

Just rechecked the numbers at it says 5.4 days.
I must have used a 1 inch radius instead of 2 in diameter.

5.4 days seems more like it.

Problem seems to be between the chair and the keyboard

[Red Man]

I just put your numbers in the calculator. The Prague powder is about right, but your time is way off. It says 5.4 days for a 2” thick piece of meat.

[Schwyy]

ive always scaled with the calculator and have always had pink cure all the way through.

[Jerod Broussard]

Recalculate and double check. It gives pretty much the absolute minimum time required.

[BFlynn]

This is my first attempt at curing anything.
Ordered some Prague Powder from Amazon.

Ive got a 2.5 lb section of brisket flat, just under 2 inches thick, in 2 quarts of water.
The curing calculator said I should use 1.3 teaspoons of cure and it should take 1.4 days.

That doesn't seem very long. Should I be going longer?