convert wet brine recipe to dry brine

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I've got this amazing wet-brine recipe a few years ago for a bone-in pork chop. (It came from Bucks in DC)
I want to convert it to a DRY-brine recipe for home use. I can take all the aromatics and make it into a spice rub. However, it calls for 2C of orange juice added to a gallon of 6% saline, brined for 2 days. Under the principle of 6lbs of meat/gallon of brine (wikihow) that is 1.6% salt by weight.
I'm going to just marinate the chops in OJ today, followed by a sprinkle of 1.6% salt an hour before cooking, and the dry rub just before it goes on the grill.
But I'm open to any other ideas for duplicating the flavor/texture that OJ adds to the wet brine. Ideas?

moscafj · Answer

We can quibble, but brining, by definition, is wet.  When there is no liquid, you are just salting or dry rubbing (although the term is popular, and few make the distinction).
It is unlikely that any oj, or anything other than salt molecules are penetrating the meat.  So, the oj is just a surface treatment, as is most marination. If you like the texture of brined pork, why mess with the oj brine?  I would use the oj brine, then right before grilling, use your spice rub without the salt.

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