Terms of Service

Welcome to TouchFree Charcuterie & Biltong Guild, operating via https://touchfreewashnearme.com ("Website"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our digital platforms, culinary blueprints, calculators, and educational content.

By accessing or using our Website and by requesting our free educational blueprints, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be legally bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

1. Educational Purpose & Free Lead Magnet Nature

TouchFree Charcuterie Guild provides educational resources, food science recipes, assembly schematics, and interactive tools designed to instruct home cooks in safe meat preservation. All materials provided through this site—including downloadable PDFs, email cheat sheets, and web calculators—are offered entirely free of charge ($0.00) as an educational resource. No purchase or subscription is required to access the core blueprints.

2. Food Safety & Culinary Disclaimer

While our blueprints detail scientifically verified equilibrium curing methods (such as the standard 2.5% kosher salt equilibrium rule and minimum 35% water weight loss), individual outcomes depend on your ingredients, home kitchen sanitation, temperature accuracy, and scale calibration. You are solely responsible for ensuring that all meats are sourced from reputable suppliers and prepared in a sanitary environment. If meat develops an offensive odor, slimy surface, or non-white molds, it must be discarded immediately.

3. Intellectual Property Rights

All content, graphics, formulas, interactive calculators, blueprints, logos, and website layouts are the exclusive property of TouchFree Charcuterie Guild and are protected under United States and international copyright and trademark laws. You are granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive license to download and print one copy of the educational guides for personal, non-commercial home use.

4. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the Website or its downloadable resources:

• For any unlawful purpose or to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts.
• To redistribute, resell, or commercially re-publish our blueprints without written permission.
• To transmit any malware, viruses, or any code of a destructive nature.
• To harass, abuse, insult, defame, or intimidate other community members or staff.

5. Accuracy of Tools & Information

Our interactive curing calculator is designed as an educational estimator based on standard meat curing benchmarks. Because meat cuts vary in fat marbling and moisture content, calculated drying times and weights are approximations. Users must always verify weight loss percentages using a certified digital kitchen scale.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, TouchFree Charcuterie Guild, its founders, and contributors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use our Website, tools, or downloaded blueprints, or any food preparation conducted by the user.

7. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any legal disputes arising out of these Terms shall be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Austin, Travis County, Texas.

8. Modifications to Terms

We reserve the right to revise or update these Terms at any time. When changes are published, the "Last Revised" date at the top of this page will be updated. Your continued use of the Website following any amendments constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our Terms of Service, please reach out to our corporate office: