I'm not a stranger to grills and smokers and have had great success with smoking pork, chicken, turkey, brisket, etc. But I've never tried to smoke a fresh ham. I grew up on a farm and we had 200 head of hogs. I freaking love ham. My grandfather had a smokehouse that he had just right. But I was young and didn't really pay attention. Salt, Hickory, and I was to not play in the smokehouse....my memory of the process. My memory of eating was just pure goodness.
So...guys I need a good recipe for smoking a fresh ham--not in a smokehouse, but a backyard smoker.
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Re: Y'all talk to me about smoking a fresh ham
[Re: straycat]
#2663204 12/05/1801:34 PM12/05/1801:34 PM
straycat are you going to cure it in salt first or just smoke it? I've done both ways. Cured in salt came out way better. More than likely that is what your grandfather did.
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Re: Y'all talk to me about smoking a fresh ham
[Re: straycat]
#2663220 12/05/1801:44 PM12/05/1801:44 PM
Stray, brine (salt and sugar base, plus anything else you like to flavor with - maybe syrup, sorghum, garlic, orange juice, dr pepper, root beer, whatever sounds good to you) the ham. Figure on leaving it in brine for a day for every 2# of ham weight - example, 10 lb ham stays in brine for 5 days or so. Pull from brine and season, I like a little salt and a heavy dose of course black pepper and cayenne pepper. Put it on the smoker low and slow and take it to about 150 - 160 degrees and enjoy it. You can glaze at end of smoke if you like a glaze. Let glaze set about last 20 - 30 minutes of cook.
Re: Y'all talk to me about smoking a fresh ham
[Re: straycat]
#2663243 12/05/1802:12 PM12/05/1802:12 PM
Used to enjoy his show but don't think it's been on in a while. I tried a fresh ham once without any prep. It turned into BBQ.
How did he lose use of his right arm....
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Re: Y'all talk to me about smoking a fresh ham
[Re: straycat]
#2663479 12/05/1805:52 PM12/05/1805:52 PM
I did a “double smoked” ham for Thanksgiving. I bought a precooked, smoked, spiral cut half ham. Then I rubbed it completely with yellow mustard and seasoned with the holy gospel. Then smoked it, when it come up to temp o glazed it with sugar free syrup, you can use regular maple syrup if not doing low carb.
Re: Y'all talk to me about smoking a fresh ham
[Re: straycat]
#2664959 12/06/1809:46 PM12/06/1809:46 PM
The last one I did, I smoked it for 2 or 3 hours, then wrapped it in foil like I do with a Boston butt. Before I closed the foil, I poured about 3 cups of pineapple juice all over it and then sealed the foil. It was great. But I think I will add some salt next time.
Re: Y'all talk to me about smoking a fresh ham
[Re: straycat]
#2710730 01/18/1909:35 PM01/18/1909:35 PM
Thanks for the tips. Forgot I posted this and ran across it tonight.
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