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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    once injected, how often do you rotate? I'm sure its in the thread some where, but I can't find it at a glance. This is the problem with not doing this often enough! I forget my techniques!
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    I've done the injection technique before, I'm mostly curious how it differs from a soak brine. Soak brine's seem shorter then injection, I would have thought it would be opposite. Also @Bearcarver I saw you mention somewhere you don't use Cure #1, you use TQ. What is TQ?
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    is this thread dead?
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    @daveomak What’s the longest you can let the ham cure? Also, this is probably addressed but what is the difference between soaking the ham vs injecting?
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    If anyone is interested, I picked one of these up and it made a huge difference with injecting. Prior I was just using a syringe and had very little control over the amount injecting.
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    Great! I have no problems being the meat man, ham man whatever they come up with. I just love cooking delicious meat. Thanks for your advice. Given this cut is quite small, about 8lbs the distribution should be pretty good. I’ll continue to massage it and maybe that will help.
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    Quick question....I'm celebrating a late Christmas with my dad and he asked if I could cook a ham, this was yesterday. So I went out and bought a fresh ham and injected it last night. I know you said 6 days minimum, is there any exception to that? I don't use a traditional smoker, I use a...
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    Haha... I tried to post it as a link for google sheets but the forum didn’t like it. Let me try again, click here! Just click on cell B1 and type a number
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    Also, I created this spreadsheet to help calculate the ratios of each ingredient for the injection. All the cells are locked except for the ham weight. You enter the weight in pounds, and it calculates each ingredient.
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    Well I love making mistakes...kind of the story of my life for everything first time around. The only concerning part for me was the color of the meat, but after a good trimming it came out beautiful. Had a bite of ham this morning and its so darn good. Can't wait to watch the jaws drop on...
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    Well, I have to say this ham came out incredibly delicious! I cooked it to 150° then basted it with a mix of maple syrup, brown sugar, nutmeg and clove and finished it with a heavy sprinkling of sugar. For smoke I did a bit of hickory, apple and pecan. Really happy with it. I thought I took...
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    I’m going to rotisserie it on my green egg at around 180° with a mix of apple and pecan. As for the skin yes I’ll remove it. I was just a bit concerned with the darkish spots...I guess that’s normal? Obviously I don’t want anyone getting sick
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    HAM.... easy peasy... no mess.... DISCLAIMER.. MONEY...

    Can you have a look at this and let me know. The meat has some darkish areas...is that normal? It doesn’t smell bad at all.
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    Curing Fresh Home for Smoking

    Got it! Guess I’ll try it again! I’m determined to succeed on round two. Appreciate your patience with my stupid questions.
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    Curing Fresh Home for Smoking

    @daveomak Picked up a much better injector, long needles as well. Going to try this again, hoping not to miss any spots this time. What are your thoughts on injecting your cure and submerging in a solution (yet to be determined) at the same time?
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