Christmas Ham - Suggestions Please

[Nitty]

Seems there are a lot of different ways to buy your ham so I want to put my specs on here and have you guys provide suggestions. I want to do a smoked ham for Christmas.

Fresh (uncooked), skin on, shank hock on, city smoked.

Is there any best way to smoke this ham? Anything to stay away from? Any good threads on here that would be good for this ham? Any suggestions?

I'm likely going to be using hickory.

 

[JLeonard]

Bear's "Step by Step" Index

Bear's "Step by Step" Index I made this index, because a lot of guys use my "Step by Steps", and I couldn't get them all in my Signature. Then I'd have to find the one I had that best suited what they were wanting to do. At times it has taken me forever to find one of my Step by Steps that...

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Bear has multiple double smoked hams links. He’s my go to for ideas

 

[Nitty]

That is a very helpful thread. Question I have though is it seems everything I'm reading says to use fully cooked hams but the guy we get our ham from says they are not cooked. What is the reasoning behind trying to get one already cooked? I'm assuming it has something to do with increased smoke time but I could be wrong.

 

[smokerjim]

Fresh ham will not taste like ham unless you cure it if I'm reading your question right, also as far as I know smoked hams are already cooked but make great double smoked hams

 

[Nitty]

Fresh ham will not taste like ham unless you cure it if I'm reading your question right, also as far as I know smoked hams are already cooked but make great double smoked hams

Well that's what I thought but maybe there is confusion with the guy my wife was asking questions to. He said it is city smoked. Per the guy "it's a Christmas ham" so I would think it should taste like ham.

 

[bmudd14474]

Do you have a picture of it? My guess is it's cured but wasn't fully smoked

 

[smokerjim]

Well that's what I thought but maybe there is confusion with the guy my wife was asking questions to. He said it is city smoked. Per the guy "it's a Christmas ham" so I would think it should taste like ham.

Yes i believe city hams are cured and smoked and ready to eat, would work good for double smoked

 

[Nitty]

Do you have a picture of it? My guess is it's cured but wasn't fully smoked

 

[negolien]

make a glaze and smoke it to 140

 

[bmudd14474]

It looks cured and Smoked. I'd just double smoke it to bring to temp.and enjoy

 

[JLeonard]

Agree with bmudd14474 score the rind and smoke it til 140 degrees.

 

[Brokenhandle]

You won't be disappointed in a double smoked ham done bearcarvers way!

Ryan

 

[Gonna Smoke]

It looks cured and Smoked. I'd just double smoke it to bring to temp.and enjoy

Agree, but make sure you enter it in the December Throwdown...

December Throwdown

This months theme will be ....................................................... Ham Just like the last throwdown Ham just have to be in your entry in some way or another. It can be in a side item but will be judged for best use of the item. All entries must have a description of what...

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[BrianGSDTexoma]

As others have said it is cured and cooked. Just need to reheat. SmokyMose just did one. If you search double smoked ham will find what you need.

First double smoked ham

I'd been wanting to smoke a ham for a while and finally found a smaller one and had a nice day to do it. I also thought I' try some shotgun shells and some of SmokinEdge's melting potatoes. For the shells I just used cream cheese, sharp cheddar and chopped jalapenos for filling. I had the...

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[Nitty]

ok all good, I got this. I'm going to follow Bear's process for second 2 hams of the 4 ham smoke thread.