HAMZILLA in the making!!

[Tenpoint5]

I have made reference to having Hamzilla in my freezer. I figured it was time to put up since we all know I don't shut up very often. I got the old girl out of the freezer this morning. I will thaw her out over the weekend in the beer fridge and start curing on Monday. I will de-bone the ham and stuff into a net. I got this ham and its twin sister from the Amish here in Iowa. (Yes Squirt and Hal this is the twin sister pay attention to the following pictures)

First you hoist and flop it on top of the scale to see if it will fit.



Then you say to yourself "Damn how big is that thing?"



I need to know just how heavy it REALLY is!!



OK now that we know it is definitely HAMZILLA size get the big meat lug out



Cover everything in plastic wrap and off to the beer fridge to thaw out over the weekend. I am thinking this might be a really really long smoke when the time comes. I will keep you up to date as this one goes along. I will weight it again after I remove the bones, to get a better idea of how much brine to inject.

[deb415611]

Wow, that thing is going to make an awesome huge ham.   

[squirtthecat]

Good lord!

You gonna hang it from a tree? (with your Bradley strategically positioned underneath)

[Tenpoint5]

Should be able to make a ham sandwich or two with it. At least that's what I am thinking of doing with it.

[hal4uk]

Holeee Moleeeee!!!!  Can you really squeeze that in the Bradley?

[NePaSmoKer]

Should be able to make a ham sandwich or two with it. At least that's what I am thinking of doing with it.

Or 3 or 4   ;D

Looking good

[KyNola]

Hal,
You took the words right out of my mouth.  Chris, you sure you can stuff that thing in a Bradley and what the heck are you going to hang it from?  You don't have any netting hoss enough to hold that brute do you?

This is gonna be fun to watch as it transpires.

Go get 'em Chris!

[Smoking Rebel]

HAMZILLA

[Tenpoint5]

I will probably double net this one. Yes it is going in the Bradley!! It will be a long smoke because I have to babysit my SG it has been acting up here lately so I have to check it every 20 minutes to make sure it cycled.

[BuyLowSellHigh]

I think that's the ham that ate Chicago.  That thing is downright scary.

[FLBentRider]

I'm sure you'll HAM it up right.

[squirtthecat]

Run for your lives!   It's the..

[hal4uk]

Run for your lives!   It's the..

Stand back, boys...
(I might have to "take one for the team!")

[GusRobin]

Now that looks like it is going to be good. It also looks like it is going totake a long time.

[Quarlow]

Holy carp that's a big boy. If you had told me sooner I could have sent you a chunk of a gill net from the fishboats.  :D :D :D