HAMZILLA in the making!!

Started by Tenpoint5, September 17, 2010, 11:21:37 AM

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HAMZILLA IS DONE!!!! It only took 38 1/2 hours in the smoker. It probably would have been done in 36 but there was a little operator error involved. Some Bonehead didn't put enough time on the PID to complete the ham. So it shut off. This was not a bad thing since I was checking temps every hour so I caught it after about 15 minutes. I reset the timer and the temp and went back into the house for another hour. When I came back out to check the temps the PID was still beeping at me saying it had ended. My IT had dropped from 145 to 142º. Needless to say I had forgot to shut it off and restart the program. While talking with Nepas on the phone he mentioned that he had heard some cussing this afternoon all the way over in PA. I apologized. Once everything got reset and fired back up it took forever to get to 152º. Once it did this is what I found  and brought into the house at 7:30pm.





I was being hounded on by 3 boys that they was hungry. So I busted out the Pirate Knife and sliced off the bottom butt end and cut it up for them to eat. I am overly critical of my hams and I can taste the sharp bitter creosote taste on the outer rind of the ham. So I will not brag that this is the best tasting thing I have ever tasted yet. Hamzilla is wrapped in plastic wrap and resting overnight in the fridge. I will slice it tomorrow morning after I take the kids to school. This resting period will allow the creosote flavor to diminish if not completely disappear. The part that I was tasting was directly over the smoke generator. Here is what it looked like with about 3/4 of an inch of the butt end sliced off.

   
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seemore

thank you chris you did good job ................
great looking ham :o :o :o
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GusRobin

well it looks good -- 38 hrs  whew
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Wow that is beautiful, that was one marathon cook!

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Thought I heard you down here in Texas too.

Nice smoke and a beautiful Hamzilla.

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That ham looks awesome. If it's anything like my javelina, that taste will definately diminish and come out mouth watering.
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Quote from: KevinG on September 27, 2010, 05:08:02 AM
That ham looks awesome. If it's anything like my javelina, that taste will definately diminish and come out mouth watering.
I didn't load Hamzilla with Gun Powder and Nuclear residue like you did the Javalina!!! ;D ;D ;D I am not worried it was only a very slight taste because I was being overly critical. I didn't even notice it on the small pieces left over from feeding the yardapes that I stuck in the fridge.
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SouthernSmoked

AWESOME!!

Chris that is a work of art...

Beautiful!!
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I'm almost home dad, Dont eat HAMZILLA without me  ;D


Looks great Chris

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Wow Chris - that ham looks awesome.
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