My 10.5 Ham

[Caribou]

Here goes my second attempt at a home-cured ham.  It's been curing this week and goes into the BS early tomorrow morning.

I'm calling it a 10.5 ham for three reasons:

• I'm using 10.5's ham recipe
• 10.5 so graciously sent me the ham nets so I can hang the ham in the BS
• After trimming the ham it weighed 10.5 lbs!  :D

It's the shank half of the ham.
This is for Christmas so I'm going to smoke it now and treat it like a fully-cooked ham on the big day.

I'll post more pics as it progresses. :)
Carolyn

[Tenpoint5]

Carolyn by using it as a fully cooked ham on Christmas. Does that mean your going to be putting it in the oven and cooking it again or serving cold cut sliced ham sandwiches? If your going to be cooking/reheating it in the oven you will save yourself about 4-6 hours in the smoker by stopping at 142º. Then reheating to 150-152º in the oven with a glaze over it. Hope you enjoy it I look forward to the whole process.

[Caribou]

Carolyn by using it as a fully cooked ham on Christmas. Does that mean your going to be putting it in the oven and cooking it again or serving cold cut sliced ham sandwiches? If your going to be cooking/reheating it in the oven you will save yourself about 4-6 hours in the smoker by stopping at 142º. Then reheating to 150-152º in the oven with a glaze over it. Hope you enjoy it I look forward to the whole process.

Oh thank's Chris, I'll do that then.
I think that's what I did last time but it slipped my mind. :)

[Sailor]

Very nice looking ham.  I so wanted to do a ham for Christmas but time got away from me.  Will be watching the progress of this ham for sure.

[Caribou]

Ok, it's in the smoker :)

It's in there for 12 hrs at 120F
Then smoke for 8hrs
I got my PID ready  ;)

Well, this is what you use with a ham in the BS for 30hrs and no PID.
I'll be sleeping there tonight so I can watch the smoker temp.
Carolyn

[KevinG]

Probably take 10.5 hours to cook too  ;D :D

[Tenpoint5]

Probably take 10.5 hours to cook too  ;D :D

Don't we wish Carolyn!!

[deb415611]

Is it done yet , is it done yet, is it done yet? ;D

[Caribou]

Is it done yet , is it done yet, is it done yet? ;D

Sorry Deb, I don't own the Bradley Microwave Smoker  :D :D
It's only been in the smoker for 3 hrs and 15 mins.
Started it's 12hrs at 120F at 7am so at 7pm I get to up the temp and start the 8hrs of smoke.
I'll take a pic before the smoke starts.
Carolyn

[Caribou]

Probably take 10.5 hours to cook too  ;D :D

Don't we wish Carolyn!!

Yeah, more like 10.5 times 3!
:o :o :o

[Caribou]

The ham finished yesterday but I didn't get a chance to post the pics until this morning.
It took a little over 30hrs to reach 142F IT.


Carolyn

[classicrockgriller]

That is so very nice.

Did that come from a pig ya'll raised?

[Caribou]

That is so very nice.

Did that come from a pig ya'll raised?

Thanks CGR,
It's a store-bought pig.
I haven't raised a pig on my own yet.
They're too cute and smell too bad. ;)
Though with my daughter in 4H it will probably be inevitable that we get a pig.
This upcoming year she is raising chickens and bees for 4H.
Carolyn

[squirtthecat]

That is so very nice.

Did that come from a pig ya'll raised?

Thanks CGR,
It's a store-bought pig.
I haven't raised a pig on my own yet.
They're too cute and smell too bad. ;)
Though with my daughter in 4H it will probably be inevitable that we get a pig.
This upcoming year she is raising chickens and bees for 4H.
Carolyn

Very nice!  I'm looking forward to my 10.5 hamzilla..

My nieces 'won' a pig they had to raise for 4H.   They wouldn't eat anything pork related for a year after that..   I fixed spare ribs a couple times for a party, and we had to call them 'beef' ribs.    ::)   (tried to explain they were from tiny cows - that didn't help the situation)

Now they are pulled pork fanatics.   That pig is long history...   I should have put some in their Christmas presents.

[Sailor]

That is a thing of beauty.  I bet it tastes as good as it looks.  One of these days I will have to attempt a ham.