I would say it's the cure also, we put some pork in a buckboard bacon cure for canadian bacon 10 days before xmas with the wifes side, 3 brothers and there wives and her dad, and we smoked the canadian bacon that morning before they came over, all of them wanted to know where I bought the ham what store, how much was it, they could not believe you could cure at home and make something like that at home, they were amazed, kind of makes guy feel good about his Que
Of course they ate to much and we didn't have hardly any leftover. They are amazed with my brisket also, not that I'm that good, they have not had good Que any where else