Thankgiving hams

[talox]

Three hams fresh from the brine, Theyll be hanging in the fridge till monday when one will get baked and the others will come toi life on the WSM

 

[gmc2003]

Watching in my recliner...

Chris

 

[jcam222]

Nice, in for the ride to see the finish

 

[EaOutlaw1969]

One fat like from me, waiting with some fresh bread for you to finish. :)

 

[Slow42]

Great looking hams. Could you provide some details on how you got to this point? Your process!

 

[talox]

Absolutely,
It all starts with 2 gallons an offshoot of pops brine using
1/2 a cup of real maple syrup
a cup of brown sugar
1 1/2 TBL anise seed
3 TBL Juniper berries
2 tbl mustard seed

The hams are actually Boneless shoulders ( picnics) Trimmed of most of the fat stuffed into #28 netting.

The hams are then injected
I inject them while they are submerged in the brine, I found there is lessc oncern with the brine squirting out between the layers.

The hams sat in the bring bucket submerged for 10 days - rotating and giving the brine a stir every 3 days

The hams were pull on day 10, Rinsed and then Hung back in the fridge for another day and a half. to dry.

I ended up laying the middle ham on a rack since i didn't like it touching the others ( airflow)

Now I what till tommorow for the Smoke~~~~~~~~

Pops-wet-curing-brine

 

[uncle eddie]

Signed into this post for the ride to the finish...Like

 

[Mofatguy]

Looking good!

 

[talox]

Hams are done.. Pulled at 6pm this evening after a long slow (8 hrs) smoke.

Here they are at 1 pm....

After being pulled and Netting removed at 6 - 144*

I also decided it was cool enough to throw some Cheese on . So I broke out the A-MAZE-N smoker tube and smoke a couple lbs of Cheese (Gruyere and Cheddar smoked with Maple Pellets)

The hams and cheese have been vacuum sealed and are now resting till Thursday...

 

[EaOutlaw1969]

Double like one for each ham. :) Wait a minute, where is the other Ham :(

 

[talox]

Wait a minute, where is the other Ham :(

I'm almost afraid to say it to this crowd.... I had to Bake one .....
I have a sister that doesn't eat smoked meats.. I attempted to disown her but I like her husband....

 

[EaOutlaw1969]

Baking is fine especially when you two out of three look as good as they do. Just would have been nice to see the baked one for comparison.

 

[disco]

Very impressive!

Disco

 

[talox]

Ahh ... The 3rd ham was baked in the oven (dutch oven) till it reached 140* this one I'll glaze and finish thanksgiving AM also a couple hours at 350 should do it..

 

[uncle eddie]

Very nice! Like!

Also got a laugh about tolerating your sister because you like your brother in law.

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Man those hams looked good. Nice job! Cant wait to see the sliced shots!

 

[talox]

Man those hams looked good. Nice job! Cant wait to see the sliced shots!

The sliced shots will have to wait till Thanksgiving