HICKORY SMOKING RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 250 degrees F. Remove ham from package. Place Spiral Sliced Ham face down in roasting pan. Cover pan with aluminum foil; bake ham 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare sugar rub. Combine brown sugar with dry mustard, lime rind, ginger, allspice, cloves and finely chopped pecans in bowl. Mix thouroughly with fork. Stir in lime juice to moisten sugar mixture evenly. Set rub aside.
• Remove ham from oven and uncover pan. Pat and rub sugar mixture over warm ham, covering top end first, then smearing mixture down the sides as evenly as possible.
• Return ham to oven. Bake uncovered 30 to 45 minutes, basting meat with pan juices every 15 minutes. Ham is done when center reaches 150 degrees F. On meat thermometer.
• Remove ham from roasting pan; place on wire rack and let rest 10-15 minutes.
• Carve ham off bone and serve.

Steps:

• Heat up 2 quarts of the water in a large stock pot. Add the rest of the ingredients and cook, stirring constantly, until sugar and salt are dissolved.
• Add the remaining water to cool it down.
• Clean the ham by rinsing it with running water.
• Trim off the skin. Then, score the ham by lightly running the knife diagonally in opposite directions.
• Add the ham into the stock pot. If it is not fully submerged, weigh it down.
• Cover it with the lid or plastic wrap and keep it in the fridge for 7 days (1 day per pound).
• Take the ham out of the brine and pat it dry.
• Allow it to dry in the fridge for 8 hours and up to 1 day.
• Preheat one side of the smoker with half of the wood chips to 225 degrees F.
• Place the ham flat side down on an aluminum pan. Then, place it on the cool side of the smoker.
• Smoke it for 2 hours or until it reaches the internal temperature of 130 degrees F. Add more wood chips as needed.
• Liberally brush the ham with the glaze. Sprinkle the rub around it as well.
• Smoke the ham for an additional 2 to 3 hours or until tender and the internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F, basting with the glaze every hour.
• Serve and enjoy your smoked ham!