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Shipping Smoked Hams

SciAggie
SciAggie Posts: 6,481
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I need advice from the collective. My wife wants me to do a couple of double smoked hams and ship them from Texas to California. If they are frozen, what’s the best way to box and ship them? Is it practical? I know SRF ships frozen briskets but I have never ordered one so I don’t know how they are packaged. 
Any advice would be appreciated. 
Coleman, Texas
Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
"Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Freeze, maybe some dry ice if you think it will be more than a few days.  Pack in Styrofoam cooler and ship 3 days or less.  Cured meats can be outside the ordinary meat safety range.  I see bacon shipped at ambient, for example.
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,491
    Order some SRF and reuse their packaging. Throw in a small block of dry ice. Win-Win
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    Thanks y’all. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • HoustonEgger
    HoustonEgger Posts: 616
    Frozen, in a polystyrene cooler with 3-5#'s dry ice. You can get Dry Ice at most HEB's if you don't have a regular supplier. 

    You can ship Fedex ground anywhere but Zone 7 & 8 from Texas (which turns out to be Washington, Oregon, parts of Idaho and parts of northern New York).

    But that also means you'll need to ship on a Monday or a Tuesday to get them to California before the weekend. If you ship on Wednesday you'll need to ship to a residential address and send it Fedex Home Delivery. 
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    @HoustonEgger Thanks for the tip to ship on Mon/Tues. I would have screwed up.
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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