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Naked ham smoke suggestions

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pretzelb
pretzelb Posts: 158
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I've been reading the various threads on naked ham like this one http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1158915/naked-ham-a-new-way-for-me so I am going to try it today. I have cherry but sugar maple is not available. Can anyone suggest a substitute or maybe just stick with cherry? I have pecan, apple, peach, and oak. The ham is about 11 lbs and is a Hormel that the wife picked up on sale. It's spiral cut and says it's naturally hard wood smoked. My plan was dome of 300, indirect, until I hit 130. Planning about 2-3 hours. 
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,457
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    Any of the fruit woods would be good. I haven't used oak on a ham so that is an unknown for me. I would prolly go the cherry/apple combo

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  • pretzelb
    pretzelb Posts: 158
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    Mattman3969 said:
    Any of the fruit woods would be good. I haven't used oak on a ham so that is an unknown for me. I would prolly go the cherry/apple combo
    I was thinking either that or peach and cherry. Thanks.
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  • lemonade
    lemonade Posts: 93
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    I'll be doing a 7lbs wood smoked Hormel ham bought on sale.  I'll be trying it with the Jack Daniels wood chips.  This will be my first ham.  I can't decide if I'll put anything on it at all, or if I need to score it.  
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  • pretzelb
    pretzelb Posts: 158
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    Went with cherry and peach. Nearly had an epic failure when the probe only showed 82 after 2 hours. The spiral cut makes it hard to get a good reading. But it was very good and not dry. The outer pieces were smokey and the inner pieces were sweet. I just need to figure out the probe.
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