Ham for BBQ ??

[AL. T]

I have seen a guy on tv use smithfield hams to make BBQ. does any one know any thing about this ?? is it fresh ham or cured ?? I remember seeing the show, but it was before I got my smoker.

 

[Larry D.]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AL. T:
I have seen a guy on tv use smithfield hams to make BBQ. does any one know any thing about this ?? is it fresh ham or cured ?? I remember seeing the show, but it was before I got my smoker. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Genuine Smithfield hams are cured (the slow, old-fashioned way), and using one to make bbq would make no sense to me, not to mention being heresy.

 

[Bryan S]

Well, I don't know about being heresay but a Smithfield ham can be a dry cured ham, or a wet cured ham, depends on your region. My guess is you could make BBQ out of it, but it's a ham, so I don't see the point in doing so.

 

[Larry D.]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bryan S:
Well, I don't know about being heresay but a Smithfield ham can be a dry cured ham, or a wet cured ham, depends on your region. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I was referring to genuine Smithfield® hams, which by Virginia law can only be produced within Smithfield, VA. There are country hams from other regions (and some very good ones, too), but they're not the same.

 

[Bryan S]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Larry D.:
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Well, I don't know about being heresay but a Smithfield ham can be a dry cured ham, or a wet cured ham, depends on your region. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I was referring to genuine Smithfield® hams, which by Virginia law can only be produced within Smithfield, VA. There are country hams from other regions (and some very good ones, too), but they're not the same.

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See, now I got ya Larry. I remeber watching something on foodnetwork about that whole deal. I was referring to Smithfield the Company not Smithfield the ham, my bad.

Trying to find a Country ham here in Amish town is pretty tough. We were brain washed on city hams. Someday I would really like to try the AB Dr Pepper country ham thing. Sounds yummy to me.

 

[Larry D.]

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[I was referring to Smithfield the Company not Smithfield the ham, my bad.

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Oh, right. Yes, Smithfield Foods makes both the old dry-cured,and the wet-cured (injected)hams. I wouldn't turn down a serving of either kind!

I consider bbq, country hams, and home-made ice cream three of the most important parts of my Southern heritage. (Funny how they're all good things to eat...)

 

[Bob H.]

A Smithfield ham or a country ham both have great flavor as they are. I am not sure that using them to make BBQ would be any improvement on that flavor. But there is only one way to know for sure.
Tell us how it tasted after your experiment.