Shank ham cooking questions...

[Vince B]

I bought a ready to cook smithfield ham that I want to make on my weber smoker. On the package it really does not say what temp to cook the 9lb bone shank cut ham. It just says slow cook. I know that we want the inturnal temp around 150* to be done. However I was planing on making a standing rib roast at the same time and was planning on smoking these two at a low and slow temp. Figured somewhere around 250*. I know this is a hard question to answer as far as time and temp but I could use some advise here. Thank you in advance Vince Bielanski

 

[K Kruger]

Those hams are typically cooked at ~325. This temp works for rib roasts too, although many prefer to cook rib roasts lower if the sought result is one of more even doneness throughout the roast and not a range of doneness. R-T-C hams can be low/slowed as well. 250 is fine. Time will depend on size of the ham, in the case 9 lbs, and its temp going in, probably 20-30 min/lb. Plan the higher figure plus rest time.