To you novices who want to cook an uncooked ham. This novice pulled the cooker out of the box Thanksgiving morn...broke it in with a bunch of fat and a bit of meat for 3 hours at 225...cloved and pineappled a 11 pound ham with most of the fat cut off of to lighten it up to cut back cooking time and stuck er in with one chunk of wood that came with the cooker. Stuck a thermometer in, set it at 145 and checked it 3 hours and 50 min later and it was at 200 so I figured it was done. Wow!!!....What taste and flavor!!!! Sooo moist and melted in the mouth. All our dinner guests loved it. Will never cook a ham in the house again!!! Note: I felt the thermometer was a bit close to the bone after I took it out. Will stick it in the meatier section next time. That may have accounted for the high temp reading. Will experiment with variations like keeping the fat on etc. Thanks Cookshack...
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