Whats the best way to cook a ham for thanksgiving?

Question

It weighs 8.5 lbs. Its hickory smoked, bone in, half ham and ready to cook. How long do i need to cook it for and how? Thanks for all your answers and remember this will be my first ham that i have cooked ever.

sorry to all you non meat eaters i meant to post this in other food and drink sorry guys

Answer 1

Since it is smoked, it is ready to eat now. So, on Thanksgiving all you need to do is heat it up.
Place the ham in a 9 x 13 x 2" dish or roasting pan & cover with foil to keep the heat & steam inside. I would set the oven for 325 degrees & leave it in there for I would say 3 hours. Remember though, all you are doing is heating up, so if you have a meat thermometer, place it in the meatyest part of the ham WITHOUT touching bone & when the thermometer reads about 140 - 160 degrees. You do not want to over heat it or it will dry out.
When you take it from the oven, leave it covered for another 5 - 10 minutes to let the meat rest & the juices move back into the meat. Then, remove the foil, slice & enjoy.
The best of luck to you & HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

I forgot, you can also score the ham in a checkerboard pattern at 1" intervals about 1/4" deep. Then place whole cloves in score marks, an inch apart. Then place pineapple rings on the top, then the foil & then cook it.

Answer 2

Usually there is a cooking guide included with the ham. A good guideline is to cook it 15-20 min per lb. at 325 to 350 degrees. I stud my ham with whole cloves & bake it covered until the last 30 minutes. The last 30 min I uncover it & baste it with a honey glaze. For the glaze mix 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 orange juice, & 1/2 cup honey. Use 1/2 of glaze 30 min before ham is done & 1/2 15 min before ham is done. Remove the cloves, let set for 10 to 15 min before slicing.

Answer 3

Usually there is a cooking guide included with the ham. A good guideline is to cook it 15-20 min per lb. at 325 to 350 degrees. I stud my ham with whole cloves & bake it covered until the last 30 minutes. The last 30 min I uncover it & baste it with a honey glaze. For the glaze mix 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 orange juice, & 1/2 cup honey. Use 1/2 of glaze 30 min before ham is done & 1/2 15 min before ham is done. Remove the cloves, let set for 10 to 15 min before slicing.

Answer 4

I see cooking times posted above but another basting thing you can use is just like 2 cans of pineapple rings, put them on the ham and pour the juice over the ham, it makes such a sweet moist ham. And its super easy, just re-baste the juices over the ham every 15 mins or so. Good luck!

Answer 5

No problem ... many of us are flexiarian vegetarians and it's a forum we share with the usual assortment of fanatics.

Your lovely ham should have cooking instructions with it. One thing is that you place it in a roasting pan. You should have some kind of grid to keep the ham off the bottom of the roasting pan to allow the delcious juices to collect. You will want to de glace the pan with a bit of orange juice to make a nice ham gravy.

Cook it slow ----325 degrees ---- it should take too long if it is smoked ... check the cooking instructions that came with it ....cover the top so it won't dry out for a good portion ... don't forget to stud with cloves and lard with rings of pineapple.

Answer 6

The Blue Sage has it right it's smoked. It's already cooked. In fact I have yet to see a ham thats not cooked when you buy it.
All your doing is heating it up.

Answer 7

Scroll down to the "Timetable for cooking ham".

Answer 8

Sorry mate,,dont know.
I always buy my legs of ham cooked already...

Answer 9

If you eat that ham, you are immoral. The only way to not be immoral is to be avegan. I think you would like to not be immoral, so I will teach you all you need to know.

Answer 10

Put in a roaster pan.

Dump one beer on it.

Drink three more.

Cook on 350 until warm.

I apologize for the regular V&V fanatics that have given you a hard time. Lord knows they have never made a mistake.