Wish I could help - I usually buy them already smoked. In fact, I haven't seen any just raw. Maybe I should check with my butcher. Some home smoked hocks in some collard greens would be mighty good.
I've tossed a few hocks on stews and soups but never tried smoking them mainly because the hocks I see are pretty small.
Not much meat on them at all compared to your pic so they're kind of an flavor enhancer more than anything.
The hocks I use are cured as well as smoked, so they're more like ham or Canadian bacon. I'd use a basic method for curing ham or C. bacon but use hocks instead -- such as https://amazingribs.com/tested-recip...ecipe/?p=23208
Keep in mind hocks contain a lot of bone in proportion to the meat. I'd calculate the amount of curing salt based on the actual dimensions of the hocks and an estimate of the actual meat weight in the hocks, not the total weight.
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