Ham instead of Shoulder Switcharoo

[hoovarmin]

My wife ordered a pork shoulder from Publix through Instacart yesterday because her Cuban college roommate is staying with us this weekend and I had asked her to make Cuban-style roast pork with me today for the Jaguar game. But Instacart brought a big ham instead, and I didn't find out til this morning when I pulled it out of the wet brine bag to put it on the rotisserie. I've never cooked a ham before and have no idea what to expect. I'm really disappointed, but the show must go on. It's spinning on the Joetisserie at 350 right now, studded with garlic, skin scored. What should I expect the finished product to be like?

[Mosca]

It should come out pretty damn good. Ham is hard to screw up, the only thing you can do wrong is dry it out. Pay no attention to those who say 165, 140 is more like it

[hoovarmin]

That's exactly what I was thinking, but our friend is telling me to let it ride and keep going til it falls off the bone. I asked her "are you sure that will happen with a ham, and it won't dry out?" And she said, "I'm sure." She is a professional chef, so I just told her I'm going to blame her if it comes out inedible.

[realdocBBQ]

No way, I don't think a cured ham is gonna tenderize to that point. Mosca is correct, IMO!

[Mosca]

I dried out a $200 Mangalitsa ham by taking it to 160°.

[holehogg]

That's going to turn out great. Looking delicately delicious.

[Clawbear57]

It's looking good on the rack. It should be fine.

[Bkhuna]

A "Professional Chef" says a cured ham will fall of the bone?

[hoovarmin]

It wasn't cured

[hoovarmin]

Yeah, she was wrong. It sucked and I was pissed. Luckily we had no shortage of beer.

[hoovarmin]

Mosca we are thrilled with our new coach. His play calling was brilliant. He also seems to have eradicated the stink of low confidence from previous years.

[shify]

Was that a fresh ham (i.e., hind leg of a pig) or an already cured ham? Either way, not sure what a recipe to cook a pork shoulder was supposed to do to help you cook a completely different cut.

[hoovarmin]

shify a raw ham

[hoovarmin]

OMG she just texted me and said if I would have let it cook for another hour it would have fallen off the bone. 🤔

[realdocBBQ]

So I would suggest you don't listen to that lady anymore. Probably just don't talk about anything cooking related. <sigh>