Ham out of pork butt

[gus4416]

Has anybody tryed makeing a ham out of a pork butt

[johnsbrewhouse]

gus4416 It can be done, I made one last year with a boned out butt. Brined it for 14 days, then smoked, came out just as good a a regular ham. You probably want to tie it if you bone it to keep it together.

[gus4416]

johnsbrewhouse thanks needed the advice

[Deepwoodsbutcher]

johnsbrewhouse great color on that. Looks like it turned out well

[SupplySergeant]

Around here, they that a picnic shoulder, see them in the grocery stores all the time!

[TomKat1962]

I bought a stuffing horn just to make pork butt hams, love them! The horn gives the a nice round shape, great for putting on a slicer.

[Hunter-Steve]

I need to try this with some wild hog next time I get some…

[gus4416]

TomKat1962 do you grind it up and stuff it in to a bologna chub

[WVTim]

gus4416 I did a deer hindquarter twice in the past. Deboned and trimmed it. Stuffed the hacked up meat into a net. Came out great, was just a long process. Been meaning to do another one sometime but I keep finding other things to try.

[TomKat1962]

gus4416 No whole muscle small netting

[Dwain Erhart]

mostly I make buckboard bacon with Pork butt - never tried a ham. I always thought it would be too fatty.

[Dave in AZ]

gus4416

I pretty much consider buckboard bacon ham. For bacon, I’m doing 2.5 to 3% salt, 2% sugar. For ham I’m doing 2 to 2.5% salt. Really it is the same thing, just depends if you slice it thin and fry it, or slice it thin and eat on sandwich! Or thick and eat for dinner;)

Here is my post of 3 coppa hams,
https://meatgistics.waltons.com/post/93043

[processhead]

https://meatgistics.waltons.com/post/107519

I think cured smoked pork butt is as good, if not better, than ham.

[calldoctoday]

gus4416 Yes, I can be done, have done, & it works out well. Easier than the normal ham by far & just about as tasty.

[Departing Contestant]

gus4416 you can cure a pork butt and it will have a ham flavor and texture but HAM is a specific muscle group

[Deepwoodsbutcher]

Dave in AZ those are beautiful

[Deepwoodsbutcher]

SupplySergeant picnic hams are made with the lower portion of the shoulder (below the butt) and are leaner then the butt portion. They make great ham.

[Dave in AZ]

Deepwoodsbutcher said in Ham out of pork butt:

Dave in AZ those are beautiful

Thx, those ones did work out nicely! After those, I tried slicing the butt fat off in a more bacon looking slab based on some recommendations here, and that ends up looking more bacony. But that string really makes a nice tight shape.

[Denny O]

Use a fresh picnic ham from Walmart

[cdavis]

johnsbrewhouse your porkbutt ham looks great