Tropical Ginger Ham was as close as we’ll get to a tropical getaway for Christmas. The weather outside might be frightful, but the ginger twist to our ham is so delightful. And a “Kiss of Fruitwood Smoke”. This recipe can easily be done in the oven or any grill/smoker where you can control the heat!

We’re looking forward to playing with our food with leftovers. Patti’s thinking of leftover ham with rice made with pineapple juice instead of water and crushed pineapple mixed in.

Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on one of our Grills or Smokers, but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme.  Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…

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Tropical Ginger Ham
A Gas Grill Recipe

Prep Time: 10
Cook Time: 2 hours @300* (150c)
Grill: Gas
Pellets: Fruitwood Blend BBQ Pellets for smoke box

Our Favorite Grill Accessories:

We have a few “Grilling Essentials” that we love. First, we have “Grill Grates” on all of our grills. Love the control they give us with our “cooks” from smoke to sear!

A “Smoke Daddy Cold Smoke Generator” for “Cold Smoking”…

A “Wedgie” for creating smoke blends or just bring smoke into our cook.

Bull Racks used as much Off the grill As on the grill!!! A Must Have for Smoking

And Don Godke’s Downdraft on my Green Mountains Grills”. What the “DownDraft” does is hold the smoke a little longer in the cooking chamber. Adding more smoke flavor and making it easier to create smoke blends to your liking.

Ingredients: Tropical Ginger Ham

• 1 13lb. spiral sliced ham
• 2 cups pineapple juice
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 Tablespoon fresh minced ginger
• ¾ cup orange blossom honey
  (to make measuring easy spray your measuring cup with cooking spray)
• ½ cup Country Bob’s All-Purpose Sauce Honey Habanero
• ½ cup Briggs True Texas Mustard Sauce
• pineapple slices for garnish

Tropical Ginger Ham
A Gas Grill Recipe

Cooking Directions: Tropical Ginger Ham

In a medium sauce pot add all ingredients (except ham) and simmer on medium until thickened.

Light your Wedgie and preheat the grill to around 300* (150c). You can see that I am using a grill plate here, so I have my burners on and still have indirect heat. Just like in your oven.

We put our ham in a pan to catch all the juices and to help with moving it on and off the grill.

Using your fingers try to open the slices of ham and pour your glaze into the opening. Do this for all you can get into it. Lay the pineapple slices onto the ham and pin the slices closed with a toothpick. You are ready for the grill!

Tropical Ginger Ham
A Gas Grill Recipe

Keep in mind this ham is already cooked so the internal temperature is not very important here. I heated this up to around 180* (83c) to blend the seasoning and glaze.

When the meat reaches an internal temperature around 180* (83c) pull it off, cover it and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. U.S.D.A. safe is for pork is 145* (63c), but this one was already cooked so you are basically just “reheating it”. Keep in mind that the meat will continue cooking for another 5 to 10 degrees after you pull it off the grill. I use a Maverick ProTemp Instant Read Thermometer for checking meat temps.

Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need to follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also, you are only smoking at temps less than 250 degrees (122c), anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke, so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.

Tropical Ginger Ham
A Gas Grill Recipe

 

 

Tropical Ginger Ham
A Gas Grill Recipe

 

 

Tropical Ginger Ham
A Gas Grill Recipe 

About our Recipes

We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Monument, Green Mountain, Uuni Wood Fired Pizza Oven, Sawtooth, Louisiana, Royall, Memphis, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.

The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can do our recipes on any grill, even some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.

Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to suit your taste. Take it and run with it….

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Ken & Patti

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