Badgerjacob
Full Fledged Farker
The wife brought home what she said was a picnic ham? After 8 hours on the smoker it looked more like a butt than a ham? I got a nice smoke ring and tasted awesome, just not what I was expecting when you say "Ham".
Picnic ham?
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Picnic hams are the uncured lower portion of a whole shoulder and as you have discovered, not a "ham"
TedW
is One Chatty Farker
I love the picnic cut, myself
daninnewjersey
Babbling Farker
That looks like it wasn't cured.....so it's really not ham....
Right on Q
is Blowin Smoke!
My wife just brought home a cured "picnic ham". It was basically half a ham. I don't know why they don't just call it a half ham and stop confusing us! 
As far as the "picnic shoulder" goes I do enjoy cooking those from time to time when I have alot of people to feed.
As far as the "picnic shoulder" goes I do enjoy cooking those from time to time when I have alot of people to feed.
IamMadMan
somebody shut me the fark up.
Like Smoke Ninja said it is fresh pork and hasn't been cured. The word "picnic" identifies it as coming from the front leg rather than the hind leg.
It can be confusing until you learn the butcher's terminology.
You will also find that they sell fresh hams or green hams which are also not cured. Simply put they are just pork.
But you have an outstanding smoke ring with awesome color. That thing looks delicious....
Chart from Modern Farmer - http://cdn.modernfarmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pork_101_final_b-fixed.jpg
It can be confusing until you learn the butcher's terminology.
You will also find that they sell fresh hams or green hams which are also not cured. Simply put they are just pork.
But you have an outstanding smoke ring with awesome color. That thing looks delicious....
Chart from Modern Farmer - http://cdn.modernfarmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pork_101_final_b-fixed.jpg
Badgerjacob
Full Fledged Farker
Thanks for the info Madman.
