Is this ham fully cooked?

No, this bone-in ham is not precooked. It arrives hickory-smoked but raw, ready for you to roast, glaze, and finish your way. This gives you complete control over the final preparation and allows you to customize it for your holiday table.

How many people does an 18-20 pound bone-in ham serve?

This 18-20 pound bone-in ham serves 20+ guests comfortably with leftovers to spare. The bone adds weight, so you'll get approximately 12-14 pounds of meat after carving.

What is a collar-cut ham?

A collar-cut ham is trimmed to lock in natural juices and maximize flavor in every bite. The shank bone is left intact for authenticity and traditional presentation. This cut has been Ossian's signature style for over 50 years.

What can I do with the ham bone?

After your holiday feast, save the bone for ham and bean soup. The shank bone adds deep, smoky flavor to soups and stocks, making it an essential ingredient for traditional ham and bean soup or split pea soup.

How should I prepare this ham?

This ham arrives hickory-smoked but raw. Thaw it in your refrigerator, then roast it in the oven. You can glaze it with your family recipe - brown sugar, honey, maple, or mustard glazes all work beautifully. Detailed cooking instructions are included with your ham.

When should I order for Thanksgiving or Christmas?

Order at least 7-10 days before your holiday to ensure delivery. The ham ships frozen and requires 2-3 days to thaw in your refrigerator before cooking.

How is this different from grocery store hams?

Ossian Smoked Meats has been making this ham the same way since the 1940s. It's slow-smoked over real hickory wood in small batches, not mass-produced with liquid smoke. The collar-cut and bone-in presentation are traditional methods that maximize flavor and authenticity.

How long will leftovers last?

Properly stored in the refrigerator, leftover ham will last 5-7 days. Use it for sandwiches, breakfast hash, soups, or casseroles. The bone can be frozen for up to 3 months for later use in soups.

Old Fashioned Bone-In Whole Easter Ham (Ossian Smoked Meats)

Name: Old Fashioned Bone-In Whole Easter Ham (Ossian Smoked Meats)
Brand: Ossian Smokehouse
SKU: CC-OS-BONE-IN-HAM-HOLIDAY
Rating: 4.87 (47 reviews)

Old-Fashioned Bone-In Smoked Easter Ham

Ossian Smoked Meats has been making artisan meats since the 1940's with three generations of the same family smoking hams over hickory the same way they always have. They're not trying to reinvent anything, they're just trying not to screw up what already works.

This is the ham that built their reputation. For over 50 years, this bone-in smoked ham has been their best-seller, made the same way generation after generation. At 18 to 20 pounds, it's a statement piece for the holiday table - richly marbled, deeply savory, built to feed a crowd.

A real smoking process takes real time. They cure the meat first, then hang it in the smokehouse with hickory burning low. It stays there until the exterior develops that mahogany color and the smoke has worked its way through the meat. You can taste the difference between this and the hams that get a spray of liquid smoke and a few hours in an industrial oven.

The Details

This is a collar-cut ham, trimmed to lock in natural juices with the shank bone left intact. When you carve it, you're working around the bone the way people have for generations. The bone adds authenticity, and when the feast is over, you've got what you need for a proper ham-and-bean soup.

This ham is not precooked. It arrives hickory-smoked but raw, ready for you to roast, glaze, and finish your way. Brown sugar, honey, maple, mustard - whatever your family's been doing for years, this ham can handle it.

Twenty or more people can eat well off this ham with leftovers to spare. The next day, you'll slice what's left for sandwiches. Two days later, cube the remainder into breakfast hash. And when you're done with the meat, save the bone. A ham-and-bean soup made from this bone carries the tradition forward.

It ships frozen and vacuum-sealed. Order at least a week before your holiday to give yourself time. It needs two to three days to thaw in your fridge before you cook it.

Perfect for Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, or any large gathering where you need to feed a crowd the right way.