This is a nice easy ham recipe that is perfect for Sunday dinners with the family. We actually had all the ingredients on hand, so when friends called that Sunday afternoon, the eight of us had a fancy looking, simple to make feast. They will think that you worked for hours making this one. But we won't tell anyone just how simple it was.

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 2.5 hours
Grill: Royall 3000 Wood Pellet Grill
Pellets: Cherry

Ingredients:

• 1 large ham (this was a 12 pounder)
• 1 cup Cherry Preserves
• 1 cup Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce

Directions: Cherry Glaze

Mix the cherry preserves with the Country Bob's Sauce in a non stick saucepan. Heat on low, stirring occasionally until blended. During the last half hour of the ham's cook time, brush glaze onto the ham.

Cooking Directions: Royall 3000 Wood Pellet Grill

Open the lid and set the dial to "Smoke", after about five minutes shut the lid. Give it about 10 minutes to heat up. Patti has lined the drip pan with foil for me, it makes for easier clean up. Place everything directly onto the center of the grill and just let it hang out in the smoke and get happy for 30 minutes or so. This is referred to as "smoking", the temperature is around 100 degrees. 30 minutes of cold smoking is not enough to have any cooking effect on your meat but it is enough to open the pours up so that the meat can pick up all the flavor of the smoke.

After 30 minutes, turn the digital control up to 325 degrees for 2 hours or until your reach an internal temp of 160.

About the last half hour of cook time brush a thick coat of your glaze all over the ham. You may want to do a few times and let it thicken as it cooks into the ham.

If you add the glaze too soon it may caramelize (burn).

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 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.

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The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can even do 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....

Enjoy,

Ken & Patti