Pit-fired ham takes hours to prepare.
If you're planning an outdoor party, you may be wondering what dishes can be served to a large crowd. Traditional cookout foods such as burgers and hot dogs are difficult to prepare for a large crowd all at once. Although cooking a ham in a barbecue pit can take hours, the result can feed up to 35 people and takes much less watching and flipping than individual meats. If you already have a barbecue pit, all you'll need to prepare is a sweet baste for the large ham. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Instructions
1. Pour charcoal into your barbecue pit and light it afire. You will need to keep the charcoal burning while you prepare the ingredients so that the charcoal has time to reach about 350 degrees before you start to cook the ham. If you do not have a barbecue pit, consider building one if you wish to cook dishes such as this often.
2. Pour the diced mango, pineapple and maple syrup into a saucepan, along with the pineapple juice from the can. Simmer these ingredients for eight minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the saucepan from heat.
3. Score the ham at least 1/2 inch deep in a crisscross pattern across its top. Cut through the layer of fat, so that the sauce you made can seep into the meat itself.
4. Use toothpicks to stick pineapple rings all over the ham's outside. Using a large spoon, baste (dress) the ham with the fruit syrup sauce.
5. Skewer the ham on your rotisserie stick. Load the rotisserie stick onto the legs of the rotisserie and place it directly over the fire pit, about 12-18 inches above the coals.
6. Re-baste and rotate the ham about 90 degrees every 20 minutes. Cook time should be 20 to 25 minutes per pound.
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