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[tulips]

Wondering if anyone has used their crock pot for a cooked, spiral sliced ( Costco) ham?

I sure would love freeing up oven space on Christmas but have read such differing reviews.    What has been your experience?  

Thanks a bunch!

[hopi]

Mine came out beautiful in the crockpot.

[NicksmomESQ]

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@hopi wrote:

Mine came out beautiful in the crockpot.

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@hopi Would you mind sharing your recipe? I would love to try it after Christmas.I’m always looking for new crock pot recipes.

[hopi]

@NicksmomESQ,

Last year I made ham at least 3 times and usually just add what I have.

Sometimes fresh pineapple, or apple, cinnamon, cloves or allspice, 

honey or oj and always a tad of cider vinegar. I do score  and cook on low.

Usually I look up a time on a trusted web site for hours for the size. If the ham cannot fit the pot I tent and seal edges with aluminum foil.  My family likes all meats well done.  So that's why I don't like to give my times.

I do apologize but this about as specific as I get with large cuts of meat.

Hope it helped a bit, you really can't ruin it. 

[novamc1]

@tulips

I just oven-warmed a Costco spiral-sliced ham a few days ago. 

My thoughts on using a crockpot would not favor that preparation method, particularly if you plan to glaze the ham with the included packet of brown-sugar mix.

For one thing, the ham will be submerged in a whole lot of (and in my opinion too much) liquid when the heating period is over, if warmed in any type of  deep pot or roasting pan.  The ham would literally be boiling in its own juices after a while, rather than just warming up.

This liquid needs to be discarded if you plan to glaze the ham in the oven at a higher temperature in a different pan.

That means too many pans to  wash, for me!  LOL!  But if you don't plan to glaze the ham and don't mind boiling it in a crockpot full of juices while it warms up, maybe the crockpot will work fine.

[hopi]

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@novamc1 wrote:

@tulips

I just oven-warmed a Costco spiral-sliced ham a few days ago. 

This kind of what I mean about cooking times.  We don't consider the hams cooked . Some only want it warmed, and we like it ready to fall off the bone.

[novamc1]

@hopi

Although I mentioned warming the ham, I consider it cooking, and the ham does fall apart easily off the bone when its spiral-sliced.  I'm too lazy to buy any other type of unsliced ham or one that hasn't already been cooked.   LOL.

[deepwaterdotter]

I agree with @novamc1, a spiral-sliced ham will dry out when warmed in a slow cooker.  I prefer to glaze, and then warm it in a roasting pan in the oven. However, I do have a tasty recipe for slow cooker unsliced ham.

[Pancho]

My cousin cooked a spiral sliced ham in the crockpot for Thanksgiving.  She added sliced pineapple but don't know what else she added (like how much liquid, etc.).  The ham was delicious in my opinion.  I'm not always a fan of ham because a lot of the time its just too salty for me.  Her ham was moist and had a little bit of a sweeter taste to it obviously because of the pineapple and perhaps anything else she may have added like honey or cinammon.  I say go for it!!

[BeccaLou]

novamc, In my opinion boiling is healthier. It gets all the bad fat away.