Oven Baked Pulled Ham

Ingredients

• tos 8 pound ham
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• 2 teaspoons liquid smoke
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar barbecue rub
• 6 fluids ounces cola-flavored carbonated beverage
• 1 cup barbecue sauce
• 0.5 cups apricot preserves

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Stir mustard and liquid smoke together in a small bowl. Rub mustard mixture evenly over ham and sprinkle barbecue rub all over. Place ham in a large disposable pan or large deep pan lined with foil; pour cola into pan and cover with foil.

2. 2

   Bake in the preheated oven for 2 hours.

3. 3

   Remove pan from oven. Increase oven temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Stir barbecue sauce and apricot preserves together in a bowl; pour mixture over ham and spread evenly. Cover with foil.

4. 4

   Bake until a meat thermometer or instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of ham reads 205 degrees F (96 degrees C), 5 to 6 hours. Let stand until ham is cool enough to handle, 10 to 15 minutes. Shred ham with 2 forks and toss with pan drippings.