Style: Cooked ham should be tender and flavorful. If a ham says it's smoked, it should be smoked over wood rather than adding smoke flavoring. Ideally, it should be cold-smoked for maximum tenderness.
The finest ham is generally cooked on the bone and hand carved ... in brine (and for how long), whether it has been air-dried or smoked, and the smoking medium (hickory, juniper or oak, for ...
I always like a ham on Christmas Eve, which means that there is cold ham as well as cold turkey for Boxing Day (and general sandwich duty), and this is the way to cook it to make your life easier.