Grilled Spiral Ham

We always serve ham and turkey for the holidays. There are many ways to make your holiday meats, but grilling has become our new favorite. This ham is perfect for Christmas or your Easter dinner. It definitely helps to save oven space for all your side dishes.

I love making Grilled Recipes for many types of a occasion. Grilled Ham Steak or Grilled Ham Recipe also cooks perfectly on the gas grill. The grill marks and the smoky flavor always makes for a crowd pleasing dinner.

Why this Recipe Works

You will be so pleasantly surprised how easy it is to cook spiral ham on the grill. The delicious brown sugar glaze is topped on the ham for amazing flavor.

I have been making our holiday dinner since my kids were little, and this is my favorite way to cook our spiral ham.   

Ingredients

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Variations:

• Sauce – Feel free to change the glaze ingredients to what you prefer. We have added in minced garlic, black pepper, and a tbsp dijon mustard.

Step by Step Instructions: 

Step 1 – Mix together the brown sugar honey glaze ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook for 1-2 minutes or until sugar dissolves.

Step 2 – Brush about ½ of the glaze over the spiral sliced ham and make sure to get in between each slice of the ham.  

Step 3 – Prepare the grill to medium high indirect heat. In order to set this up, preheat the grill over medium high heat with all the burners on for 15-20 minutes. Then turn off all the burners except the outside burners and leave the middle burners off. Put the ham in the pan in the center of the grill over indirect heat on grill grates over one of the burners that is off.

Step 4 – Cook for 1 ½ to 2 hours (approximately 13-15 minutes per pound) until the ham reaches an internal temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Brush the ham with the remaining glaze every 20-30 minutes.  

• Step 5 – Remove the ham from the grill.  Loosely cover the pan with foil and let it rest for 10-20 minutes.  
• Step 6 – Remove the foil, then the ham is ready to slice, serve and enjoy!  

How Long to Grill Ham

The best way to determine how long to grill your ham is the size of it. We usually grill for about 15 minutes per pound, but cooking time will vary. We always use a instant read-meat thermometer to check internal temp.

This make sure that the ham was fully heated through. Make sure to insert the thermometer into the thickest part of the ham.

Recipe Tips

• Prepare Ham – Remove pre-cooked ham from the refrigerator at least 2 hours before cooking to come to room temperature.  Place the ham in a disposable aluminum pan, ham cut side down.  You want to make sure your pan is grill safe.
• Baste Ham – To keep the ham juicy, we like to baste it with its natural juices and glaze every 20 minutes. Simply open the grill and squeeze the drippings into a baster and pour over the ham.

What is the Best Ham to Grill?

Feel free to use any type of ham to grill. We like to spiral cut ham because of the flavor and it is already pre-sliced. But you can also use a smoked ham or a bone-in ham.

Hams that you purchase at the grocery store are already fully cooked. So you are just heating them and adding flavor by grilling and adding the glaze.

What to Serve with Grilled Ham?

Holiday dinners are not complete without our favorite side dishes. To make things easier, we like to grill our side dishes as well. This helps with cleanup and it is much easier.

These are some of our favorites.

• Grilled Brussel Sprouts Recipes
• Grilled Yellow Squash
• Parmesan Asparagus
• Grilled Potatoes in Foil

More Easy Ham Recipes

Use you spiral ham leftovers and make this Ham Fried Rice Recipe. If you prefer you make this double smoked spiral ham, Smoked Pulled Ham or boneless smoked ham. Both of these options also make for a great addition to your holiday dinner.