If we do any sort of 'wholie' we'll heave a smoked picnic into a slow cooker. Although, I think those prepared picnics are chemically smoked or dunked or both. Theyre still good too. And youre only only dealing with about a 7-9 lb cut with a picnic 'ham'

I knew an old guy that I used to crappie fish with, he showed me how to do one (a whole rear ham) in a lard tin soaked in Dr Pepper.

Wooo damn, slap yo mama. Took all night the way he did it.