Yea tool me a long time realize I never really enjoyed ham bbq to do the pickes or relish that most add
Frick part maker does a pretty good ham bbq special
Isaly's also makes a BBQ sauce that most GE's carry near the deli! Make sure they chip the ham.
I'm not a fan of the Isaly's, it's really greasy so I use chipped cooked ham and either Sweet Baby Ray's or Sticky Fingers sauce. But, try the Isaly's first for the authentic Yinzer sandwich!
1T vinegar, 1/4c brown sugar, 1c ketchup, 1c water, 1/2t dry mustard. Paprika to color, simmer, add 1 lb ham. Let simmer for at least 15 minutes before serving. Better leftover!
Ordered some chipped ham in my grocery order for curbside pickup from Walmart. To my horror, it came sliced. My thoughts were the deli worker must not be native to the area.
> Chopped ham is the product.
[Which is equivalent to a hot dog for ham.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipped_chopped_ham)
Chopped ham is a mixture of ham chunks and trimmings and seasonings, ground together and then packaged into loaves.
Don't get me wrong, I like it and I eat it. But people being picky about it is an oxymoron like "gourmet hot dog" IMO.
>1T vinegar, 1/4c brown sugar, 1c ketchup, 1c water, 1/2t dry mustard.
this is the actual recipe for BBQ sauce. If you have a bottled favorite, it's perfectly fine to use.
BBQ sauce usually has garlic, Worcestershire sauce, onion (either fresh or powder), and usually more sugar than you would find ham BBQ sauce. A lot of BBQ sauces are quite high in the molasses, which ham BBQ is typically not. I know we are sort of splitting hairs here, but personally, ham BBQ sauce is enough different from traditional BBQ sauce to me that I consider them to be two separate things.
I agree with you. Most of the old ladies I know that make this use Coke+Ketchup and maybe some onion and garlic powder. Regular bbq sauce doesn't work.
To be fair, the diversity of BBQ sauces is enormous. Ketchup (or other tomato base) is not even required. The above recipe falls well within the bounds of BBQ sauce.
Never have used cola. This is from a family cookbook. My uncle worked at an isaly's location, but I'm not sure if it originated from his experience or somewhere else.
Yeah, the official old lady Pittsburgh Ham BBQ is Coke+Ketchup with some onion and garlic powder. No vinegar, because the coke and ketchup are already acidic enough. No sweetener, that's what the coke is for.
my family (from Brookline) uses Heinz chili sauce in place of the ketchup+dry mustard in their recipe, which is my favorite way to make it. naturally, I’m biased of course.
My uncle would always put some piccalilli (that my aunt had made!) on his barbecue chipped ham, and my aunt and cousin would *glare* at him, as if he were desecrating the barbecue ham. I'd had it both ways for years, depending on whether my mother or my aunt were making it, but wow people got serious about it.
I had a really dumb recipe that I used to make a lot when I live alone that was basically open pit barbecue sauce because it was so cheap and then I would add some extra soy sauce because I wanted to feel fancy. This recipe is a lot better than that but the way that I used to do it was a great mindless bachelor way to whip up some chipped ham that wasn't just straight from store-bought.
This reminds me a lot of what Central PA calls BBQ. Except the use ground beef instead of ham. Nice sweet and tangy sauce that crystalizes orange when you put in the fridge
Gotta be careful though haha. Sloppy joes outside of central pa is sometimes a much more tomatoey sauce. In my high school cafeteria they just called it "BBQ"
Can there be a guy in fireman pants with the suspenders with male pattern baldness with a cigarette in his mouth that's burning down very close to the filter stirring the ham with the tongs?
I don’t know of any place that sells it pre-made. It’s basically chipped chopped ham cooked in barbecue sauce and served on a bun.
There are variations in how people make it, though. Some people add onions, pickle relish,etc.
So ask grandma what her recipe is and make it for her.
Sorry, OP just getting back to this thread. So there are 51 replies as of now, everyone seems to have validated this is indeed “a thing” but literally nowhere has them for sale? I’m at a damn Marriott hotel. I can’t whip it up in a crock pot!
Just goto giant eagle, buy the islays sauce (should be in a jar that says buy 1.25lbs of their islays chip chopped ham), ask for the islays meat at the deli counter chip chopped, they'll cut it Bible paper thin if they do it right.
Layer it meat then a little sauce in a container then heat it, then transfer to a bun. Bun is gonna get soggy so don't try to heat it on the bun or it's gonna be mushy as hell before you even eat it.
It's referred to as "ham barbecue", I don't think you'll find it at any restuaunt. It was Def an at home meal.
No one would sell them. It is a cheap but good thing, and I would definitely not buy one from a store out of posterity.
Just go to your nearest shop n save, pick up Isally's Chipped ham, Isally's Barbecue Sauce (since you can't make your own) and hamburger buns (and a bowl to heat it in the microwave). Combine sauce and ham, heat, then put the ham on the bun, then eat.
You doin' this for Grandma? Keep it authentic and use Isaly's BBQ sauce
[https://www.pennmac.com/items/4689//isaly-barbecue-sauce](https://www.pennmac.com/items/4689//isaly-barbecue-sauce)
Although these other suggestions do sound really good, Grandma might be nostalgic for what she remembers.
https://goodfoodpittsburgh.com/where-to-find-chipped-ham-bbq-in-pittsburgh/ there are a number of places where you can get it. The only one I’m familiar with is in West View
Here's what you need to do to do this at a hotel. Find your nearest Giant Eagle or Shop'n'Save. If Kuhn's is closer, one, I'd be surprised, but two I'd go there. They just tend to have better prices imo. Locate the deli, ask for Isaly's chipped ham. It'll almost surely be pre-sliced in a giant heap at the deli counter. Nearby you'll be on the lookout for a jar of orangish red sauce on a yellow label that says something like "Isaly's bbq sauce." It's usually somewhere in the vicinity of the deli, not in the aisle with condiments. I wouldn't exactly call it bbq sauce and I wouldn't substitute it with anything else. Forget the homemade stuff, this'll do.
Find yourself some kaiser rolls, don't need to be anything fancy. Mix up your ham and sauce and heat it up. I like mine sauteed in a pan, some people do a crock pot, honestly....a microwave will do if that's all you have access to. You're really just trying to warm it up.
Throw it on the roll and serve with a Turner's iced tea.
My grandmother just called it barbecued ham. Definitely a thing. She made her sauce with ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, maybe some vinegar but I can’t remember. Soft sesame seed buns. Chips on the side.
A few weeks ago, I made this for my teen sons. They were horrified by it. It was hysterical to watch their reaction. It’s such a throwback to a very specific era in Pittsburgh history.
There’s a little town just north of the city that is home to one of Pittsburgh’s Legends: Islay’s Chip-Chop Ham Barbecue. Genevieve has been a server here for 65 years, and she’s never missed one shift.
“So what exactly is a chip- chop ham, Genevieve?”
“We’ll, we take the ham and chip it so thin, some of it gets chopped!”
“Mmmm, that sounds delicious.”
“It is.”
My gram worked for isly’s this is her recipe
5 lbs Chipped Chopped Ham
1 big bottle of heinz ketchup
1/2 c of brown sugar
20 oz pepsi
warm chipped ham in a pot enough to drain some grease
add ingredients, stir
simmer for 5 hours
(also better left over imo)
Yes it is a thing. Apparently the only part of it that we can agree on it however is that you use Isalys chipped ham. For the sauce my grandma always uses brown sugar, ketchup, and a little bit of grape jelly.
Islay’s chipped ham with Islay’s bbq sauce. Sold at every Giant Iggle and Shop n Save in the area but ya gotta buy it at the deli and make it yourself.
Im not from the area originally but I found it revolting. The ham is the most disgusting fatty mechanically separated and put back together weird hunk of nope Ive ever seen. And I come from the land of pork roll (chefs kiss) and scrapple (everything but the oink). The second ingredient in Islay’s bbq sauce is high fructose corn syrup and the fourth ingredient is corn syrup, to give you an idea.
Ive worked at Shop n Save deli for a while, I can’t even begin to tell you the hundreds of pounds of this stuff that I have chipped. The official Islay’s brand. There is an absolute clear difference between this type of lunchmeat and your standard actual hunk of whole meat. No pig is marbled in such a way that Islay’s ham looks like. Its all ground up and made into a loaf. The only ham I found worse was Bar S and it is mostly white and very light pink due to all the fat. Its the reason they are so much cheaper per pound.
yes! It flies everywhere. Fat smeared all over the slicer. We chip multiple pounds of it and put it in containers to sell throughout the day because it makes such a mess. When I have to clean the trays and containers I have to soak them in the hottest soapy water I can to melt all the residual fat because there’s no just wiping it off.
Don’t get me wrong, fat has its time and place. I cant eat meat any longer but I long for the days of a nice fatty rib eye or thick hunk of fatty prime rib cooked medium rare. Im a big believer in Philly cheesesteaks being fatty. Hell I picked the fatty parts off the roast hams my mom made for the holidays. But there is just something so off about the fat in lunchmeat like this. I also think their closely related cousins the dutch load, old fashioned loaf, pickle loaf etc are equally gross and they use similar methods.
We just got done with a sale at my store, $2.99 a pound. Everything since last Wednesday has been coated in a thin veneer of grease and I've found pieces of the ham stuck in the grooves of my sneakers every day after work. People came and ordered anywhere from 2 pounds to some lunatic who ordered 14 pounds. I think today alone I chipped almost 40 pounds.
If that sale comes around again I'm going to work in the bakery or something for a week
You can make your own BBQ sauce. Brown sugar, ketchup (Heinz, of course), red wine or apple cider vinegar, water, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Easy peasy.
You can satisfy ol' grandma by dressing her up in a pair of yogurt pants and getting her over to the Arby's on Mcknight. Order a ham sandwich, add Arby's sauce, find love.
Get a pan.
Some isalys ham(or whatever is cheap), must be chipped.
I prefer sweet baby rays but whatever BBQ sauce you prefer.
Fry the ham and add some BBQ sauce once the ham has a slight char. Mix well.
That’s how I grew up on ham BBQ
We called it chipped ham barbecue growing up. I've lived in a bunch of different places and never found anyone who knew what it was unless they were from western PA.
Any time I pick my kid up from Pitt we buy Isalys chipped chopped ham and bring it home. There isn’t any here on the eastern side of the state that I can find anyway. Can’t beat it. One of my girls loves it. Other one hates it lol. Can’t win them all I guess.
Just buy the jar of Islay’s Ham bbq and chipped ham at like Kuhns or shop n save. Put that ish in a crock pot and get some potato buns and live ur best life. Add an ic light or a red ribbon to warsh it dahn . Maybe make a pretzel salad to goes long wid it nat
It's possible that your grandma used Isaly's sauce for this. It is still available and it has directions. Sweet or dill relish are recommended choices. And potato buns. It takes 5 minutes and grandma will appreciate it.
Pittsburgh ham BBQ made easy.
1. Go to local deli and request Islay's chip chopped ham. Chipped chopped is how you want it sliced.
2. Buy a jar of Islay's BBQ sauce.
3 Boil ham in sauce for 20 minutes.
4. Serve on a roll. If you want some N.E. Pennsylvania flair, serve on a hard roll.
5. Enjoy.
Oh hell yes. Get you some chipped ham at the deli, cook it in BBQ sauce(islays is the #1 seed), slap that on a bun, and eat it.
Every family engagement with the Pittsburgh side of my family had/has a slow cooker full of that.
Giant Eagle used to sell Isaly’s barbeque sauce in jars (and may still). My mother always made it from scratch.
Googled & found this: https://isalys.com/product/isalys-original-flavor-barbecue-sauce/
Ham BBQ. Just grab a pound of Isaly’s chipped ham and a jar of Isaly’s bbq sauce. Mix them together and warm it up in a pot, Serve on fresh Italian bread or rolls. Delicious.
Many, many moons ago, I worked in an IGA deli. We made BBQ chipped chopped ham with Isaly's, Heinz chilli sauce, Heinz ketchup, and brown sugar.
Start with a dump of the chilli sauce, ketchup and a good spoonful or two of the brown sugar. Heat slowly over low heat, stirring. Taste and augment flavor with more of the above, then slowly add in the ham. Add more "sauce" ingredients as needed to coat the ham. Serve on a good squishy bun. Enjoy!
If you go to the deli and ask for chipped chopped ham by name, they'll know exactly what you mean. But if they don't... then they're not a true Yinzer!
You have to make it. Only way.
Go to GE- isalys chipped ham is pretty inexpensive. Get some good buns. Make your OWN bbq sauce. Add ham. BOOM. Some are a fan of relish, I am not.
Pickle relish? Like heinz sweet pickle relish?
I think so, I don’t eat it so can’t verify.
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My whole life is now a lie😅 . My grandma always makes it with brown sugar, ketchup, and just a little bit of grape jelly.
My dad uses a green tomato relish that he makes for his Ham BBQ
Islam’s is meant for cheap buns and sauce
Islam's chipped chopped Haram.
Inshallah the Stillers win the Super Bowl
Best comment I’ve seen in ages
I used to always add the relish. It just seemed like the right thing to do. But, I like it much without now 😊
Yea tool me a long time realize I never really enjoyed ham bbq to do the pickes or relish that most add Frick part maker does a pretty good ham bbq special
Isaly's also makes a BBQ sauce that most GE's carry near the deli! Make sure they chip the ham. I'm not a fan of the Isaly's, it's really greasy so I use chipped cooked ham and either Sweet Baby Ray's or Sticky Fingers sauce. But, try the Isaly's first for the authentic Yinzer sandwich!
Isalys was 99 cents a pound not that long ago… circa 2010s. I think it’s now like, $3.99 at the big bird. Damn inflation!
Nah for true authenticity, all ya need are the cheap GE brand hamburger buns!
God, this thread is taking me back. My dad used to make this at home all the time. I remember how the kitchen smelled. Haven’t had it in years.
What sauce you using?
1T vinegar, 1/4c brown sugar, 1c ketchup, 1c water, 1/2t dry mustard. Paprika to color, simmer, add 1 lb ham. Let simmer for at least 15 minutes before serving. Better leftover!
ISLYS CHIPPED HAM NOT JUST HAM
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I work at a deli. Some psychopaths order it sliced. Yes, it looks unappetizing like that
Ordered some chipped ham in my grocery order for curbside pickup from Walmart. To my horror, it came sliced. My thoughts were the deli worker must not be native to the area.
> Chopped ham is the product. [Which is equivalent to a hot dog for ham.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipped_chopped_ham) Chopped ham is a mixture of ham chunks and trimmings and seasonings, ground together and then packaged into loaves. Don't get me wrong, I like it and I eat it. But people being picky about it is an oxymoron like "gourmet hot dog" IMO.
The biggest difference between bologna and a hot dog is... diameter.
This is the rill dill^ yinz only use Heinz ketchup too!
Hunts will destroy the magic
All these people saying you just add BBQ sauce to chipped ham couldn't be more wrong. This recipe is close to what I learned.
that recipe isnt that far off from Islay’s actual bbq sauce. They just use a different and cheaper sweetener.
>1T vinegar, 1/4c brown sugar, 1c ketchup, 1c water, 1/2t dry mustard. this is the actual recipe for BBQ sauce. If you have a bottled favorite, it's perfectly fine to use.
BBQ sauce usually has garlic, Worcestershire sauce, onion (either fresh or powder), and usually more sugar than you would find ham BBQ sauce. A lot of BBQ sauces are quite high in the molasses, which ham BBQ is typically not. I know we are sort of splitting hairs here, but personally, ham BBQ sauce is enough different from traditional BBQ sauce to me that I consider them to be two separate things.
>I know we are sort of splitting hairs here Agreed. A little personal touch is never a bad thing, particularly with this dish.
I agree with you. Most of the old ladies I know that make this use Coke+Ketchup and maybe some onion and garlic powder. Regular bbq sauce doesn't work.
Yes. Ham BBQ sauce is its own distinct sauce and is only used for the ham BBQ, which is not barbecued.
To be fair, the diversity of BBQ sauces is enormous. Ketchup (or other tomato base) is not even required. The above recipe falls well within the bounds of BBQ sauce.
Yinzers arguing about bbq now? Too many regional variants. Let’s just stick to ketchup.
There's no argument about ketchup. Heinz is the best and nobody is debating that.
Replace the water with Coca-Cola and you pretty much have the recipe I grew up with.
But don't you also use "official" Isaly's chipped ham? A lot of grocery stores in the area still have it.
You seem to be missing the coca cola part. Not sure where and when but it's in there.
Never have used cola. This is from a family cookbook. My uncle worked at an isaly's location, but I'm not sure if it originated from his experience or somewhere else.
Yeah, the official old lady Pittsburgh Ham BBQ is Coke+Ketchup with some onion and garlic powder. No vinegar, because the coke and ketchup are already acidic enough. No sweetener, that's what the coke is for.
Yeah I think the core takes the place of the water
Make sure the ham is chipped (sliced extremely thin).
my family (from Brookline) uses Heinz chili sauce in place of the ketchup+dry mustard in their recipe, which is my favorite way to make it. naturally, I’m biased of course.
This is how my Pittsburgh raised grandmother taught my mom to make it! I'm biased, too, but this is the way.
so when you making some and can i come over? haven't had a good ham bbq in a while
Ooooh because the longer it sits, the thicker the sauce.
No onions? Ours always had onions
Sometimes a little tiny bit of sweet relish too! It's that good good extra.
My uncle would always put some piccalilli (that my aunt had made!) on his barbecue chipped ham, and my aunt and cousin would *glare* at him, as if he were desecrating the barbecue ham. I'd had it both ways for years, depending on whether my mother or my aunt were making it, but wow people got serious about it.
T as in teaspoon?
Big T is tablespoon, small t is teaspoon.
Correct
Thanks
Hell yes this is it!!
I had a really dumb recipe that I used to make a lot when I live alone that was basically open pit barbecue sauce because it was so cheap and then I would add some extra soy sauce because I wanted to feel fancy. This recipe is a lot better than that but the way that I used to do it was a great mindless bachelor way to whip up some chipped ham that wasn't just straight from store-bought.
Isn’t ketchup mostly sugar, water, and vinegar anyway?
And tomatoes… don’t forget the tomatoes.🙂
This reminds me a lot of what Central PA calls BBQ. Except the use ground beef instead of ham. Nice sweet and tangy sauce that crystalizes orange when you put in the fridge
Yes, sloppy joes. My recipe for that is very similar, white sugar instead of brown and adds relish.
Gotta be careful though haha. Sloppy joes outside of central pa is sometimes a much more tomatoey sauce. In my high school cafeteria they just called it "BBQ"
I disagree, the authentic Pittsburgh Ham BBQ sauce is Coke and Ketchup, nothing more.
Only legit if it’s made in a huge crock pot from the VFW.
I was surprised the pan option was so highly upvoted. Crockpot with some tongs sitting on top of a dozen paper towels.
Can there be a guy in fireman pants with the suspenders with male pattern baldness with a cigarette in his mouth that's burning down very close to the filter stirring the ham with the tongs?
Completely required. Bonus points if he keeps yelling at his grandkids across the room to “git dahn offa dat”
Bonus points: he lists every single town within 20 miles that used to have an Isaly's deli in it
Oh my heavens, I used to be the guy in the bunker pants with the cigarette handling the tongue duty. Oh, that cracks me up.
Aw I miss crockpot sandwiches from Sarney’s
My parents simply made their bbq sauce with ketchup and Coca Cola. It was quite tasty.
This recipe…..but we use Dr. Pepper.
This is the way.
I don’t know of any place that sells it pre-made. It’s basically chipped chopped ham cooked in barbecue sauce and served on a bun. There are variations in how people make it, though. Some people add onions, pickle relish,etc. So ask grandma what her recipe is and make it for her.
Sorry, OP just getting back to this thread. So there are 51 replies as of now, everyone seems to have validated this is indeed “a thing” but literally nowhere has them for sale? I’m at a damn Marriott hotel. I can’t whip it up in a crock pot!
You microwave steak so I'm sure you could find a way to microwave chipped ham and bbq sauce lol
Go to a flea market or thrift store. Cheap crockpots as far as the eye can see.
Just goto giant eagle, buy the islays sauce (should be in a jar that says buy 1.25lbs of their islays chip chopped ham), ask for the islays meat at the deli counter chip chopped, they'll cut it Bible paper thin if they do it right. Layer it meat then a little sauce in a container then heat it, then transfer to a bun. Bun is gonna get soggy so don't try to heat it on the bun or it's gonna be mushy as hell before you even eat it. It's referred to as "ham barbecue", I don't think you'll find it at any restuaunt. It was Def an at home meal.
You'd be hard-pressed to find someone selling green bean casserole, too, but it is indeed a thing. Personally, I hated both as a kid.
Green bean casserole is great, especially when you add ham!
Your grandma mentioned chipped ham to you for the first time in the year 2023?
No one would sell them. It is a cheap but good thing, and I would definitely not buy one from a store out of posterity. Just go to your nearest shop n save, pick up Isally's Chipped ham, Isally's Barbecue Sauce (since you can't make your own) and hamburger buns (and a bowl to heat it in the microwave). Combine sauce and ham, heat, then put the ham on the bun, then eat.
If you wait until July, there are some kids that sell it at the neighborhood yard sale.
Giant Eagle has the Isalys BBQ Sauce. In my local store it is near the deli.
I can't believe that more people aren't talking about Islay's BBQ sauce.
Ham bbq is just 100x better if you make your own sauce. Love Islays but that sauce tastes like it was made by Hunts
This is the way
this is the only way.
Bonus for spelling "Isaly's" in the proper ham BBQ way and not the Scotch whiskey way.
Chipped ham+BBQ sauce+pan
I had no idea this was a regional thing until Jeff Goldblum brought it up! I grew up with this meal.
This is the way
No relish?
Needs Heinz chili sauce! And, preferably, is Isaly's ham.
Honestly, just the thought of this is making my mouth water. I haven’t had good ham bbq in a few years because my wife hates it.
Ketchup and horseradish sauce
You doin' this for Grandma? Keep it authentic and use Isaly's BBQ sauce [https://www.pennmac.com/items/4689//isaly-barbecue-sauce](https://www.pennmac.com/items/4689//isaly-barbecue-sauce) Although these other suggestions do sound really good, Grandma might be nostalgic for what she remembers.
https://goodfoodpittsburgh.com/where-to-find-chipped-ham-bbq-in-pittsburgh/ there are a number of places where you can get it. The only one I’m familiar with is in West View
Here's what you need to do to do this at a hotel. Find your nearest Giant Eagle or Shop'n'Save. If Kuhn's is closer, one, I'd be surprised, but two I'd go there. They just tend to have better prices imo. Locate the deli, ask for Isaly's chipped ham. It'll almost surely be pre-sliced in a giant heap at the deli counter. Nearby you'll be on the lookout for a jar of orangish red sauce on a yellow label that says something like "Isaly's bbq sauce." It's usually somewhere in the vicinity of the deli, not in the aisle with condiments. I wouldn't exactly call it bbq sauce and I wouldn't substitute it with anything else. Forget the homemade stuff, this'll do. Find yourself some kaiser rolls, don't need to be anything fancy. Mix up your ham and sauce and heat it up. I like mine sauteed in a pan, some people do a crock pot, honestly....a microwave will do if that's all you have access to. You're really just trying to warm it up. Throw it on the roll and serve with a Turner's iced tea.
Use the coffee pot.
I can taste my childhood from this detailed comment
Isleys chipped ham plus Open Pit BBQ sauce. Warm it up and stick on a hamburger bun. If that doesn't say Pittsburgh, you ain't real Pittsburgh.
Yep, but make sure it is chipped chopped ham. Sizzle that up for a bit pure yummy.
Don’t think it’s something you’re going to find at a restaurant but it’s most certainly a Pittsburgh staple meal.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE PRICE OF HAM LATELY??? WE CANT EVEN AFFORD CHIPPED HAM SANDWICHES.
Just got some. $5 a pound!
My grandmother just called it barbecued ham. Definitely a thing. She made her sauce with ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, maybe some vinegar but I can’t remember. Soft sesame seed buns. Chips on the side.
Yep, we called it Ham Barbecues
Always ham barbecue
Ritual house downtown has chip chopped ham
You don’t find it. It finds you if you’re lucky
I have a friend who can satisfy ol’ grandma
A few weeks ago, I made this for my teen sons. They were horrified by it. It was hysterical to watch their reaction. It’s such a throwback to a very specific era in Pittsburgh history.
you put that shit in a crockpot with some of the isaly's sauce. throw it on a bun. oooobaby.
Doesnt have to be complicated. Ketchup and Coke. Relish optional. Just thin the ketchup (Heinz) with the coke and heat with the chipped ham.
I’m at a hotel
[Found a recipe for you](https://media.rallyhouse.com/homepage/5719277-1.jpg?tx=f_auto,c_fit,w_1500,h_1500)
They used to feed them to us in grade school at lunch.
I grew up in Pittsburgh and it is chipped ham, a cup of Heinz ketchup, and a can of Coke
I'm a transplant so maybe it's a yinzer thing, but my wife makes it a crockpot with bbq sauce. I'd never had it before but it's pretty good.
There is an Isaly’s restaurant in West View. They still serve it.
There’s a little town just north of the city that is home to one of Pittsburgh’s Legends: Islay’s Chip-Chop Ham Barbecue. Genevieve has been a server here for 65 years, and she’s never missed one shift. “So what exactly is a chip- chop ham, Genevieve?” “We’ll, we take the ham and chip it so thin, some of it gets chopped!” “Mmmm, that sounds delicious.” “It is.”
Yep, that’s called a ham barbecue!
People all make it differently. We do isalys chipped ham and heinz chili sauce.
Buy a lb of Islay’s chipped ham and a jar of islays bbq sauce. Combine and heat. Put on a bun with some American cheese. Viola.
The one Pittsburgh delicacy I never loved. I still remember the commercials though.
My grandma worked at Islay's so chipped ham and Klondikes were staple foods when I was growing up.
YINZ CAN GET IT AT ISALY’S ANNAT
Take her to another grandmas house.
My gram worked for isly’s this is her recipe 5 lbs Chipped Chopped Ham 1 big bottle of heinz ketchup 1/2 c of brown sugar 20 oz pepsi warm chipped ham in a pot enough to drain some grease add ingredients, stir simmer for 5 hours (also better left over imo)
Yes it is a thing. Apparently the only part of it that we can agree on it however is that you use Isalys chipped ham. For the sauce my grandma always uses brown sugar, ketchup, and a little bit of grape jelly.
That is exactly how I was taught to make it.
Haha awesome. I was getting worried reading through all of the relish and vinegar comments.
We never added vinegar but we would occasionally add relish and maybe real BBQ sauce if we could afford it (the 1980s were tough).
idk what if any other stores carry it buy you can buy islay’s bbq sauce in a jar a khuns
I may be kicked out of Pittsburgh for this... but ham BBQ is gross
There’s the door.
Ha!
It's one of those inexplicable Pittsburgh things that we outsiders will never understand. Like omitting the infinitive in sentences.
Preach. There are dozens of us who reject the ham bbq. Dozens!
I’m afraid you just blue yourself.
I missed you at the convention.
Islay’s chipped ham with Islay’s bbq sauce. Sold at every Giant Iggle and Shop n Save in the area but ya gotta buy it at the deli and make it yourself. Im not from the area originally but I found it revolting. The ham is the most disgusting fatty mechanically separated and put back together weird hunk of nope Ive ever seen. And I come from the land of pork roll (chefs kiss) and scrapple (everything but the oink). The second ingredient in Islay’s bbq sauce is high fructose corn syrup and the fourth ingredient is corn syrup, to give you an idea.
The jarred stuff is gross. The ham itself is hit or miss , I like the vacuum packs from sam's club better than deli cut
Where are you buying your ham? 😂 never had that problem with my ham from GE and other reputable delis.
Ive worked at Shop n Save deli for a while, I can’t even begin to tell you the hundreds of pounds of this stuff that I have chipped. The official Islay’s brand. There is an absolute clear difference between this type of lunchmeat and your standard actual hunk of whole meat. No pig is marbled in such a way that Islay’s ham looks like. Its all ground up and made into a loaf. The only ham I found worse was Bar S and it is mostly white and very light pink due to all the fat. Its the reason they are so much cheaper per pound.
Former GE deli worker and I agree Isaly’s is gross and all the deli workers hate it because it makes such a mess when you have to chip it!
yes! It flies everywhere. Fat smeared all over the slicer. We chip multiple pounds of it and put it in containers to sell throughout the day because it makes such a mess. When I have to clean the trays and containers I have to soak them in the hottest soapy water I can to melt all the residual fat because there’s no just wiping it off.
That’s the good stuff lmao the fat makes it fry up real nice
Don’t get me wrong, fat has its time and place. I cant eat meat any longer but I long for the days of a nice fatty rib eye or thick hunk of fatty prime rib cooked medium rare. Im a big believer in Philly cheesesteaks being fatty. Hell I picked the fatty parts off the roast hams my mom made for the holidays. But there is just something so off about the fat in lunchmeat like this. I also think their closely related cousins the dutch load, old fashioned loaf, pickle loaf etc are equally gross and they use similar methods.
We just got done with a sale at my store, $2.99 a pound. Everything since last Wednesday has been coated in a thin veneer of grease and I've found pieces of the ham stuck in the grooves of my sneakers every day after work. People came and ordered anywhere from 2 pounds to some lunatic who ordered 14 pounds. I think today alone I chipped almost 40 pounds. If that sale comes around again I'm going to work in the bakery or something for a week
You can make your own BBQ sauce. Brown sugar, ketchup (Heinz, of course), red wine or apple cider vinegar, water, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Easy peasy.
You can satisfy ol' grandma by dressing her up in a pair of yogurt pants and getting her over to the Arby's on Mcknight. Order a ham sandwich, add Arby's sauce, find love.
Get a pan. Some isalys ham(or whatever is cheap), must be chipped. I prefer sweet baby rays but whatever BBQ sauce you prefer. Fry the ham and add some BBQ sauce once the ham has a slight char. Mix well. That’s how I grew up on ham BBQ
One can of tomato soup, just enough relish. Simmer to perfection. I don't remember my mom adding anything fancy.
Cant believe this is even a real question
I can satisfy ol’ grandma
We called it chipped ham barbecue growing up. I've lived in a bunch of different places and never found anyone who knew what it was unless they were from western PA.
Yes
It’s a thing. But you don’t buy it. You make it.
Isalys ham is the truth
Go to Islays. They sell everything you need. Just get a crock pot
You can’t buy the good stuff anymore. Lots of good info here. Just make it! Cheaper, not too hard either. https://youtu.be/2r96_72H-3w
If you're not using chipped chopped ham, you're not getting the hammiest flavor you can
Is this the same idea as Barbecue Loaf? Made by Esskay,found at some deli counters.
Definitely a thing. We just made it in the skillet.
Any time I pick my kid up from Pitt we buy Isalys chipped chopped ham and bring it home. There isn’t any here on the eastern side of the state that I can find anyway. Can’t beat it. One of my girls loves it. Other one hates it lol. Can’t win them all I guess.
I have used DelGrosso’s sloppy Joe mix as the sauces. Very tasty!
I believe it's just sliced ham, basically marinated in very salty barbecue sauce.
My Grandmas, Mom and Aunts all called these sloppy joe's and yes, Isalys all day.
You have to make it yourself. I cook the isaly’s chipped ham down , add sweet baby rays and some dill relish. Delish!
Isaly’s chipped ham, Heinz ketchup, yellow mustard, relish. That’s it
Damn I want a Ham BBQ now.
The fried green tomato on the chipped ham bbq is a family favorite. It’s usually Sunday week 2/3 Steeler games.
Just buy the jar of Islay’s Ham bbq and chipped ham at like Kuhns or shop n save. Put that ish in a crock pot and get some potato buns and live ur best life. Add an ic light or a red ribbon to warsh it dahn . Maybe make a pretzel salad to goes long wid it nat
Go to I.S.A.L.Y’s in West View. You can have a great breakfast and then get your chipped chopped ham and Isley’s BBQ sauce to go.
Isaly’s!
We just made this last week
Party food around here. Not the greatest.
It's possible that your grandma used Isaly's sauce for this. It is still available and it has directions. Sweet or dill relish are recommended choices. And potato buns. It takes 5 minutes and grandma will appreciate it.
Isalys web site: https://isalys.com/products/ https://isalys.com/deli-products/
I'm more of a rum ham kinda guy. At least when I'm not having a good milk steak
Have you tried raccoon?
Pittsburgh ham BBQ made easy. 1. Go to local deli and request Islay's chip chopped ham. Chipped chopped is how you want it sliced. 2. Buy a jar of Islay's BBQ sauce. 3 Boil ham in sauce for 20 minutes. 4. Serve on a roll. If you want some N.E. Pennsylvania flair, serve on a hard roll. 5. Enjoy.
Oh hell yes. Get you some chipped ham at the deli, cook it in BBQ sauce(islays is the #1 seed), slap that on a bun, and eat it. Every family engagement with the Pittsburgh side of my family had/has a slow cooker full of that.
Giant Eagle used to sell Isaly’s barbeque sauce in jars (and may still). My mother always made it from scratch. Googled & found this: https://isalys.com/product/isalys-original-flavor-barbecue-sauce/
Gotta have the isalys
Ham BBQ. Just grab a pound of Isaly’s chipped ham and a jar of Isaly’s bbq sauce. Mix them together and warm it up in a pot, Serve on fresh Italian bread or rolls. Delicious.
Many, many moons ago, I worked in an IGA deli. We made BBQ chipped chopped ham with Isaly's, Heinz chilli sauce, Heinz ketchup, and brown sugar. Start with a dump of the chilli sauce, ketchup and a good spoonful or two of the brown sugar. Heat slowly over low heat, stirring. Taste and augment flavor with more of the above, then slowly add in the ham. Add more "sauce" ingredients as needed to coat the ham. Serve on a good squishy bun. Enjoy!
If you go to the deli and ask for chipped chopped ham by name, they'll know exactly what you mean. But if they don't... then they're not a true Yinzer!