{"id":388,"date":"2023-10-06T15:23:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T19:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2023-11-17T13:34:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:34:36","slug":"the-curemaster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/the-curemaster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Curemaster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE CUREMASTER TRADITION<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n
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Our long tradition of ham craftsmanship and our uncompromising attention to detail come together to make our finest hams. Each technique, cut and process that past Curemasters have established meet in the epitome of the perfect ham.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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For over a half-century, the Curemaster has ensured the quality of all CURE 81®<\/sup><\/em> hams.<\/p>\n

DOC CIPRA 1963-1973<\/h4>\n

In May of 1972 Doc created “The Party Glaze” just in time for summer. The glaze was made with pineapple juice, brown sugar, mustard, and lemon juice.<\/p>\n

Al FLEINER 1973-1977<\/h4>\n

In addition to holding the title of Curemaster, Al served in the United States Army during WWII stationed in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

LES COLLING 1977-1990<\/h4>\n

Les celebrated 41 years making exceptional hams, 13 of which he held the title of Curemaster.<\/p>\n

ART GOEMBEL 1990-2001<\/h4>\n

Art began his career curing hams the same year the first CURE 81<\/em>®<\/sup> Ham was signed and sold by Doc Cipra. 27 years later, it was his signature that adorned every ham.<\/p>\n

LARRY HUSTON 2001-2006<\/h4>\n

During Larry’s tenure the HORMEL®<\/sup> CURE 81®<\/sup><\/em> brand turned 40. Larry used this occasion to introduce several new ham varieties to honor the Curemaster legacy and tradition.<\/p>\n

RICH CHUICK 2006-2008<\/h4>\n

Rich was instrumental in helping create unique and premium flavor profiles for HORMEL®<\/sup> CURE 81<\/em>®<\/sup> hams.<\/p>\n

BRIAN HENDRICKSON 2008-Present<\/h4>\n

Brian celebrated the 50th anniversary of the HORMEL®<\/sup> CURE 81®<\/sup><\/em> brand, honoring past Curemasters in 2013 and continues to ensure the highest qualities of hams today.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-388","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hormel.com\/brands\/hormel-cure-81-ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}