The Honey Baked Ham Company on Encinitas Boulevard carries the signature spiral-sliced, bone-in smoked ham that Harry J. Hoenselaar invented using his patented spiral-slicer in Detroit in 1957. Each ham is cured for up to twenty-four hours, smoked over a proprietary blend of hardwood chips for another twenty-four hours — double the industry standard — and finished with the Hoenselaar family's secret-recipe sweet glaze applied by hand, a process distinct from the quick-cure deli counter at Lazy Acres Market on the same boulevard. The Encinitas location also operates a deli and sandwich counter serving lunch plates built on the same smoked meats, plus turkey breasts, heat-and-serve side dishes, and holiday desserts for catering and gifting. Still operated by the Hoenselaar family with nearly 500 locations across forty states, the chain peaks during Thanksgiving, Easter, and Christmas, when individual stores move thousands of hams per week through the same Encinitas Boulevard shopping corridor as Mendocino Farms. The patented spiral-slicer cuts each bone-in ham into uniform slices that fan outward from the bone, allowing carve-free plating straight from the foil wrap to the serving tray.