The Father and Son Dream Team Behind Benton’s Country Hams

With the help of a milk crate, Darrell Benton cured his first ham by age 5. And by the time he started his radiology residency at East Tennessee State University, he sorely missed the smoky aroma of the Madisonville, Tenn., ham shop he grew up in. “We lived behind the smoke house, so I could walk 100 yards and be there,” says Darrell, 41, whose dad is Allan Benton, owner of the beloved Benton’...