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Want to cook a whole pig for a family get together
Posted on 4/9/19 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 4/9/19 at 10:39 pm
I want to cook a whole pig (haven't purchased the pig yet) for a family get together. We'll have ~20 people to feed. I have a pellet grill and a Kamado Big Joe, but don't think either of those are big enough for a whole pig. What's the best way to go about this? Just dig a hole,build a fire and throw the pig in a grate over the fire? I don't mind building or buying something if it'll help. Thanks for any advice.
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Posted on 4/9/19 at 10:58 pm to TomSpanks
Cooking a whole hog results in a lot of waste. People don't know how to carve it up properly, and some parts cook better than others.
Cook a suckling pig. Put the apple in it's mouth, shave it smooth, and take a bunch of pics for Facebook.
For the other 18 people, smoke 3-4 butt roasts or shoulders. Pull the meat apart and serve it next to the little show piece.
Cook a suckling pig. Put the apple in it's mouth, shave it smooth, and take a bunch of pics for Facebook.
For the other 18 people, smoke 3-4 butt roasts or shoulders. Pull the meat apart and serve it next to the little show piece.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:29 am to TomSpanks
I’ve done this a cpl times for the super bowl, easiest thing to do if you have a decent size backyard is to build a rectangle out of cinder blocks, at least 3 high. We have an welded metal apparatus of sorts we rest the pig on. You can probably make a chicken wire cage or something along those lines to hold it above the fire.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 7:25 am to TomSpanks
Do something like they do in Mansura for their annual Cochon de Lait fest. They start their fires along a wall of tin that has a roof over it and use pecan wood as fuel.
The hogs are tied to a rack and hung a few feet away from the coals so they can slow cook and they use a long stick to prod it to turn so both sides get cooked evenly.
For a single hog you can build a 3 sided tin enclosure kind of like a fireplace and hang the hog in front of it. No digging, no toting cinder blocks, just hang it, rotate it as it cooks and enjoy when done.
The hogs are tied to a rack and hung a few feet away from the coals so they can slow cook and they use a long stick to prod it to turn so both sides get cooked evenly.
For a single hog you can build a 3 sided tin enclosure kind of like a fireplace and hang the hog in front of it. No digging, no toting cinder blocks, just hang it, rotate it as it cooks and enjoy when done.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 7:49 am to TJG210
TJG this is how I do mine. The easiest way and it is portable to an extent. I do want to build a box that an old Cuban showed me. It was not a La China apparatus, this was basically a small metal version of your set up with a slide out in the center built in the side that would be pulled out and filled with charcoal. Above it between the pig was a heat defuser that would steam when the juice would hit the metal. Yes it had a deep cover to seal the unit.
This post was edited on 4/10/19 at 7:53 am
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:04 am to TomSpanks
Try going to Hong Kong market on Florida/Sherwood. They roast a whole 30lb(?) pig there. Gotta be there prompt as they open at 8am on weekends.
It's good stuff.
It's around 7.99/lb I think.
15lb is more than enough for 20people.
It's good stuff.
It's around 7.99/lb I think.
15lb is more than enough for 20people.
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