Anybody ever BBQ a whole pig?

[Cool 50th AE]

Thanksgiving is at my house this year.
My BBQ has an industrial powered rotisserie and can probably handle a 4ft long piggy.

Any tips?

https://youtu.be/pJ8OUgJY_U0?si=2-TFqix5zbr2wLgm

[ZipZap]

Love whole hog Q. Lots of info on the net. Try to find a small one (~50lb) from a reputable farmer. Plan on 8 hours cook. You will NEVER be prepared for the amount of grease that comes off whole hog. Have a good grease drainage and a lot of room for the fat. It's great fat, so keep it.

[MY03C5Z]

I’ll stick with a pre cooked honey baked ham….much less drama.

[Cool 50th AE]

I think the best part would be cutting the meat off the face in front of the kids!*


*Edit:
The hog’s face.

[slewfoot]

Love whole hog Q. Lots of info on the net. Try to find a small one (~50lb) from a reputable farmer. Plan on 8 hours cook. You will NEVER be prepared for the amount of grease that comes off whole hog. Have a good grease drainage and a lot of room for the fat. It's great fat, so keep it.

And time consuming. Around here they call them "Matanzas" It's an all day thing involving lots of beer.

[MY03C5Z]

I think the best part would be cutting the meat off the face in front of the kids!*


*Edit:
The hog’s face.



‘Hey kids…who wants the snout!’

:lol:

[Swany00]

been to a few pig roasts, my buddy usually does one every couple of years. Every time I went I barely remember eating that pig cuz the drinking usually started once the pig went into the ground (5 or 6 am) and the drinking continued until you couldn't stand anymore.

[Cool 50th AE]

‘Hey kids…who wants the snout!’

:lol:

Looks delicious to me!

[Bruze]

Thanksgiving is at my house this year.
My BBQ has an industrial powered rotisserie and can probably handle a 4ft long piggy.

Any tips?

https://youtu.be/pJ8OUgJY_U0?si=2-TFqix5zbr2wLgm

I did it a bunch of times a couple of lives ago, including my 2nd wedding. I made the spit myself, raised the pigs and butchered them myself.

We did it over applewood (any hardwood is good) and threw some charcoal in too. Since then I have been to pig roasts where it was cooked over gas. It just tastes like a pork roast out of your kitchen oven, nothing special.

Cooked over hardwood over an open pit, for around 24 hours, imparts a unique taste that tastes like nothing else. I always chopped the head off and most of the spine just behind the neck in order to get it balanced -- which is important.

Gotta get it balanced the best you can, cuz after a lot of hours of cooking and it starts to flop cuz it isn't balanced -- you don't want to take it apart and try balancing the carcass then.

This was a smaller pig we did, the one for my second wedding was quite a bit bigger. It's a lot of work, it helps to be young and to be able to drink a lot, like 2-3 days in a row, and you need a couple of trusted buddies who can watch it while you try to catch a few zees.

As you can maybe see, the pig is probably two feet above the fire. And if it's windy out you'll need to put up some kind of baffles to protect it cuz the wind will drive all the heat sideways.

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[Anjdog2003]

In my heavy drinking days i woke up to a few.

[JRD77VET]

My friends and I did one at the Philadelphia Folk Fest one year. Got a 50 lb shoat ( small, young pig) and roasted it over an open fire.

Plenty of beer was consumed and it turned out great.

We carried into the camping area on a long pole and a small kid ( maybe 5 or 6 ) asked his Mom "is that a dog"? We stopped and let him know it was pig for dinner that night. We invited his parents over to our camping area.

A good time was had by all with the roasted pig, all the beer and such that was consumed. By dark that summer night, the pig head was on a pole with sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt. :lol: ( yes, a LOT of alcohol was consumed )

[KenHorse]

Bah, anyone can BBQ but it takes real skill to do a pig in an imu

When we lived on Maui, we used to do a whole pig that way. Made KILLER kalua pork

https://thishawaiilife.com/hawaiian-kalua-pork/

[IB4TL]

You're not very good at being Jewish :funnier:


Be careful or you'll end up spending eternity with me! :fruit:

[KenHorse]

You're not very good at being Jewish :funnier:


Be careful or you'll end up spending eternity with me! :fruit:

Ya, I don't keep Kosher (my wife corrupted me years ago)

[IB4TL]

Ya, I don't keep Kosher (my wife corrupted me years ago)

I'll see you & your horse in HELL! :funnier::cert:

[Bruze]

I've roasted a few chickens too . . .


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[A/E]

Seems like quite a Project . . .

I just go to all the Local Greek Fests 'round these parts and Buy Plate of Pig Meat for $15 Bucks ~

Hit the Bar for a few Shots of Ouzo. :shots:

And then the Dance Tent and Pick Up some Dark Bushed Babe named Nikki for some wild OOMPA Action

[A/E]

Oh Wait . . .

That's 15 Bucks for Plate of Goat Meat they pass off as Lamb to the Blond Guy paying 15 Bucks a Plate . . .

But I still banged Nikki and or Nichole

[TheHammer]

https://lacajachina.com/

[Don Rickles]

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[Frankie the Fink]

Pigs, great taste from rooter to pooter...

[Don Rickles]

You are aware that is a Suckling Pig on the spit right?

[Trapper Sean]

If you have a substantial Filipino community around they should have peeps who do the pig for you and delivery/pickup. No drama or drinking all day required.

[Don Rickles]

If the family is coming to your place , to me it sounds like the perfect time to gift them as much Mom's "Stuff" as they can fit into their cars......? :yesnod:

[Bruze]

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[Onebadcad]

Step up your game!!

[TheHammer]

Step up your game!!

Good luck getting a hog in that oven.

This is "stepping up your game":

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q70/923/EX4DOm.jpg

[AUTOHOLIC]

45 years ago when I owned a bar back in Illinois I had a pig roast twice a year. I bought the pig from a locker plant and they roasted and delivered it to me. Much easier than doing it yourself and it was always PERFECT.:yesnod:

[kingpin]

Prefer fresh Lamb over swine. Only thing I like about a roast pig is the cracklin' if it's done right which most of the time it's not.

Fresh Lamb filled with 2-3 dozen lemons cut in half, oregano, S&P and then stitched up to hold it all. Rub the outside with the same thing and Olive Oil, baste every hour.
Don't even bother plating it. We each had a carving knife and would carve right off the spit when it was time.
The rest of the Lamb would be cut up for leftovers to take home.

[KenHorse]

If you have a substantial Filipino community around they should have peeps who do the pig for you and delivery/pickup. No drama or drinking all day required.

Nah bruh, dey mo' into dog, 'specially black dog

[Onebadcad]

For those not living down here, Cuban Nochebuena Supper, done every year on Christmas Eve, is a celebration by most Cubans, in which the main course is ALWAYS a pit-roasted whole pig.

I have been to a few, put it on your bucket list, nothing better than talking politics with Cubans, while drinking American beer and listeing to Country Music,,, Cubans ARE Americans!!

[Burro (He/Haw)]

https://youtu.be/fQ5CtbigyP4?si=OLYSMLcmXR0S3XxM