Pig Roast

[Killerdrgn]

Hey Im kinda planning a pig roast but I've hit a snag. Where can I find a grill/ grate to fit a whole 20 lb pig?
I read on a website that you can use aluminum or non galvanized steel fencing. Anyone know where I can get that? I went to home depot today and they only carried galvanized steel fencing.
I think i'm only going to do this once so the grill doesn't have to last longer than 1 use. So any ideas?

 

[Bob 1000]

I could just bring my grill...lol

 

[BroRage]

la caja china (not saying it to be taken as a rascist joke) - find a cuban - there might be a place where they rent them or a hispanic that knows what this is

 

[BroRage]

by the way its a good whole day process starting from early in the morning till like 6 something in the afternoon

 

[Killerdrgn]

yeah I know about that, And I read about the aluminum fencing thing from a cuban/miami roasting site.
But just need to know where I can find some.

 

[jay1335]

party rental companies actually rent pig roasting equipment. Check with them...are you trying to cook it in the ground?

 

[NYreefNoob]

dig a whole and fill the bottom with coal, wrap the pig in foil and bury it ontop of the coal, poof 8 hr's later it's down, atleast thats how we use to do it in the country :splitspin

 

[inkblue]

:Blurp:

 

[junglebase]

:Blurp:

YUMMMMY!!!

 

[pmui]

ahhhhhhhhh! THat's a big corn dog!

 

[jim63dt]

any 1 have a spare 55 gallon steel drum????

 

[boozeman]

The way I've seen it done is to make an appropriately sized pit out of stacked cinderblock and stoke with hardwood charcoal, then skewer the pig on a pole and place on top rotating to cook evenly.
btw, there is a place that sells BBQs made out of welded steel 55 gallon drums on the corner of eastern pkwy and broadway in bklyn ... those would be able to fit a whole pig on it

 

[Killerdrgn]

Yeah I was going to do it half below half above ground. I wanted to do it this way. http://cuban-christmas.com/pigroast.html
I think it's cheap and effective. Though if I do it the hole in the ground method it would probably be cheaper, But I don't have a clue on how I would season it.

 

[Killerdrgn]

Yeah I wouldn't mind the steel drum method either but then i'd have no place to put the drum after i'm done. With the cinder blocks or the hole in the ground I can get rid of it later without too much effort.

 

[inkblue]

dont forGet the stuffinG... :p

 

[widebody]

where is this going to take place me and my dad just did one about 4 weeks ago
if you do it on dirt ..you wont need to go deep charcoal around on the outer side or pig....and go from there i have a pipe set up with the stakes that go on the ground to support it ....even have a streeing wheel at the end ....

 

[ZANYMASTER]

That Caja China can probably only be found in Miami.It's made for pork shoulders and not whole pigs.I saw it on Bobby flays show.

 

[Killerdrgn]

where is this going to take place me and my dad just did one about 4 weeks ago
if you do it on dirt ..you wont need to go deep charcoal around on the outer side or pig....and go from there i have a pipe set up with the stakes that go on the ground to support it ....even have a streeing wheel at the end ....

So do you have any pointers on how deep I should dig, what to stuff a pig with, etc. I have never done this before so I really need a detailed set of instructions. Oh and i'm trying to do this in my backyard, and before my dad gets back and finds out i dug up his yard. I'm still not totally set on which method to use, I'm pretty sure i'm getting something like a 20 lb pig though. I don't even know how large that is, i'm going to go down to junction blvd and 42nd st today to see, I hear the butcher there is very good.

 

[Chapz]

Why not just buy chicken wire sheets? You can put the sheets over the pig and secure it and then that should be doable. A friend of mine did that when he had a pig roast over charcoal surrounded by concrete blocks.

 

[GQ22]

try to make one