Have you ever roasted a whole pig?

[sfw2]

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So Thailand's not so different from the southern US!

Well, there probably are some similarities and some differences! I bet your pig roasting recipe doesn't include having to put ice in your beer glass to keep the stuff cold.

You just need to drink it faster! LOL

 

[arabianequine]

I have another thread in other livestock about age/weight best to butcher for roasting is.....but some of you might not go to that section. When do you butcher to roast a whole pig?

We have raised two pigs to full term to butcher for our freezer both 300-400 in pounds when butchered but I don't think that big of a pig would be a good idea to have in a pit? I had heard 100-150 pounds?

ETA: What is normally the weight/age you butcher at to roast a whole pig? I am assuming we don't want it too hard to handle if we have to flip it etc. or if to young I don't want to butcher too early either if it matters.

 

[perolane]

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I was also going to mention that method...but wasn't sure if I could!!

 

[rufus]

Google "La Caja China." This might do the trick. You can use it over and over, and it is a lot cleaner and easier than a hole in the ground.

Rufus

 

[perolane]

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50 to 100 lbs is ideal if cooking whole. It will be tender & of course at that size much easier to handle. On your larger pigs...you could cook just half. We have "cochon de lait"...french for suckling pig. No one I know butchers suckling pigs, but not long after weaning & after a few months eating corn...it's regularly done.

 

[perolane]

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It's a coonass microwave!!!

 

[FarmGirl01]

This is what we did. I raised this pig until about 80 pounds. We took him to "party pigs". They processed him and kept him in the cooler for 3 days. We made the pit above ground with cinder blocks. The pit was covered with plywood with metal liner. ( To keep the wood from burning.)

It was the best thing we ever ate.

 

[Talihofarms]

We do quite a bit of pig roasting. We use a rented propane spit. This method is the easiest for our use.
The spit has a motor which rotates the hog.

I have done the Lua method with green corn leaves and that is a good method as well.

Having said that, I like the rented spit. It is the easiest for clean up.
All you do when your done is pressure wash the spit when your finished.

I have even seen people using the car wash pressure washers to clean them before they returned them to the rental place.
All you need is a propane tank and a ball hitch.

I can say that any hog over 150 pounds will not fit on the rented spits. They are too long and heavy to fit.

We use hogs raised at our farm which are around 120 lbs.

Hope this helps.

 

[herefordlovinglady]

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I did i googled it and guess what, my boss is interested in building some to sell. we have a fabrication shop and we are starting to design our own version. We just finished with a design for oyster roasters that is too cool. We have already sold about 6 of them to the locals. Now we are going to see how the coonass microwave goes over.

 

[arabianequine]

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That pig does not look very big...how much did it weigh/age?