BBQ pit

[jdkid]

Hi ya
good links i'll have a look later ,i have been thinking of building one like a old tripot (used for melting down whales)as our place did have a old whaleing site on it ,,on another note i saw a thing on TV here there is a guy in the US who makes big BBQ,s one so on a 18 wheeler and one was the shape of a bottle any one know if there is a site ??? i think he was in TX but i'm not sure on that
catch ya
JD Kid

 

[EdDekker]

Dave Klose has a (poor) picture of a 48 foot long 5 foot diameter smoker (for when you want to cook up 6000 pounds of meat for a few close friends) http://www.bbqpits.com/beerbottle.htm and a train smoker <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.bbqpits.com/train.htm>http://www.bbqpits.com/train.htm</A>

 

[gmason]

This is a little off topic, but it brought back memories of my home town and our 4th of July festivities. I remember that the local Fire Station would dig a big hole, big enough for a car, and throw a bunch of wood and let it burn for a day to get the coals and then put a bunch of meat(not sure if it was beef or pork) in the pit and cover it back up with the dirt. A few days later(on the 4th) they would dig it up and sell the BBQ.
I never got to see exactly how they did it, and I was wanting to cook a pig this summer in similiar fashion. Has anyone done this before. Ive read some stuff that you put a layer of tin/steel over the coals and wrap the pig with wet burlap.

I've got a bunch of cured Hickory and Oak, and wondered what a good ratio would be for this method.

thanks
gary

 

[Chuck52]

Gary,

I've never really seen a "pig-in-the-ground" done, but we did a whole pig roast when I was in grad school. I think it was done similar to this:

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/egg0596/abtbarcu.html>http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/egg0596/abtbarcu.html</A>

I think the cooks actually just dug a hole instead of building a pit above ground, but the idea is the same. If you do a search on "pig in the ground" you get a bunch of questions about how to do it with at least a few hints thrown in. I think I'd prefer the above ground method. Great excuse to sit by the fire all night drinking beer./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Chuck