Two Hams Cook a Pig

Narrated photos of how to roast a whole pig in a pit, Hawaiian style. Step-by-step procedures.

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Howto & Style

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• How to roast a pig
• Hawaiian
• in ground
• Bob Pearson
• Tom Herter

[gregdileo]

AWESOME job setting this up and presenting it. Thanks for the info. Will most likely do this in a couple of weeks, For that pig on the platter with the apple in it's mouth, I think you have to do the spit rotation option. Every time I've seen them come out of the ground they fall apart like you mentioned because they are steam cooked in their own juices. Awesome flavor but presentation is not as pretty. Thanks again.

[rwp24]

@gregdileo I couldn't agree more. Hope your pig roast came off without a hitch. Let us know if you have any other tips to share.

[rwp24]

We also added Sage to the brine mix and covered the entire pig with the brine solution. The flies surely liked the aroma.

[callmebecky]

What kind of rocks did you use to line the bottom of the pit?

If you were to do it again what would you do differently?

I am thinking about roasting a pig for my parents 25th Anniversary. Any advise would be great.

[rwp24]

We used river rocks, which were from about 6 to 10 inches in diameter. They worked well. No need to hunt for lava rocks, which some cooks recommend. On the advice of another cook, we also didn't bother putting hot rocks in the pig's cavity. Why mess with hot dirty rocks.

Anything we might do differently? We could have probably cooked the pig for an hour less, giving us all an hour more of sleep in the morning. The pineapples were a better stuffing than the apples. Good luck.

[JoveeKovee]

Good Job.  Aloha

[johnnyperrodelmal]

Felisidades par de cabrones. mis respetos asi voy a preparar mi procimo cumpleanos perfecto.

[bigbubbabuford]

great video!

[aprilb251]

What size cooler did you use for the brine? We're going to be getting about the same size pig, but not sure if we have a cooler big enough. Thanks for the video! Saved me a lot of time researching :)

[ky42]

Thanks Guys, well done...Best presentation I've found and the one I'm going to use to do my 1st pig...I greatly appreciate this:)

[Arenalgarden]

Excellente. Sat. I'm going to show these Costa Ricans how it's done !

I did it a few times years and years ago but the beer during the process erased if from my soft drive ;-)~

[gregdileo]

@rwp24 It went very well, a recommendation that my butcher made and I followed was if you have a small group, mine was 12 people, a 40 pound pig is costly and you get too much waste.  What we did was just use the best parts of a pig, two shoulders, a huge loin and two racks of ribs. We should have had some hot rocks on the top of our pork parts but the shoulders on the bottom were excellent.