Cooking a pig

[bigborehnd]

Has anyone here cooked a whole pig? I'm a virgin at this and I am going to attempt one this weekend. I've done a lot of bbqin', just nothing on this scale. Any tips would be appreciated. I've done some research online already. Just looking for tips from the locals.

[larrymeyer]

Big pit large spit and cook for awhile

[LilEMT]

Keep a hose near by in case the grease catches... We did one the other weekend. It was a propane cooker that the pig just rested on the grate with pans for water under it. Every half hour or so he would go out and spray a little water into the pan NOT ON THE PIG! In essence we sort of steamed the pig, i guess you could say. And it takes a really long time for the whole pig to cook. We started at 7ish and i think the pig was done at like 4:00. Have fun with it and make sure you have an apple on hand for the final presentation of the pig before the cutting If you have kids that are into it have a lot of fun with the pig. One year my little cousin made tin foil glasses for it and stuff like that. It was pretty funny to see people the first time you open the cooker and there's glasses on the pig GOOD LUCK WITH IT!

[bigborehnd]

Keep a hose near by in case the grease catches... We did one the other weekend. It was a propane cooker that the pig just rested on the grate with pans for water under it. Every half hour or so he would go out and spray a little water into the pan NOT ON THE PIG! In essence we sort of steamed the pig, i guess you could say. And it takes a really long time for the whole pig to cook. We started at 7ish and i think the pig was done at like 4:00. Have fun with it and make sure you have an apple on hand for the final presentation of the pig before the cutting If you have kids that are into it have a lot of fun with the pig. One year my little cousin made tin foil glasses for it and stuff like that. It was pretty funny to see people the first time you open the cooker and there's glasses on the pig GOOD LUCK WITH IT!

How big was your pig? Mine is gonna be around 100#.

[LilEMT]

How big was your pig? Mine is gonna be around 100#.

About the same... That thing was a monster... OH and it makes amazing pulled pork sandwhiches the next day. We had about 70 people at our picnic and had an insane amount of left overs. MAKE SURE YOU BRING CONTAINERS or gallon freezer bags to take it home in. You can do it. Its not that bad.

[WVBob]

If you have the pig on a grill, wrap it in chicken wire. It makes it easy to turn over. Expect it to take 10 to 12 hours to cook.

[P89]

The best pig I ever had was done in a spit like this:

A-frame: which the pig gets split and put over.
That gets set in a big pan of water about 6 to 8" deep.
That pan gets set in the spit over the fire box.

Actually put the pan in first, fill with water then set the pig in.

Never dry, never burnt, no grease fire, no electric to turn it.

Still takes about 10 hours.

[fasttrackpa]

cook it an hour for every 10#. You will want to cook a 100#er about 10hrs at about 250 degrees

[338winmag]

About the same... That thing was a monster... OH and it makes amazing pulled pork sandwhiches the next day. We had about 70 people at our picnic and had an insane amount of left overs. MAKE SURE YOU BRING CONTAINERS or gallon freezer bags to take it home in. You can do it. Its not that bad.

100lbs aint shit the hogs we my dad raises on his farm for us every year finish out at around 700lb i get 1 my brother gets 1 and dad gets 1.plus my cousin usually dose 3 or 4 and some others some times bring some to.as you can see butchering day for us is more like butchering days like 2.we kill and skin fri night and then sat we start at 4:30 am and it is usually around 10 or 100 until we finish nup with all the meat cutting and cooking that needs done.

[bigborehnd]

cook it an hour for every 10#. You will want to cook a 100#er about 10hrs at about 250 degrees

10-12 hours is what we were planning on from what I saw online.