Doing a whole pig... with Qview

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finch12

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Jun 14, 2010
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I smoked cooked my first pig when I was about 17. Me and a buddy put on a full dinner for ~150 ppl and it worked out great. Over the years I have helped a few others but my brother law and I have cooked for our friends for about the last 10 years straight. Each year at this time we get a pig butchered and ready to throw on the grill. Here is this years story

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This year we only had around 50 to 60 coming out so we have prepped a 76 LB pig dressed weight.

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My wife makes up a stuffing and we pack it all  in and sow the pig back up

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We sow it all up tight so the stuffing stays nice and moist and meat juices join in

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Getting ready to go in the cooker we have a cage that holds the pig firmly in place. We do not wrap it in wire or any thing else

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Once in the cooker the smoking begins

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After about one hour

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Around three hours in to it

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Getting very close

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After cooking for 7 total hours it is coming out. The pig was at temperature in the thick areas 2 hours before this time but we like to be sure it is all cooked well and it give some time to get some fat melted out of it. We have used this idea every time and never had a dry pig or under cooked one either. Pretty much we just put the wrapped potatoes on the back rack now, keep the heat down, get the corn pot ready. In two hours we are gonna eat

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Out of the roaster and out of the cage and now on to the table to carve

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Digging out the dressing and begining  to carve. It just falls apart for us and has great flavor. The kids all hang around and eat the skin and want the teeth. Another excellent meal !
 
Great Job Finch,

Outstanding pictorial too!

Must have been a pretty high temp---7 hours is not very long for a whole pig.

Really looks AWESOME too!

Bearcarver
 
Not really sure on any temps. We usually go by feel of the heat escaping the cooker and it has not failed me yet. We would like to do a slower, longer cook but the day always seems to escape us. ( not a lot of early morning people in this group ) In the morning the kids all want to see the pig before it goes in. We used to go to the butcher and get it and the kids loved that trip. Now we get it the night before and put in in a old fridge to keep cool overnight
 
Real nice boucherie.

  Is the rack a rotisserie???
 
NICE LOOKING PIG!!!  That is something I really want to do someday!  Cook a whole pig... in a smoker and underground (kalua).  Just curious, how did the skin taste?  Did you use any kind of rub?
 
That is one great looking PIG - There is nothing better in the whole world that a wole PIG

Great post -- even though they dont count 
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sure is a rotisserie . This home made jobby was made on a small budget but it works great.
I LIKE IT!!!! we use a cajun microwave when we do pigs but it isn't the same as a rotisserie over a fire.
 
NICE LOOKING PIG!!!  That is something I really want to do someday!  Cook a whole pig... in a smoker and underground (kalua).  Just curious, how did the skin taste?  Did you use any kind of rub?
The skin is very tough. The smoke flaour in it is very strong. We have never used any rub on it. Generally it is just the kids looking to eat the skin but a few adults do jump in there. Maybe some year we will put a rub on it and see what happens
 
The skin is very tough. The smoke flaour in it is very strong. We have never used any rub on it. Generally it is just the kids looking to eat the skin but a few adults do jump in there. Maybe some year we will put a rub on it and see what happens
Or you could cut a big hunk of skin out, shape it kind of egg shaped, stitch it up, and get a bunch of guys together for a game. You could call it football.     
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Bear
 
 
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