Texas BBQ: Whole Pig

Texas A&M University "UGST 181: Texas Barbecue"

This video demonstrates the setup and cooking procedure for barbequing a whole pig.

[tomstestkitchen]

My first pit was like that, it works great. Nice cook guys!

[shmuelkochman]

Is using galvanized steel roofing safe in bbq?

[diegotp]

I use the same method for my roasts, works greasy. Where can I get a grate like the one in the pit? Trying to upgrade my pit a little.

[JClark]

If you placed chicken wire above the rack and below the pig could that enable you to easily turn the pig, without it falling apart, and thus move the ham part away from the fire to avoid over cooking it?

[vincentesquilin]

Did this year's ago. Once was enough. If you don't have a grate then you can splay the pig on square metal rebar and tie the legs to the rebar with uncoated wire. Tie them tight. Concentrate the coals by the ham and shoulders and not the middle of the pig . Otherwise, yours ribs will be done and your hams raw.
Flip once with a friend. Also use a mop sauce but so much that it runs out on your coals. Mojo by Goya worked well for us as a mop sauce since it was a Spanish style seasoning but do whatever you want.

[ratufatu]

Built this same pit, only I used a spit to cook my pig. The blocks really are a good deal, I use them all the time. A cheap investment!

[SOlynn]

Need a longer video! Show prep of pig and construction of smoker.

[joshcrotsley]

so you cook it so long that its pulled pork, awesome. question : how did you get the pig out of the pit and to a suitable area where folks could dig in without the pig falling apart when you go to pick it up?

[gawdog]

Me seeing this, your pit doesn’t have to be that high up if you don’t want it to that’s all because the way we used to do it was two cinderblocks and then red bricks all around the top and it was dug out a little bit in the bottom of the barbecue pit

[orlnz]

What kind of rub did you use? Did you have a temp probe to monitor the hams and shoulders. Did you use charcoal or was it an all wood fire. Great pit set up similar to what im gonna use for my whole hog BBQ.Id wish you would have shown more of the pig cooking process and the pig picking from the bones. Good videos and thanks for posting?

[JerryJr]

Can you make any recommendations on thermometers to use for this style of smoking pit?  I am corning about 14 pounds of brisket right now that i would like to go on & process at least part of into pastrami.  This is my first time though, and for me the simpler the better.  My smoker would be just a fraction of the size of what you have here for a pig.

[AdrianJayeOnline]

I thought cinder blocks can explode when heated ?

[tudsdustin]

did they say of they turned the hog or it sat on ots belly the whole time

[joedirte]

This looks so simple, I need to try this.

Question Dan: When constructing, what cinder blocks do you want placed on their side?  I noticed you had two placed sideways, one at each end - one at the top and one at the bottom.  Is the bottom one to feed the fire and the top to allow heat to escape?  Do I have that right?

[joshuasantelises]

Hey Carson was my TA for my meats class!!

[paulaudio]

How did  you remove all the hair on its skin prior to getting it in the pit?

[hvuu]

They are making BBQ smoke ham more than really BBQ. No one can beat Chinese Roast Pork. lol 

[danshale]

We did use probes to measure the temperature, wood fire

[mbinkley]

Pork pulls at 200 degrees so cooking it to 160 is stupid and wouldn't make for tender meat. And like others said, didn't even show the end product so that tells you it was crappy

[henryarrington]

160 to 170 is no where near pulled pork temp. For pulled pork need to run it up to 210 or so. Pork gets tender around 160 or so. Then it gets tough from 160 to 200. Then it falls off the bone around 210.