When my brother-in-law Ryan was about to turn 40, his wife asked him what he wanted for his birthday. His answer was an unequivocal two words: pig roast. Ryan and another brother-in-law, Everett, had ...

1. Clear an area of level ground of any combustible leaves or sticks. Lay out a two-layer base of blocks as shown. Build a fire inside the pit. After the coals have burned down, divide them into ...

If you want to earn the full assortment of pitmaster merit badges, you have to meet a few benchmarks. Mastering the art of a traditional low-and-slow Texas brisket is a must. Tackling the massive ...

In today's Oregonian, I've contributed a FoodDay story about my adventures cooking a whole pig in my Caja China, a Cuban roasting box that can do 70 pounds of meat in less than four hours. Exciting, ...

I read the article on the Chinese Box method of roasting a pig in a recent Post Food section. I'm thinking of cooking a roast pig at a big family reunion and I'm investigating various methods. What ...

We are all familiar with the term "living high off the hog!" I hail from South Louisiana where the term is often used to describe a group of friends who have gathered to roast a pig and sip a few cold ...

At the Yale Farm, we make pizza every Friday, but we make pig once a year. Our tradition is only a year old, but I have high hopes that for generations to come, on the last day of classes, Yale ...

Cooking meat en masse generally warrants a party, so it’s no surprise that in five years a ‘friendly’ pig cooking competition ballooned into a daylong event that last year brought out more than 1,000 ...