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My big Saturday plan was to roast a suckling pig and watch "I'll Have Another" win the Belmont Stakes for the first Triple Crown in 28 years.

Then I find out this morning that the horse was scratched from the race.

Then I go to pick up my pig which I pre-ordered and specified 15-20 lbs. My 15 lb pig ends up weighing 30 lbs and will not fit on any pit that I own.

Then I realize that I do not have a pig but actually have a "pig-cicle". My 30 pound pig is frozen solid and there is now way I am roasting it tomorrow even if I had something to cook it on.

At least there is plenty of Jim Beam in the house.

I hope everyone has a better weekend than the one that I am looking at!!

Put that hog in the bath tub full of cold water and change it out three or four times over 8 hrs and dig a hole in the back yard build a fire and cook that rascal old school.

That is what is probably going to happen.

I thought I was going to spend my weekend drinking a beer, watching a race and tending a pit. Looks like I'll be digging a big old hole instead!!

Any advice for cooking a pig in the ground? Any good links I could learn from?

DIg a 3' hole . Start your fire either with hardwood or charcoal or both. Let the fire die down to coals. Put a sheet of metal over the pit then place the pig on top of that. Then put another sheet of metal over the pig. Then cover with dirt. Wait 6 to 7 hours, then remove dirt and pull the pig out and enjoy...

Cut it in half and you'll have your 15 lb'er

Looks like I caught a break after all! I ended up finding a 33" Cajun Grill for $100. I did a test cook tonight to try to learn it. I'll fire it up for the real deal in the early a.m. Pics later!

How did it go David?? Love to see some pics of that.

Everything went great and I learned a TON!

The Cajun grill was easy to work but I do not believe the dome thermometer was correct (surprise, surprise). The pig, Larry, was done after 5 hours. The grill had to be running a heck of a lot hotter than the 250 it was reading for a 30 lb pig to be doe that fast.

Injected with 15 oz of creole butter. Stuffed with new potatoes, onions and celery.


Here is Larry at 5:30 this morning.


Here is my early morning buddy two at 7:30. The coffee was pretty good at this point.



He ain't moving around much but, trust me, he was showing plenty of personality.



And then we ate him!

Sorry I don't have a better write up but I am really, really tired. I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Like the guy said in the movie, "Good lookin' pig you got there, Doc."

Boots wrote:Like the guy said in the movie, "Good lookin' pig you got there, Doc."

+1

Later

Tuck

Beautiful! Nice job.

That story had such a sad start, but it had a happy ending (for everyone but Larry).

Way to hang in there, and not let obstacles get in the way of your pig pickin’.

+1 on the “Good lookin’ pig you got there, Doc”

Looks like Larry caught a tan

I would love to tackle a suckling pig on my grill.. JUST to see the look on all my neighbor's faces LOL Larry looks rather tasty!

Thanks for all of the positive feedback. A little encouragement goes a long way!!

One of the things that surprised me the most was how much Larry terrified some of the kids. It never occurred to me that some people would find a pig to be scary.