Food and Drink Pit Roasting

R8RFAN · 04-24-2014, 06:30 AM

This is similar to the way BBQ is cooked in NC...

The way you do it on a small scale is you need a cooker with a door big enough to shovel your coals under the cooking surface...

I have seen them take a 55 gallon drum and cut a square from the bottom then about 2 feet up punch holes and iron rods across making a shelf in the drum for the hickory wood to sit on, as the wood burns in the drum the coals drop and you use your shovel to collect the coals from the square you cut out of the bottom.. Then you sprinkle the coals under the meat as needed... take large sheets of aluminum foil to cover (not wrap) the meat to keep the heat close to the meat, a cover will be needed.

Properly cooked shoulders will take 10 hours or so to cook to juicy perfection

The one pictured below would be a wonderful pig cooker

04-24-2014, 06:30 AM	#5
R8RFAN Molôn Labé Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: North Carolina Casino cash: $8466872	This is similar to the way BBQ is cooked in NC... The way you do it on a small scale is you need a cooker with a door big enough to shovel your coals under the cooking surface... I have seen them take a 55 gallon drum and cut a square from the bottom then about 2 feet up punch holes and iron rods across making a shelf in the drum for the hickory wood to sit on, as the wood burns in the drum the coals drop and you use your shovel to collect the coals from the square you cut out of the bottom.. Then you sprinkle the coals under the meat as needed... take large sheets of aluminum foil to cover (not wrap) the meat to keep the heat close to the meat, a cover will be needed. Properly cooked shoulders will take 10 hours or so to cook to juicy perfection The one pictured below would be a wonderful pig cooker
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