The Rural Voice, 1979-07, Page 38Step by step...
How to barbecue a whole pig
Alex Townsend and Don Taylor getting ready to
barbecue a whole pig.
The whole pig barbecue instructions come from Alex
Townsend of Tuckersmith Township in Huron County who with
Don Taylor, Goderich Township officiates at many such events.
A 70 lb. dressed pig will feed 30-50 people and a 150 Ib.
dressed pig, 80-90 people if you want to invite the whole
concession.
Mr. 1 ownsend's instructions are as follows:
(Similar to dressing for chicken)
1. Pig is filled with dressing about 5 loaves of bread to 100 Ib.
pig.
2. Wrap it all with heavy tin foil and chicken wire.
When the pig starts to drip grease, use water to put flare out.
— The back and top of barbecue covered with roofing steel.
3. Put in the basket and then onto the spit which turns about
revolution a minute by a motor from an old stoker furnace.
4. Wood is started in a pile and then the coals are added to pan
under the pig as needed to keep a hot fire going all the time.
Start about 1 hour ahead of time.
5. Takes about an hour of cooking to every 15-20 pounds of pig.
When the pig starts to dip grease, use water to put flare out.
When the thermometer reaches 180° in the shoulder and ham
of pig it should be done.
— used a tire rack for the frame
— stoker furnace motor and gear box.
— steel pan
— basket made of steel roads open an one side and tightens
against the pig.
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