Thread: Spit roasting a pig

Tips and recommendations please
Wood fire? Charcoal? Timing etc etc

No idea how big mr Poaka is yet, as he/she is still running around the hills

Step 1. persuade a "ricky chen" to catch a "cahill"
step 2. Glaze the "cahill"
step 3. insert apple
step 4. roast on hot coals for a few hours
step 5. enjoy.

Originally Posted by 40mm

Step 1. persuade a "ricky chen" to catch a "cahill"
step 2. Glaze the "cahill"
step 3. insert apple
step 4. roast on hot coals for a few hours
step 5. enjoy.

Sounds like it may leave a bad taste in the mouth

Wood. Dry kanuka if you have it
Huge fire and cook when its coals.
Keep adding to the side and shovel in wjen smoke dies down
Keep it simple
Warratahs and chain so you can adjust
Pipe amd crank type offset handle
Manual only and a bloody long pipe because it does get hot standing there turning it a little bit every now and then
Beer is the best fuel for the turning device
Form an orderly queue to take turns at turning
Wire the pig on well with a few holes through the pipe because it gets bloody slippery when the far starts to flow.

Timing is tricky
Do one as practice would be my advice

Wish i was there !

More advice

Cook 2 pigs

Made a spit with long galv pipe suspended on x2 ‘Y’shaped sticks and electric powered vis two washing machine gearboxes back to back. Did roughly one rpm. Easy method is long Manuka pole through pig, suspend on two ‘Y’ sticks and have a couple of other sticks (like a steering wheel without circumference) fitted through main shaft. You can then rotate pig with enough friction to hold animal in most positions. As suggested, it will need a huge amount of hot coals. It will also take almost all day. Get your cooking coals sorted (a good bath tub sized lot) but keep another fire going in a drum with coarse grate bottom so replacement coals fall through ready to replenish cooking lot. You will need more fuel than you think.

Whatever you do, dont google that title......you could be scarred for life...Some of the pictures (and videos) did not include Bacon products but rather a lot of skin....

I mentioned to the labour co ordinator at work today that I wont be available on sat 21 as will be spit roasting my pig.
His response was " thats not a nice way to talk about your girlfriend"

One i saw was boiled in a 44 gallon drum for a few hours then spitroasted for crackly goodness

Skinned or singed (sp) ?

Originally Posted by timattalon

Whatever you do, dont google that title......you could be scarred for life...Some of the pictures (and videos) did not include Bacon products but rather a lot of skin....

Yeahhh.... soon as I saw the title I was transported back 33 years to memories of the Gilwell Gripper. Nuff said.

You’re welcome to borrow my spit if someone can get it across to strait. I use Manuka and have a couple of bags of charcoal available just in case. I’ve not done a pig yet but have done a couple of sheep and heaps of chooks. I don’t bother with and basting because I like the Smokey flavour.

Originally Posted by Pengy

Sounds like it may leave a bad taste in the mouth

Id prefer to eat that pig that indian family ate a while back, coma would be nice right now. I would be happily shooting my guns in a coma while you guys are still suffering in reality.

Originally Posted by 2post

You’re welcome to borrow my spit if someone can get it across to strait. I use Manuka and have a couple of bags of charcoal available just in case. I’ve not done a pig yet but have done a couple of sheep and heaps of chooks. I don’t bother with and basting because I like the Smokey flavour.Attachment 113391

Thanks for the offer mate, but the spit roasting setup is sorted , thanks to our resident engiganeer, VC

i thought it was a chick from the back blocks with a guy on each end