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Buying Guide, Reviews, and Ratings for Whole Hog Pig Roasters
If you want to roast a whole hog, you can fit small animals onto an offset firebox smoker such as the ones on the Charcoal Smoker page of this Buyer's Guide.
Of course if you have a Commercial Smoker or Mobile Smoker, you can roast a pretty good sized pig. There are also several companies making specialized whole pig roasters. Below are links to a few. For a good article on pig roasting, click here. Click here for another.
Shown above, this is a metal lined plywood box in which you place a small, splayed pig. On goes the lid and the coals go on top of the lid turning the box into a hot oven. Cooks fast and maked very crispy skin but the meat does not get smoky or a grilled flavor. Perfect for backyard parties and luaus. See photo above.
A clever open air design with the coals in a tray that can be moved up and down on a scissor lift for temperature control. Made of stainless steel and aluminum, the scissor lift allows you to collapse it easily into a compact unit. It is powered by a 12 volt car battery with an inverter.
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Meathead's Faves
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GrillGrates Take Your Grill Into the Infrared Zone
GrillGrates are the best new product I have tested in years and the best thing to happen to beef since salt and pepper.
They sit on top of your current grill's grates. The hard anodized aircraft grade aluminum rail tops are flat and wide and make perfect dark crunchy grill marks. The base superheats yet eliminates hot spots and blocks flareups. This is the same concept behind the expensive new infrared grills.
Juices drip in the valleys between the rails and are vaporized and penetrate the meat enhancing flavor. I throw wood between the rails and they impart a delicate smoke flavor. I have made my best steaks and burgers ever with Grill Grates. This is a really great new product! Click here to read more and for ordering info.
The Smokenator
If you have a Weber Kettle, you need the amazing Smokenator and Hovergrill. The Smokenator turns your grill into a first class smoker, and the Hovergrill can add capacity or be used to get steakhouse steaks. Click here to read more and for ordering info.
These are highly recommended products that I have tested personally or that have been tested by reliable sources. Awards are based on features, quality, and value. Rest assured that when I recommend a product, it is really because I like it, not because someone has paid me to say so or because the company is an advertiser or sponsor. I purchase most products I review although occasionally suppliers send me samples.
Shown above, this is a metal lined plywood box in which you place a small, splayed pig. On goes the lid and the coals go on top of the lid turning the box into a hot oven. Cooks fast and maked very crispy skin but the meat does not get smoky or a grilled flavor. Perfect for backyard parties and luaus. See photo above.
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