1. Clear an area of level ground of any combustible leaves or sticks. Lay out a two-layer base of blocks as shown. Build a fire inside the pit. After the coals have burned down, divide them into ...

In today's Oregonian, I've contributed a FoodDay story about my adventures cooking a whole pig in my Caja China, a Cuban roasting box that can do 70 pounds of meat in less than four hours. Exciting, ...

It's no secret many Americans these days avoid using a lot of animal parts considered delicacies in other countries. Sometimes it's because certain meats are straight-up illegal in the U.S., like lung ...

Cooking meat en masse generally warrants a party, so it’s no surprise that in five years a ‘friendly’ pig cooking competition ballooned into a daylong event that last year brought out more than 1,000 ...

La Caja China has been selling its amazing “pig box” cookers for more than 20 years - but now they are better than ever. Much better. The company has built a devoted cult following for its backyard ...

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Participants in the 7th Annual Pig Hunting Derby or the Pork in the Park Cook-off should take caution if preparing feral pig meat to eat. Wild pigs on Guam often carry different zoonotic diseases ...

VANDER - The secret, they say, is in the sauce.Or the skin. Or the careful, almost creepy rubdown each of two dozen pigs receives before their tasteful transformation into some of the finest pulled ...