Homemade Pig Cooker, Pictures of the inside. Options

[Pign It]

Went up to KY over the holidays and took some more pics of the pig cooker. It's a little hard to see but there is a trough running down the middle that catches all the drippings and we usually fill it half way with apple juice before we start. There is a drain in the bottom to clean the trough out. You can also see the baffles and how they run the drippings into the trough. The interesting thing is.... there wasn't much in the trough at the end of the cook. The baffles are so hot that when the grease hit them it would sear the smoke up into the pig.

Another cool thing about the design is by placing the pig halves in the baskets rib side down, they baste themselves by dripping into the rib cavity.

My brother is adding a 2" hitch and a jack so Dad can move it around and get it in the barn by himself. The only drawback to this cooker is that it is so big... you have to cook for an army when you use it. That happens once a year. Kind of a shame. Maybe with this thing sitting in the back yard Dad will find some more reasons to celebrate with a pig.



The pig is halved and is placed in each basket. The lid to the basket is adjusted to the pig with pins.


The pig is turned with this handle by pulling out the pin, rotating and replacing the pin. We did this about every hour.

[Porker]

Love to see pictures of that cooker in action!

[Ragle]

Love to see pictures of that cooker in action!

Me too, lets see some cooking pig.

[pit builder]

Went up to KY over the holidays and took some more pics of the pig cooker. It's a little hard to see but there is a trough running down the middle that catches all the drippings and we usually fill it half way with apple juice before we start. There is a drain in the bottom to clean the trough out. You can also see the baffles and how they run the drippings into the trough. The interesting thing is.... there wasn't much in the trough at the end of the cook. The baffles are so hot that when the grease hit them it would sear the smoke up into the pig.

Another cool thing about the design is by placing the pig halves in the baskets rib side down, they baste themselves by dripping into the rib cavity.

My brother is adding a 2" hitch and a jack so Dad can move it around and get it in the barn by himself. The only drawback to this cooker is that it is so big... you have to cook for an army when you use it. That happens once a year. Kind of a shame. Maybe with this thing sitting in the back yard Dad will find some more reasons to celebrate with a pig.



The pig is halved and is placed in each basket. The lid to the basket is adjusted to the pig with pins.


The pig is turned with this handle by pulling out the pin, rotating and replacing the pin. We did this about every hour.

great job it looks good and easy touse which most builders over look that part of the build. GOOD JOB

[Johnny Mo]

great job it looks good and easy touse which most builders over look that part of the build. GOOD JOB

Dude that thing is cool, post some pictures when that bad boy is in action.