Hot Rock Kalua Pig

Step 5 The Pit and the Pork

The moment is now to entomb the pork sarcophagus! Look at the glowing hot rocks!

So now you should make a nice soft bed to rest the pork in. Here I am putting wet hickory and maple branches over the hot rocks. Go for about 6 inches of bedding.

Now lower in the pork!

Cover the pork package with more wet branches.

Now put a wet sheet or burlap cloth over the leaves and branches. Leave a little hanging out so you can grab it later.

Now shovel on a few inches more dirt over the sheet to insulate the cooker.

The last thing to do (before praying that nothing goes wrong) is to cover the cooker with plywood. Be sure to cover the tops of the cinder blocks too, a lot of heat convects out of the holes otherwise. I had to use some extra planks 'cause the plywood didn't reach far enough.

Now Wait......12-14 hours should do it. Feel free to enjoy the good smells emanating from the cooker.

Comments

[SNACKS]

What time did you start the cooking of the pig? if i want to eat at 7 then I need to start - day 1- fire @ 5 -day 1- eat @ 7 - day ? start pig @? day 2- Eat @ 7

[Goesto11]

The fire must burn for 3-4 hours to heat the stones, during which time you may grill anytime once there are some good coals. Once the stones are heated red hot, you should allow the remaining flames to become coals, then add the pork. The pork cooks 12-14 hours, then should be removed from the cooker, but you could eat it later, provided you reheat it. The schedule you propose would probably go like this: Day 1 - Fire @ 5pm, Grill @ 7-8pm, then Start pig after Grilling about 9pm Day 2 - Remove pig between 9am and 11am. The Pork is then ready for lunch time the next day, but you can separate the meat from the skin and bone and reheat it for dinner later. I like to have friends over for grilling on a Saturday night, then throw a mid-day Kalua BBQ feast on Sunday.