First whole hog

[robstock]

Cooked my first whole hog yesterday. Turned out a bit darker than I wanted but tasted great and tenderness was spot on! Was definitely a crowd pleaser. Was a great experience and can't wait to cook another one.

I built an offset cinder block pit to gook it in.

[Mr. Bones]

Awesome, with Awesome Sauce!
Very Nicely Done, Brother!

[smokin fool]

Leftovers????

[barelfly]

Is that a temporary pit or did you do masonry work to keep it up? I can’t really tell for th pic, if it’s temporary I’m copying this! Outstanding regardless.

[CaptainMike]

Thinking the same

[robstock]

Dry set

[CaptainMike]

Great setup. Simple but effective. They look dry set, or did you mortar them in?

[robstock]

The pit is dry set. I do plan on making it permanent. I found the plans on the internet. Here is the URL

https://www.instructables.com/id/Cin...Offset-Smoker/

I am going to make a few changes now that I have cooked on it a couple of times. I will say being just dry set it managed temp very well. I recommend using this calculator for determining sizes of the vents.

http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html

[Red Man]

That pit is really cool!

[Bkhuna]

Now that's a pit!

[klflowers]

That is pretty cool.

[RonB]

Great lookin' cook and pit.

[Sweaty Paul]

Aggressive. Well done!

[PaulstheRibList]

That is super cool!!!!!!

We've cooked a couple of hogs. Fun! You'll have to set up a burn barrel and just put in coals to keep that hog a lighter color.

[Old Glory]

Very awesome!