Any Experience With Attempting "Pig in a Pit" in the Egg?

OpusXcellent

Hello Fellow Eggheads!

I was watching Rick Bayless Mexico's One Plate At A Time and he was cooking a whole cut up hog wrapped in banana leafs in a pit and I was wondering if anyone has tried this on the Egg.  I would be using butts instead of whole hog and was thinking, taking the fire ring out, getting a hot 700 degrees for a while and then throw in a roasting pan and close down the egg for a couple of hours.  The other option would be to cook as usual to make pulled pork using the ingredients in this recipe and for go the banana leafs.  Please let me know your thoughts!

Link to recipe:

http://livewellnetwork.com/Mexico-One-Plate-At-A-Time/recipes/Slow-Roasted-Yucatecan-Pig-in-a-Pit/8647152?pid=7582393

badinfluence

This will not work in a egg. The egg will cool way to quickly and the hog wasted.

Pit cooking is nothing new been done for thousands of years. If you want to do this dig a pit and do it right.

Oh and if you do dig the pit and do it you will love the outcome.

OpusXcellent

That is what I thought.  I will work with these ingredients and make a Mexican flavored Pulled Pork instead!  Thanks for the reassurance!  

theyolksonyou

You could build a pig ala @lkapigian‌

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1172011/i-built-a-pig/p1

lkapigian

theyolksonyou said:

You could build a pig ala @lkapigian‌

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1172011/i-built-a-pig/p1

That was my thought when I saw this post...........steams everything perfect

Carolina Q

All I could think of while watching that video was... Skip! They even sound alike! Ugh!