For help understanding the cultural significance and proper techniques chef lira and i recruited an expert hawaiian gordon lee jr who talked us through the various steps over the phone and.
Fire pit for cooking pig.
Types of fire pit cooking fire pit cooking is versatile.
Rather than a grill or barbecue a hog rotisserie set over a fire pit with charcoal or firewood as fuel is the ideal means to roast a whole pig.
The pit that you cook the pig in is called the imu and the meat that it prepares noted for its soft moist consistency is called kalua pork.
It s one of the oldest methods of cooking.
Here are the basics and some cooking tips.
Fire pit barbecue cooking a fire pit barbecue is one of the most common and basic ways to cook on a fire pit with real firewood.
You can cook your salmon vegetables or chicken breasts on your fire pit.
Since you re cooking over a fire on a fire pit the mechanism is the same as cooking on a regular grilling machine.
With a little creativity you can make a slew of different dishes on a firepit.
While it may take a bit more effort and or money to build or purchase an adequate rotisserie to hold your whole roast the payback will be unlimited.
Dig a hole in the ground fill it with fire add a large animal cover and cook.
Shovel in extra coals as needed by removing an end cinder block and regulate the heat by using.