Block Pit Whole Hog

Block Pit Whole Hog
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[@bigwillie80]

“I think I may have drank too much whiskey last night” we’ve all been there! Incredible video and series. Thank you for sharing your passion with the rest of us good folks. Cheers🍻

[@txpyroguy817]

Especially being on that lake, its a party every night!

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Thank you!!!

[@garycheevers2671]

I was wondering that when he first started talking about getting it going haha.

[@LUVTHEMSTILLERS78]

That TX Whiskey really must have packed a punch. You were both hurting first thing in the AM. The beer cans rattling was also a factor I'm guessing.

[@nathanmciver6496]

And how did they get there?

[@Absolute_Goober]

"alright yall its late morning here" *beer already in hand god bless america

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Can’t drink all day if you don’t start early in the morning....

[@miketharipr]

@@MeatChurchBBQ Oh yeah? Here... hold my beer... Err... Whelp, you know what I mean!

[@mitch1065]

Nothing better than ENC BBQ. Some of the best BBQ comes out of Greenville, NC and the surrounding areas. Go Pirates!

[@jonathane984]

Not to brag or anything but Sam Jones BBQ is about 5 mins from my house here in Winterville, NC. Makes me feel good when I see Sam and his dad Pete get the recognition they deserve. True legends in the whole hog game. Thanks Matt for all that you do for the BBQ community! Fun fact, Sam likes to sing Karaoke.

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Go tell Michael you saw his KZbin debut!

[@devinesquivel3155]

It’s low key weird seeing Matt on the sidelines but I love it also. It shows how open the BBQ community is.

[@oudude27]

It's high key dumb saying low key out of context

[@harrymiram6621]

Matt...one suggestion. Before throwing pig onto rebar, season Both sides of pig on prep table. Also, cut slits into outer carcass & stick in garlic cloves...the More the better...to add more flavor to meat. In Hawaii, we do basically the same except we dig hole in the ground & light fire w/mesquite/wooden pallets & let burn down to coals. When fire burns down 1/2 way, toss in stones, roughly soccer ball-sized & smaller, to heat up. When fire burns down to coals, remove stones, dunk in cold water to cool down & place in carcass. Close up carcass & encase in chicken wire. Again, More wire is better!-lol...Place whole carcass onto coals & thrown on burlap bags SOAKED/SATURATED in water. Cover Whole creation in plastic tarpaulin/heavy canvas, such as military canvas tent. COVER Whole pit w/dirt & let steam 7-10 hours!...VOILA....Hawaiian kalua pig!...BTW...Fire bricks can be substituted for stones. This operation involves 24-30+ people & Communication is Key!....A-L-O-H-A from Hawaii

[@carlmyrick6866]

When I saw the Natural Light can, I knew that this would be good.

[@l.p.5259]

Hope they had xtra toilet paper on hand 😂😂

[@codyeakinsbradley]

Natty light is for people that don't salt steaks

[@TheRealPunisher]

@@codyeakinsbradley i dont mind a natty light.... after im loaded af and theres nothing else left lol.

[@pedrovasquez3867]

@@codyeakinsbradley 😂🤣🤣😅

[@ronnierasberry8479]

😂😂me too

[@patdonovan85]

I can feel the hangover when the hog goes on haha

[@perryj8850]

I don't trust a pit master that doesn't have a beer in his hand! Looks phenomenal.

[@texasowl5356]

Lol so everyone has to drink to earn your trust? Bet you are fun to be around 🙄

[@nucleardave3752]

Work hard, play hard

[@texasbowl7682]

@@texasowl5356 I think he was joking, I bet you are fun to be around.

[@perryj8850]

@@nucleardave3752 Amen brother!

[@nucleardave3752]

@@texasowl5356 what do you consider drinking? 1, 2, 6, or 12? Drinking to me is finding that limit where you still feel your self but one to two more drinks depending on the drink determines whether you lose yourself or understand where you are and eat something to stop and drink to maintain the effect of body muscle pain relief instead of losing one's self and acting out like in movies and TV.

[@Kitakaingram]

As an Ayden NC native I was super excited to see this video! This method is authentic ENC cooking!

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Thank you for watching!

[@kaz8171]

Awesome. Thats what it all about at a bbq.Hanging out all day with friends , got some cold drinks and having amazing food at the end. Love it!

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

The best part!

[@ejphoto70]

wow, this is what i call GOALS!!! your videos have been great and so inspirational.

[@natedavis7268]

Hell yeah! Glad to see my hometown being represented! I grew up on skylight inn and love Sam Jones bbq!

[@jimlarson3909]

Did a whole hog (small one 47 pound) on my pellet grill. Used your hog injection, the best pig I've ever done. Thanks for putting out great products.

[@jbrown9778]

Looks amazing! Between reading Rodney Scott’s book and this video, I really want to try doing a whole hog!

[@mathewramage4194]

Man that brings back memories. After I got to my first ship in the navy. My command had a pig picking. It was a good time. Thanks for the video

[@deanm4138]

Looks delicious, awesome series Matt, thanks

[@marcinpuszczao9418]

Glad you finally got to try some real BBQ. Carolina 💪 let’s go

[@josiahbeam]

What an awesome video! I have always wanted to setup a cinderblock pit. Looks like a ton of fun and good eating!

[@garytingler3222]

Great video, We did a hog that way about 30 years ago, It is a great way to cook. We had to much beer that night!!!

[@delbertlayman3693]

Excellent video. I've now done 4 hogs and this will just help my next one turn out even better

[@bparks115]

Growing up in NC, and loving both eastern and Lexington style BBQ, I’m proud to see eastern style finally getting the recognition it deserves. My papaw had “pig pickin’s” all the time when I was a kid, and watching these guys standing around pulling meat straight off the hog brings back memories.

[@JohnDoe-uw8in]

Great vid. I did this same thing last time I went whole hog. The only thing I did different was that I used a little more seasoning prior to the cook, and I tied wooden rods to the hocks ahead of time to make the flip easier. I love that simple sauce (apple cider vinegar, pete's hot sauce, salt and pepper) and will be sure to try that next time!

[@mearsoutdoors1186]

Representing from the 252!!! Yessir!! Great stuff!!

[@Keverember]

Eastern NC represented 🙌🏻 great vid and cook.

[@markmccaleb4038]

Unbelievable how easy that looked and how good it looked. Cool video

[@gregtremblay8785]

Dude, love your videos and what you preach. Thank you!

[@dynamike5651]

This looks so fun!

[@morgancase476]

That was so awesome.good lord I love to see cooking like this❤

[@johntompkins147]

That's how you do it, with cinder blocks or you dig a hole in the ground. Thanks for bringing back those Great Memories!!

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Thanks for watching!

[@MrBBM1]

Looks great. Only have had one whole hog, but it was amazing.

[@dennishively5994]

I have got to this , awesome 👏

[@networkn]

This is really cool. Thanks for posting it.

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Thank you for watching!!

[@denniswilliams7780]

Live an hour from the Skylight and happily drive there often. It is hands down the best bbq I’ve ever eaten

[@kevingearhart5141]

I keep coming back and watching this episode (among others). 👍👍😃

[@johnnyjohnson3511]

My favorite video of the series. Ever thought about doing a competition series? Would love to see the team doing their thing and get some pointers along the way. Might just inspire me to enter a few!

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Good feedback!

[@Dadzilla2]

WOW that looks amazing. At the VFW I belong to we love to cook our pigs Argentinian style. One of our members has a father inlaw from Argentina who showed us how they do it. He greated a special rig made from rebar that the pig sits on (about a foot off the ground.) then a tin roof like the one here is thrown on top. on top of that goes your wood and the fire is started. As the fire burns down you take the coals from the fire and line it around the pig puttting it just under the rig on the ground all around the pig. Takes about 5 hours depending on the size of the pig. We leave the pig on it's back. We buy ours from a slaughter house having them butterfly the pig so it kind of lays like yours did. It gives us a chance to season the pig real well as well. Wish I could show you some pictures.

[@daleb2786]

Matt love the videos please keep them coming

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Will do!!!

[@RaleighSmoke]

Nicely done. 🍻

[@Dontmakemereregister]

That's the best, wake up and can't do anything outside without hearing empties getting kicked around 😂 you know it was a good night

[@MB87659]

OMG...That meat look so good..Nothing like a good pulled pork sandwich n slaw..Great job again👏👏

[@JBRAAPY]

GREAT CONTENT!!!!...THIS IS NEXT ON MY LIST!!!

[@HappyDeliveryGuy]

Just watched this with my 6yr old daughter and she said that looks crispy and delicious. And asked when we could do one like that. Looks like summer in Michigan is going to be good eating.

[@narbekalantarians6269]

Great series. My (Virginia) wife's cousin did a while hog cook for our wedding. This Texas boy enjoyed it immensely.

[@86jtah]

what an experience. Such a cool cook.

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Thanks Josh!

[@rudysison9010]

Yessir, explaining and sip those beers.

[@jimmymcclendon6210]

I gotta try this!!

[@williamstafford7803]

Thats how you spend a weekend! Just need some whistlepig.

[@doct0rnic]

that is so cool!

[@mikehackbarth3033]

That is awesome and looks fun as hell too.

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

So fun.

[@capnrob97]

I just ordered that book he mentions "Whole Hog BBQ", going to try this myself.

[@ericbest9562]

The fact that you are up fighting a hangover, knowing exactly where you are and doing your best 😂 this is great, I'm trying to plan a 4th of July pig or something, been talking about it for years

[@chuckarock2001]

Thanks from Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸

[@KinGTeraTino]

Yessir the Eastern Carolina way!! Went home on leave to williamston, NC went to Greenville,NC only to find out Sam Jones BBQ wasn’t just in Ayden at the original Skylight Inn but now in Winterville I had to go get some and man 👍🏾👍🏾

[@ifish5409]

Dude. That looks amazing. Gotta get me some hog!

[@HuSmokin]

This video is LEGIT!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Thank you!

[@TheJohnDoe64]

This, this is living 👌🏼

[@bmurphy6418]

Sam Jones and Skylight Inn are kings of whole hog BBQ

[@shainsmith8433]

I literally just got the whole hog bbq book in the mail today.

[@adamgfarmer6452]

I just had lunch at Skylight Inn in Ayden yesterday. Best BBQ in NC

[@GranjersGarage]

I wish you would have covered hog prep along with the general information. Excellent video anyhow. 👍👍

[@dixter1652]

thanks for the vid... we used to do those pigs every year so your vid brings back some good memories at the lake... brings to mind the story about the swimming pig that was down in San Marcos, Ralph the swimming pig was famous when I was a kid and performed with the swimming mermaids at Aquarena Springs... the story kinda goes that they retired the pig and put him on the BBQ...a few boys got a little carried away with the beer drinking and called an ambulance and reported that Ralph had been in a fire and they needed an ambulance right away... ha..ha...ha..

[@jonwhitaker7558]

What type of wood did you guys use during the cook? Looks awesome!

[@NJSlabaugh]

Doing a whole hog is on my bucket list

[@nated5166]

Love same Jones and skylight bbq! 252 checking in!

[@johnnunez17]

Damn, I miss home, gotta try this one day.

[@Rking4094]

Lived in North Carolina my hole life and there’s nothing like NC BBQ!

[@gabrielranchcook486]

GREAT COOK 👍 👌

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Thank ya.

[@robbiebaber2408]

Inspirational

[@AnthonyMartinez-pr3fg]

that flawless flip tho

[@timmobley5969]

About 2 seconds before you said " I think I drink too much whiskey last night", I was thinking " Matt doesnt seem to spry, he has to be hungover"

[@christophercates8131]

We are planning on doing this soon. How much wood and charcoal should we plan on? I know there are alot of factors but we don't even know where to start.

[@omcorc]

I have to say this is your best video yet. Even had me chuckling around 12:52 with the whiskey comment. Question: what’s the vibe of the sauce he’s hitting the meat with at the end, if you don’t mind me asking.

[@wolfhound802]

It’s eastern North Carolina vinegar sauce. Lots of recipes online. Not my favorite but it’s traditional.

[@jackbriscoe1504]

This is how my family cooks a hog. The only difference is we built a frame/cage that the hog goes in, it makes it way easier to flip.

[@jasonf7983]

North Carolina Represent!!!

[@johnc2144]

You guys made that look easy

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Pretty straight forward. Hauling all those blocks in and out.....another story!

[@scottdware]

Amazing video! I want to know more about the whiskey y'all were drinking :) Love your videos, Matt, and your rubs are killer!!

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Thanks Scott!!!

[@bobfoisy5215]

I’m guessing the overconsumed bourbon was TX. 😉

[@trippledfishing1169]

I retract my last statment i loved this video made it simple and to the point anyone with out a major pit can do this

[@outlawjjsmith]

I was stationed at SJAFB in Goldsboro, NC. I went to my first Pig Pickin in 1975 and was hooked from then on, been cookin ever since, I use a vinegar based sauce with ketchup, crush red peppers and spices. The cook takes all day cooking very slow with just small amounts of charcoal sprinkled here and there skin side up, once the skin gets hot to touch, it time to flip that hog, once flipped we cook it a little longer to crisp up the skin, Once its done it time to shake the sauce all over the pig, A six pack or two is a must while cooking, Stand back and call everyone to come and eat, them rib will make you want to holler hiney ho. So good! Rhett & Link: The BBQ Song kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKbFhYScp8Snr7s

[@robertbenavides3899]

@Meat Church :) Shout Out from South Texas 💪🏼🦁💪🏼🦁 #Absolutely Amazing Cook :) Whole Hog :) #Come On :)

[@jeffcampbell5269]

All day cook with all day beer, God bless America!!

[@Cparker8806]

The man starts out cracking open an ice cold natty. If there’s a better beginning to a video on the internet I haven’t found it 🍺

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Love it!

[@shaneoakley8757]

I get the feeling that Matt does some serious drinking from time to time... I’m just saying. This North Carolina boy loved this video about how we “pit cook” hawgz out here. 😎

[@joejimenez569]

I strive to be as cool as Matt Pittman! Dude is a boss!

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Haha thanks Joe!!!

[@lordlaxsh4786]

All that sniffling during the prep in the morning sounded like me after a night hitting the powder

[@brandonvaughan4236]

LOL...the sound of them kicking over beer cans trying to lift that hog.

[@co19391]

We have rebar screens that we welded up. We sandwich the hog between and secure with bailing wire. We also leave the front off our pit for thorwing coal.

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

Michael did not want to do screen because the old-school way of just using rebar allows more room for the skin to bubble up when you crisp it. Definitely made it hard to flip though.

[@co19391]

@@MeatChurchBBQ I feel ya. We bake off our hard skin after we part out the hog and just eat it as is. We also mop with a mix of cider vinegar, black pepper, and crushed red pepper. I guess it just depends on who's cooking and how your family does it. Looked killer!

[@JohnRedEagleBailey]

Yeaaasir.....Carolina Hog. Nothin Finer in Carolina. We love sharing and cooking, y'all come by hear?

[@ryanp6999]

2:20 that's a morning voice if I've ever heard one, lol.

[@davidchapin7549]

Either they both have a cold…. Or they both coked out 😂 either way love the vids, keep em coming!

[@GM-vy1wy]

Hey Matt, I'm here in Midlothian Tx and I just recently upgraded to an offset smoker. Where is a good place to get some good naturally seasoned smoking wood?

[@leedoss6905]

I'm from Texas and this is true BBQ the way we used to do it and I still do. An offset smoker it NOT a BBQ pit and is relatively new considering how old this technique is.

[@smoothtalka6204]

Damn that looks good

[@poogan1239]

I wonder how hungover they are when they're filming the AM part...Sound a little groggy!

[@tommypayn3]

Came here to say this, I was feeling their pain!

[@MeatChurchBBQ]

We were hurtin’.

[@hogtherapybbq2513]

Did y’all do any seasoning on the inside before you put it on?

[@bbqnalenha2172]

Muito bom sensacional top top Zeraaa 🇧🇷🇧🇷🍗🥩🍖🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@rudysison9010]

Hell yeah, pull all that good eating Hog!

[@mikegurr1491]

My dude is hungover lifting 140lb before sunrise. Absolutely legend.

[@TheShelltrack]

Hey Bub, I'll buy you beer and whisky, and let's wreck my beautiful yard and show these fine folks how to build a block pit to smoke a hog!! Freaking sweet!

[@nathanmciver6496]

Top notch cons! Laundary room clean! Nice you can change countrys and seem to be able to keep experimenting! I don't give concent to that! I'm not a con and I'm 42! Nice break from that though