WTD plans for a PIG Roaster

or without turning gear. Any plans or picutres. some simple plans for a 80lb pig or under under.>

COON-ASS MICROWAVE OVEN

Build a flat box with open top out of 3/4" plywood to fit your pig. Line it with aluminum foil. Build the top of the box out of steel, using angle iron with the horizontal leg facing out to bear on the upper edge of the box opening. Weld another set of angles with the horizontal leg facing in at the bottom of the vertical legs. Fill the remaining void with heavy sheetmetal, about 16 ga or so. Place your pig inside, fill the cavity with charcoal, light it and you have a Coon-Ass Microwave Oven. Quite common in Louisiana. I've seen one these cook a 30lb pig in 3 1/2 hours. Might need to scale it up to fit your pig. Doesn't provide the visual effect of a rotating spit roasted pig, nor is it conducive to the whiskey drinking that usually goes along with such, but its quick and clean and you don't have to worry about dropping the pig into the fire.

Gary Brady Austin, TX

I saw your post on the welding newsgroup, and added some pics of mine into the metalworking.com dropbox. Filenames (10 all together) start with "pigroaster". Any questions, gimme a holler!

Jeremy

Gary,

Is "coon ass" a type of pig or is it like a miniature horse or something?

-- Roger Shoaf If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.

"Coonass" is a local name for a Louisiana "Cajun"(a descendant of the French settlers of south Louisiana). In these PC days it has become somewhat ill-mannered for a non-Cajun to use the term as it is viewed to be somewhat derogatory. I don't know the origin of the term.

Randy

Entirely correct.

the term as it is viewed to be somewhat derogatory. I don't know the origin of the term.>

Again, unfortunately, correct. I don't know how the term come to be veiwed as derogatory, since a drive through southern Louisiana will turn up many "Proud Coon-Ass" bumper stickers. My Cajun heritage comes from a grandmother named Brouillette (non-English speaking in fact), and I have always considered myself part Cajun or coon-ass. Too bad that people living in other parts of this country can find the time to be offended by the use of this term. Gary Brady Austin, TX

I love it when someone makes me look up a word and the explanation turns out to be pretty interesting. Try this one:

Then..there are Red Bones....

Gunner

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" -- Ben Franklin

Gunner! I thought you lived in California! Gary Brady Austin, TX

Pabst Blue Ribbon and boudin sound familiar? Ever been to the Couchcon de Lait?

Gary Brady Austin, TX