Big Hog Roasting

For hundreds of years the trouble of feeding a vast crowd on high days and holidays was resolved by spit-roasting a whole animal, and the process itself became a focus of the celebration. Today, although entire carcasses are no longer so simple to come by, a return to informality even in big gatherings has brought about renewed interest in spit-roasting and hog roasting.During his years in South Africa, Grant spit-roasted many an animal. Unfortunately he was not able to fit his spit-roaster into the container that brought his property to the United Kingdom. It was Grant’s passion for hog-roasting and Scott’s want to own and use such a specific piece of cooking equipment, that led them down the path of designing and inventing the ultimate spit-roaster. An 800-pound monster that would spin a rhino effortlessly over a bed of hot coals.Of course any kind of animal can (and should) be fair game for spit-roasting. Whatever the creature, it is normally a time consuming exercise and a screw up can be costly! Perhaps to a greater degree than any other type of barbecuing or grilling, a spit-roast has the potential to be a great success, or an downright disaster. It needs exact preparation right from the purchase of the carcass to its serving - and enough of time for the roasting, and accompanying beer-drinking ritual! For the most part the rules of the game are fairly similar, but for purposes of example we will focus on roasting pigs and a hog roast.