Cooking a whole pig (in this case, a 75- to 125-pounder, butterflied and with hair removed) in a backyard pit puts the neighborhood on notice: You’re taking the party to a new level with pig ...

It'll be taught by pit master Marcio Bouguzean of the Hog Addiction BBQ cooking team, the 2019 Memphis In May whole hog champion. “He’ll take you from the pit to the table,” Smith said.

Cooking a whole hog over a pit takes a long time — about 12 hours, give or take – and it is strenuous work. James Beard Award winner Rodney Scott, 49, should know.

When most people think "barbecue," they don't think "whole hog." But that's not the case for Dr. Howard Conyers, rocket scientist and South Carolina Whole Hog pit master. Watch this episode for a ...

He smoked his first pig at the age of 11 and from then on, he could be found at the pit. Before school. After church. On holidays. In ankle-deep storm waters.

Senior Dining Reporter, Mackensy Lunsford flips the hog with Tyler Ashton after cooking the hog for 12 hours at Chief's on Broadway in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, July 19, 2024.