WHERE TO GET A PIG ROASTER AND A WHOLE HOG

[reinhard1]

my daughter lives in Prior Lake and she wants to know if anyone can recommend a place around there to rent a pig roaster and also where to buy a whole hog. i know i can look around the internet but i told her the guys on HSO would give great information and recomondations. i haven't dont one in years, so could someone recommend a good place to rent a roaster and a hog near Prior Lake? thanks. good luck.

[Harmonica Bear]

We did some cooking for a fish tournament a few years ago, we rented one from U-haul. It was a real nice one too.

[dfv87]

I think Lindenfelser Meats in Albertville can get you both... Good guys.

[reinhard1]

thanks, appreciate it. now to find a pig. anyone got any ideas down around prior lake or near there? thanks.

[Getanet]

I haven't used this company, so I can't give you a personal report, but I was looking to do a pig roast in Shakopee a few months back and found this company:

http://mrpigstuff.com/

According to their HSOforum they roast the hog for you, but I don't know why they wouldn't be willing to just sell you a hog if you wanted to roast it yourself.

[Archerysniper]

If you don't mind towing it down my buddy owns isanti custom meats and rents out roasters and you can get your hog from him also.

[reinhard1]

thanks, she got the roaster ordered up but i will give them a call about the hog. if you recommend him that's good enough for me. good luck.

[Gordie]

If that doesnt work you can check with Perkarnas meat market in Jordan for the hog tell em Gordie refered ya ask for Kenny or John

[reinhard1]

Thanks Gordy. i will do that also. i knew you guy's would come through. i appreciate it. my girls want to celebrate our aniversary. looks like they invited their whole neighborhood also. sounds like a great time. guess who will be doing the cutting. now i have to do some research on the whole hog roasting thing. only did it once and getting rusty at it. thanks again. good luck.

[PierBridge]

I'll never forget the time a buddy and I were in charge of getting the Pig for the walleye opener Pig roast which we do annually. We walked into the place in Wyoming, Mn and told this guy we needed a pig and he opened up the back door and said you can have any-one back there. We looked at each other some what stunned and said to the guy there all Alive and he said here you go and handed us a gun and said go for it.... It's wasn't so much we had to shoot the Pig but getting the hair off it was a nightmare we ended using a small hand held torch to get it prepared for roasting.

Needless to say we haven't been asked to get the Pig since....

[reinhard1]

LOL!!!!ya, it's a lot better to get it ready for the roaster. maby this would be a good time to open it up for ideas for preparing the hog. different ways to prepare it. injecting, basting, seasonings, or rubs or everything. anyone here have a favorite way to roast a whole pig? good luck.

[ThunderLund78]

Kinda bummed that I didn't see this earlier. I've been considering doing pig roasting for hire on the side. My family has an auto-rotating spit roaster my dad made out of an old farm diesel tank that's a really neat set-up but it rarely gets used. Since I'm a bit of a rookie, I'd be willing to do it for free as long as the hog is supplied. My only reservation is that while I'm confident I could do it, I'd hate to have it not meet expectations and ruin the event. So it's probably best that I cut my teeth on a personal family event so at least I know who I'm letting let down I live just down the road in New Prague as well. Availability might be an issue, too. But if your daughter is up for it, I'd be up for at least discussing it if it helps her. Or maybe she's not looking for a cook anyway. I'm guessing by your awesome recipes you post, she probably doesn't need one PM me if this interests you.

[Gordie]

I've done a few hogs. Time to start all depends on when you want to eat if its just a charcoal set up or has gas add on its mostly a baby sittin job when it comes to roasting a hog.

Most of the hogs I have done and I roast them slow if were eatin at 4pm I will start around midnight.

I like to stuff the cavity with saurkraut and apples and a good rub down of seasoned salt and cracked pepper.. I have also stuffed the cavity with a couple of turkeys as well works really good and then there sa bit aof a different choice of meats

[catfishkid]

Hey guys, just my .02, but I have cooked for a few weddings and grad partys. I would recomend cooking butts instead of the whole hog unless you want it for some special reason. You will get alot less waist with the butts and I believe that it is cheaper as well. I also think that you get a better cut of meat. I have been involved with about 8 whole hog cooks, but now I only cook butts.

Good luck

[Gissert]

Try Amor Pork in Amor MN. The have a retail truck that hits Burnsville or the St. Paul Farmers Market and might be able to fit your needs with a whole or split carcass. We get hogs from them every year for our annual POW/MIA bike run.

They do have a HSOforum with a truck schedule. Nice family operation with good quality hogs.

They did split halves this year for the bike run, and started about 5-6am and were cutting about 2 pm.

[Gordie]

Catfishkid is right the last one I did two fresh hinds and it feed a whole bunch of people acctually One feed about 18 people. way cheaper and less time cooking.

If it something your looking into reinhart Perkarnas is where I had gotten mine from. they will also season it for you if you ask and if you need it I could get my smoker/cooker to ya as well.

[jeffreyd]

Reinhart, i just want to know how you rent a hog? Just asking from your orginal question. Sounds great, i remember as a kid there was a guy in the Ne town i grew up in the did kraut and potato dumplings stuffed in his. He wrapped it in chicken wire and put it in the ground for a day. Good luck.

Quote: " i haven't dont one in years, so could someone recommend a good place to rent a roaster and a hog near Prior Lake? thanks. good luck."

[reinhard1]

LOL!!!! i guess i have a way for words , but if anyone can do it a german can. i can see the krout but i would think the dumplings would get pretty soggy. good luck.

[jeffreyd]

The kraut was great, they mixed in just enough potato to hold them together thru the whole thing. He had to have some other binder in the dumplings but man they were the first thing that was gone when they would start serving. Could not pass up the rent the pig comment.

[reinhard1]

who knows, maby cement, but i have never done that so i compliment the chef. dumplings i make, well actualy my daughter finishes them up are realy a delicate deal. real potato dumplings run through a ricer and all the rest since my lifetime have been done by better hands than me. for some reason my youngest daughter has that touch. it realy is a feel for the final process before they hit the salted boiling water and they reach the top when they are done. i dont doubt the process you explained one bit. real german dumplings are the best. good luck.

[Harmonica Bear]

Yep - I'd highly recommened the butts as well. Zero - wasted meat and much easier to cook as stated earlier. They get called lots of things: BRT, Butts, Rolled deboned hindquarters,etc. Isanti Meats seasons their own and calls them "Green Hams". They are awesome. I've used them many times. Can't go wrong there.

[reinhard1]

i think i would agree with you but realy dont want to interfear with their choice. who knows, maby it's the thing to do kind of a deal. a freind of theirs had a pig roast and everyone thought that was great. well, i'm the one that will cut this pig up so i'll do the best i can. while doing that i will explain the waste i am tossing away. taking my meat saw. i will bone out everything and do the ribs seperatly on the grill/smoker and sauce them up. i will cut the hocks off prior to cooking and take them home for krout and hocks with my bacon/krout reciepe. when it's my turn i will do the butts and green ham otherwise known as a fresh ham also. also making up some sauce for pulled pork with the shoulder. hopefully it all works out. i've got till the 24the of september to get a game plan for the various cuts from the hog. good luck.

[Gordie]

i will cut the hocks off prior to cooking and take them home for krout and hocks with my bacon/krout reciepe.

add them german dumplings with that and it doesnt get any better

[reinhard1]

you know i may just do that. thanks for the reminder. i normaly just cook potates on the side but dumplings mixed with that hock and bacon/krout would be awesome. hungry already. good luck.

[deets22]

ABC Rental in south st paul offers a towable pig roaster for 85.00 a day. they also give you a number for a place to pick up pretty inexpensive hogs.