WHERE TO GET A PIG ROASTER AND A WHOLE HOG

[reinhard1]

i did call abc rental and they did have a great price at $85 for the event for the roaster. however my daughter already found a roaster near her home. i called every place suggested on this thread and i thank everyone. the prices were anywhere from $275 to up to $350 for a dressed hog. abc rental suggested a place called Long Cheng just down the road from them. i ordered a medium hog there for $150. ready for the roaster it will be around 125 to 130. live weight is near 150 pounds and that is what they charge for and then dress it out for the roaster. they had small, medium, and large hogs to choose from. thanks again everyone. good luck.

[reinhard1]

all in all the hog turned out good. the hog was cooked on a propane hog cooker and worked great keeping temps as we liked them. both my son-in law and myself have never done a whole hog before and although it turned out good with about 50 people at my daughters house and no complaints. my german sourkrout with bacon was a big hit as a side dish. not one person ever had kraut this way.

when my daughter went to this place to pick up the hog she had no idea when she came there that they were going to kill the hog right there on the spot before her eyes. that's about the freshest pork i have ever had. they did a great job and cleaned out the body cavity super clean. my son in law made up his own injection and we injected the hog throughout the cooking proccess. we started out cooking the hog on it's back and planned to turn it over half way. well out timing was off and when we tried to turn it over it startes to fall apart already. so we left it on its back through the whole time.

my son in law wants to do another one and we will make some changes. next time i will seperate the hinds, split the center down the middle, cut the ribs off the loins leaving the fat and sking on until done, and seperating the shoulders leaving the legs whole and attached. also leaving the neck on the head.

i got a lot of meat off the neck and head area. so this was the first one and you learn every step of the way. the meat was all well done and everything was shredded and served in fresh buns with a bbq sauce and topped with cole slaw. plenty of other foods also on hand with pop and a kegger plus bottled beer as well. good luck.

[Gordie]

Glad to here your roast went good reinhart1 they only seem to get better and easier each time you do another one.

I think the first one I did the same thing happened when we tried to flip it so on the next one and I still do this depending on the roaster I use I will wrap the hog in chicken wire and then it stays together better.

You got me wanting to do a hog roast ah maybe this winter on the ice...

[reinhard1]

yes, i agree that you learn more every time you do it. i wanted the hocks and the head prior to roasting the hog but my son in law wanted the whole thing intact for the looks. realy wanted the hocks and feet for a kraut dish and the head for head cheese . that will happen when i do a whole hog. good luck.

[deets22]

yeah forgot to mention that you get to pick out your piggy while it is still cruising the barnyard. good to hear it turned out well.

[Dave S]

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.

I will vouch for the Amor pork product. I absolutely love their brats and the Country sausage is excellent.

Guess you can say I know the herdsman at Amor.

[reinhard1]

Thanks for the information for my daughter to get the hog. i forgot to mention to her to make sure to get a female but they asked her that when she got there. the whole process took about an hour from the kill to the finished product. cant get a hog fresher than that. thanks again. i will go there for the next one. good luck.