by George Collins » Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:45 pm
It was just as good as it looks. It was also an interesting learning experience. Meat from different part of the hog do in fact taste different. BY FAR the best meat on that pig came from the area of the Boston butt. The least flavorful meat came from the hams. Seemed as if there was a gradual transition from the front of the hog, where the flavor was best, to the back of the hog, where things became less flavorful.
Lolly, there were no firebricks used in the construction of this unit. In principle, it is an aluminum Dutch oven with a drain hole in the bottom held aloft and insulated by a cypress box. I think there might be some insulation between the wooden box and the metal cooking chamber but I could be wrong about that.
"Cajun Microwave" is a brand name of the original that this fellow hand made for himself. They have a website if you want more information about the different styles they have and possibly construction methods. I'd be willing to bet that somewhere on the Internet resides plans to reproduce this unit.
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