I am going out on a limb here and take a wild guess; you have stumbled across this page in an attempt to talk yourself into “Goin’ Whole Hog”. Hopefully, this guide can help answer any questions you have not been able to find answers to and ease some of those doubts. Believe me when I say, it’s worth it!

My name is Andy. I live in the East Valley of Phoenix, Arizona and I love to BBQ. In my 15 plus years of grilling and smoking, I have always had this caveman like vision; a smoldering fire, a gathered crowd of fellow meat eaters, cold beers in our hands, and a pig on the spit. However, there is no way around it, the idea of cooking a whole pig is a daunting one to say the least. It was a looming primal challenge that needed to be conquered; a right of passage if you will.

I am a member of a Facebook group called East Valley Meat Smokers & BBQ Enthusiast. Essentially a group of 57 (as of Jan 2014) local men and women who share tips, tricks, food porn, and the occasional beer or two in a social setting. An opportunity presented itself for me, and my lovely girlfriend Mariah, to host a pig roast and from there I never looked back.

Because I have never had any experience with cooking a whole pig, I did exactly what you are doing now and started scouring the net for help. There are some great sites out there that really have solid advise, tips, designs, photos, etc. However, in my opinion, none of them are a complete guide to the whole process. This was going to be a large investment of time and money so I spent many days jumping from website to blog to forum piecing information together. I could not help but wish someone had put it all together in one place, so that is what I hope this site will do for you.

The site is broken down into a few simple categories that you can navigate by the menu above:

Getting Started

Design And Build

The Roast

Helpful Links

Disclaimer ~ If you suffer from swinophobia (yes, that is a real thing) or just think eating an animal is barbaric, it may be best to move along to somewhere else. If you are however someone who orders a BLT “hold the L&T” than grab a cold one and get comfortable.