Stacked blocks make a simple barbecue pit.
If you would like to treat your family and friends to a pork barbecue during your next get-together but you cannot afford the large smoker that smoking a whole pig demands, there is a cheaper answer: the pit barbecue. You can build this traditional cooker in less than an hour in your back yard using materials you can purchase at your local home improvement store. It need not be a permanent structure, because you can disassemble the smoker for storage until the next family reunion. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Choose the location for the barbecue. There should be no tree branches or other flammable materials directly above the barbecue.
2. Use the shovel to loosen and remove the sod from an area 4 feet wide and 6 feet long. Keep the sod intact for later replacement if the smoker is temporary.
3. Lay a row of blocks end-to-end around the perimeter of the cleared area. Place two blocks on each end and three on each long side. Stack a second row on top of the first row.
4. Line the inside of the enclosure with aluminum foil. Fold approximately 2 inches of the foil over the top of the second row of blocks.
Stack a third row of blocks on top of the second row.
5. Pour half of the charcoal into the barbecue pit. Soak it with lighter fluid and light it. When the flames subside and all the coals are hot, use the shovel to rake them into two piles, one near each end of the pit. Place the roasting pans on the bottom of the pit between the piles of coals, and half-fill them with water or apple juice.
6. Lay the grate on top of the blocks. Stack the fourth layer of blocks on top of the grate edges and the existing blocks.
7. Put the dressed pig carcass on the grate, and lay the roofing atop the blocks. Uncover and turn the pig halfway through cooking.
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