How big a pig?

BBQ Grail · 06-05-2009, 11:53 PM

I'm going to be roasting a pig in my La Caja China for a family reunion. There are going to 25 people all over the ages of 15.

I have no idea how big of a pig I need. Any suggestions?

MAB52 · 06-06-2009, 12:24 AM

Hey Larry, I did some searching and found that you will loose 30% of the live weight of a pig. So If you have 25 people and there is about 50% loss when cooked you will need to get about a 90# butchered or 130# live. I have never cooked a whole hog before so these are some figures to start with. When will you do the cook?

BBQ Grail · 06-06-2009, 12:26 AM

Not till October. It's a family reunion and I need to get a budget done in the next week or so.

MAB52 · 06-06-2009, 12:28 AM

Are you going to have the reunion at your place?

BBQ Grail · 06-06-2009, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MAB52

Are you going to have the reunion at your place?

Local park!

MAB52 · 06-06-2009, 02:23 PM

Hey Larry, Looks like no one has chimed in yet, I am very curious about hearing from someone else who has done this before.

Bbq Bubba · 06-06-2009, 02:41 PM

For 25 people, you'd be lookin at a suckling pig, probably about a 40 lb'r would give you leftovers.

Are you gonna do it on the Egg?

Chuckwagonbbqco · 06-06-2009, 02:59 PM

I thought I had posted----maybe it got removed because I said where to get the pig. Larry I will call you. A 40 pound suckling pig would lose 30 % after slaughter due to guts etc. So that would give you 28 pounds to cook. After cooking a pig there is a 50% loss due to shrinkage, fat rendering off, bones, and skin removal. That would leave approx 14 pounds of meat for consumption. If servings are 8 ounce servings that would be 28 servings. BBQ Bubba's figures sound close. Often times when I cook whole pigs--there are people that will not eat the "Poor Little Pig" even though they have no problem eating bacon at Denny's. Sometimes for those I cook a shoulder or a loin. The Caja China works well. The coals on top almost act like cooking in a dutch oven.

BRBBQ · 06-06-2009, 04:56 PM

For 25 people I'd just buy 7-8 lb pork butts

BBQ Grail · 06-07-2009, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by BRBBQ

For 25 people I'd just buy 7-8 lb pork butts

I don't want to cook pork butts. I want to roast a WHOLE PIG in the La Caja China I bought so I could roast a WHOLE PIG.

Desert Dweller · 06-07-2009, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BRBBQ

For 25 people I'd just buy 7-8 lb pork butts

Like he said, he did not want to cook pork butts, BUT, if he did, and he bought seven 8 lb. pork butts there would be a chit load of leftovers. Even at 50% reduction to rendering (I usually get 35-40%) there would be enough for over 1 pound per person;
7 x 8 = 56
- 50%=28
div. by 2 = 1.12 pounds per person

BTW, Good Luck Larry!

C Rocke · 06-07-2009, 08:54 AM

Whole Pig! Whole Pig! Whole Pig!

BRBBQ · 06-07-2009, 09:24 AM

DD
I SAID BUY 7-8 LB BUTTS, NOT BUY SEVEN 8 LB BUTTS,I never said how many. Either way I had to look up the la china thing, I seen Bobby Flay have a throw down using one. I'm sure it works good. So ROAST YOUR WHOLE HOG

AND HAVE FUN DOING IT

Redwingsfn31 · 06-07-2009, 09:51 AM

I just went to a hog roast yesterday. It wasnt very good, the meat was very very dry. I am pretty sure the guy didnt know what he was doing. I was kinda dissapointed. Now I wanna have my own, this has been some great info fo me.

big brother smoke · 06-07-2009, 10:03 AM

You need a sucking, Larry as Bubba suggested!

06-05-2009, 11:53 PM	#1
BBQ Grail somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Rocklin, CA	How big a pig? I'm going to be roasting a pig in my La Caja China for a family reunion. There are going to 25 people all over the ages of 15. I have no idea how big of a pig I need. Any suggestions? __________________ Larry Soon to be a Texafornian. For a limited time I will be issuing Moink Ball Certificates. I'm working on a special COVID 19 Verson. Email me for details.

06-06-2009, 12:24 AM	#2
MAB52 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-04-08 Location: Sweet Home, OR	Hey Larry, I did some searching and found that you will loose 30% of the live weight of a pig. So If you have 25 people and there is about 50% loss when cooked you will need to get about a 90# butchered or 130# live. I have never cooked a whole hog before so these are some figures to start with. When will you do the cook? __________________ Mike, Traeger "Lil Tex" Pellet Smoker Uniflame Charcoal Grill Weber 22.5"

06-06-2009, 12:26 AM	#3
BBQ Grail somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Rocklin, CA	Not till October. It's a family reunion and I need to get a budget done in the next week or so. __________________ Larry Soon to be a Texafornian. For a limited time I will be issuing Moink Ball Certificates. I'm working on a special COVID 19 Verson. Email me for details.

06-06-2009, 12:28 AM	#4
MAB52 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-04-08 Location: Sweet Home, OR	Are you going to have the reunion at your place? __________________ Mike, Traeger "Lil Tex" Pellet Smoker Uniflame Charcoal Grill Weber 22.5"

06-06-2009, 02:23 PM	#6
MAB52 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-04-08 Location: Sweet Home, OR	Hey Larry, Looks like no one has chimed in yet, I am very curious about hearing from someone else who has done this before. __________________ Mike, Traeger "Lil Tex" Pellet Smoker Uniflame Charcoal Grill Weber 22.5"

06-06-2009, 02:41 PM	#7
Bbq Bubba somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-03-07 Location: New Baltimore, Mi.	For 25 people, you'd be lookin at a suckling pig, probably about a 40 lb'r would give you leftovers. Are you gonna do it on the Egg? __________________ Owner of Bubba's BBQ & Catering L.L.C. Beer Snob I cook the #bestbrisketnorthoftexas. Get over it. #detroitporkmafia BBQ Person of the Year 2013

06-06-2009, 02:59 PM	#8
Chuckwagonbbqco is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 10-19-07 Location: Oroville, CA	I thought I had posted----maybe it got removed because I said where to get the pig. Larry I will call you. A 40 pound suckling pig would lose 30 % after slaughter due to guts etc. So that would give you 28 pounds to cook. After cooking a pig there is a 50% loss due to shrinkage, fat rendering off, bones, and skin removal. That would leave approx 14 pounds of meat for consumption. If servings are 8 ounce servings that would be 28 servings. BBQ Bubba's figures sound close. Often times when I cook whole pigs--there are people that will not eat the "Poor Little Pig" even though they have no problem eating bacon at Denny's. Sometimes for those I cook a shoulder or a loin. The Caja China works well. The coals on top almost act like cooking in a dutch oven.

06-06-2009, 04:56 PM	#9
BRBBQ Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-05-08 Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa	For 25 people I'd just buy 7-8 lb pork butts

06-07-2009, 08:54 AM	#12
C Rocke is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-29-07 Location: Fountain Hills, AZ	Whole Pig! Whole Pig! Whole Pig! __________________ *Just me, the Wife, and the Dogs*

06-07-2009, 09:24 AM	#13
BRBBQ Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-05-08 Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa	DD I SAID BUY 7-8 LB BUTTS, NOT BUY SEVEN 8 LB BUTTS,I never said how many. Either way I had to look up the la china thing, I seen Bobby Flay have a throw down using one. I'm sure it works good. So ROAST YOUR WHOLE HOG AND HAVE FUN DOING IT

06-07-2009, 09:51 AM	#14
Redwingsfn31 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 04-13-08 Location: Troy, Ohio	I just went to a hog roast yesterday. It wasnt very good, the meat was very very dry. I am pretty sure the guy didnt know what he was doing. I was kinda dissapointed. Now I wanna have my own, this has been some great info fo me.

06-07-2009, 10:03 AM	#15
big brother smoke somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-03-06 Location: Ventura, CA	You need a sucking, Larry as Bubba suggested! __________________ Peace and Smoke, BBS Powered by the West Coast Offense: Big Poppa Smokers and Simply Marvelous BBQ - "Walk with Us" My weapons: Humphrey's Smokers

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