The BBQ Report

Got a crowd of hungry folks to feed? Weighing in anywhere from 80 to 120 pounds, barbecuing a whole hog is a sure way to feed a hungry crowd.

This article provides some interesting background on this Southern tradition. While a pig roast is always cause for a celebration, for everyone except the pig I guess, in tends to remain a Southern phenomenon:

“You find it more in rural areas because that’s where the whole hogs are,” he said. “When barbecue leaves the rural precincts as whole hog, it becomes ribs and shoulders in the urban setting. It’s like the blues: When it left the South and arrived in Chicago, it became electrified.”