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Safety Checks for Grilling Season

It’s warming up out there…backyard BBQ-masters and pig roasters across the country are digging their grills out of the garage and getting ready for summer! I don’t know about you, but both my wife, and my home-owner’s insurance agent seem to breathe a little easier if I go over a brief “safety-checklist” before I start playing with fire each summer. [...]

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Barbecue and Grilling Tips: Cooking the Perfect Rotisserie Chicken

Last time we learned how to assemble the La Caja China Rotisserie kit. Now, let’s use that baby to cook up some of the best chicken you’ll ever eat!We’re going to brine these birds first to lock in moisture and flavor, add whole lemons for aroma, and then let them self-baste as they turn slowly over hickory coals on our Caja China [...]

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How to Assemble the La Caja China Rotisserie Kit

otisserie cooking suspends food over hot coals on slowly rotating rod, which allows meat to cook evenly and self-baste, which means that the meat is constantly coating itself with its own juice. Of course, some drips but that fat hitting the hot coals below adds a ton of flavor to your chickens. Rotisserie cooking has been used for everything from [...]

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Cochinita Pibil

Cochinita pibil is a traditional Mexican slow-roasted pork dish from the Yucatán Peninsula.Preparation involves marinating the meat in strongly acidic citrus juice, coloring it with annatto seed, and roasting the meat while it is wrapped in banana leaf.Traditionally, cochinita pibil was buried in a pit with a fire at the bottom to roast it. The [...]

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Holiday Turkey Roast ala La Caja China

Whether your family is small or large, getting together for Thanksgiving always leaves us with great memories and a sense of fulfillment…in hunger! The tradition has always been a frozen turkey with marinade and stuffing, then placing it inside your kitchen oven for an extreme amount of hours and watching some football while you wait for your dinner. As [...]

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How to Marinate a Whole Pig

One of the wondrous events in the world is a whole pig roast. But if you know how to marinate and cook a whole pig then you know that there is a lot that goes into it. A whole hog can be quite large and therefore it also requires special equipments and skills to pull [...]

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Spiced Tenderloin

Ingredients:6 kg. pork loin.1 ½ lt. of water.1 tablespoon allspice.2 bay leaves.4 cucharads dried parsley.4 tablespoons oregano.4 tablespoons garlic powder.4 tablespoons of salt.420 gr. paprika.20 gr. ground black pepper.250 ml. olive oil.Preparation:Prepare an infusion with water, allspice, bay leaves, dried parsley, oregano, garlic powder and salt. Place and set aside. Wash and thoroughly clean the [...]

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​Where to find a pig for a pig roast

Roasting a whole hog can be considered an ancient tribal ritual that was practiced by people who live in every corner of the world. This form of barbecue is extremely popular in the modern world as well, as people across the globe continue to enjoy the tradition of the pig roast. However, you need to be [...]

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