Cooking a Whole Hog in Backyard Pit 🐖 | BBQ with Franklin

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9 ай бұрын

Learn the steps that go into a whole hog cook from beginning to end. Aaron walks us through the process of building a cinder block pit, learns about pig breeds and throws a party in his backyard. [Originally aired 2015]
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BBQ with Franklin
Pitmaster Aaron Franklin takes a boisterous road trip of BBQ culture -- the people, the places, and of course the food. Ten half-hour episodes celebrate the traditions and storied histories passed down through the generations, as well as those breathing new life into this distinctly American culture.

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@geomark8851 9 ай бұрын

I'm 70 and have lived in Texas my whole life and when I hear Barbcue, I think of pits! I love that the "King" of offsets built a pit in his backyard!

@leedoss6905 8 ай бұрын

Me too and I even dug a hole in my yard in the middle of Austin back in the 80s.

@txrick4879 7 ай бұрын

@@leedoss6905We had a man that had a brick lined pit in his backyard and us kids would help him add the wood usually mesquite . He would make everything whole hogs briskets and even barbacoa . When meat was in cover with tin . People would like up around the block till he sold out . This in the RGV south Texas on the border .

@frank_osuna 9 ай бұрын

This guy seems like he'll have a future in BBQ if he keeps on practicing. Good job.

@tschandler2 9 ай бұрын

Cool to see an upstart rebel.

@frank_osuna 9 ай бұрын

@@tschandler2 He probably uses lighter fluid to start his fires.

@vikingslayer34 9 ай бұрын

Cant tell if this is satire, but he is very well known and is the go-to in Austin Texas, if you’re willing to wait in line for a while.

@Buzzdbbq56 9 ай бұрын

Are you serious lol that’s Aaron Franklin lol he has one of the most famous bbq joints in the world 😂

@Platz91 9 ай бұрын

😂 trolling at its finest

@jrvane11 8 ай бұрын

"These pigs have a great life and only one bad day, and they don't know when it's coming." Good line, gonna steal that one and apply to my wild hog harvests.

@DanaJumper 8 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree. I live in Carolina, have done many whole hog cooks, but I still prefer to separate the different cuts instead of mixing it all together. It's great for sandwiches to mix it, but I do enjoy serving people (and me) the different cuts, which all have their own unique flavor and texture depending on where they are on the hog.

@jimmyfumbanks6081 7 ай бұрын

@DanaJumper The difference is the farm controls what they eat , thus the flavor of the meat . But what's the wild hog eating mostly ? Bugs small animals ? Probably acorns for a couple of months . Crops if they are close to a field .

@bensmith7536 6 ай бұрын

I think its one bad moment, if you do your job right.

@wouldntyaliktono 6 ай бұрын

This dude can only exist in a Universe that also contains PBS Food. He's the exact person I imagine when I think of Public Broadcasting and Culinary Tourism as a single human.

@TACLife 9 ай бұрын

Me and my dad have done whole hog cooks for 80-150 people every year since I was born until I was about 24. We learned from an old timer in Franklin county va. We cooked ours very similarly most of that time and only recently switched to a different set up the past 10 years. The big difference is we cooked ours inside down to start and flipped it over to skin side down later on. Other than that looks great and bring me back! I'm setting up a pit to go back to that way, it's slower but there's something magic about it. Great video!

@Saurischian 8 ай бұрын

I've done a whole sheep in Afghanistan (2010) and have since wanted to do a hog. Any other tips you can give?

@mikemcdonald2755 8 ай бұрын

My daughter, while eating breakfast, asked grandpa. Where are your pigs. He said well were having one for breakfast, thinking she would be shocked. She replied do you know why this pig tastes so good? Because we loved the pig!😅 Happy pigs always taste better!

@kwimms 7 күн бұрын

You are insane.

@rajaboes5425 3 ай бұрын

I just loved the way the pig farmer spoke about his animals. Good things happen to good people!

@charliehiggins9355 9 ай бұрын

In Argentina with my father in law, we do it a bit smaller at about 30lbs, more of a suckling pig. We also do it with direct coals. Something different to try out is not breaking the meat down into an indistinct pile. It's quite nice to piece the meat apart and get distinct cuts as you eat. Also, they just left the skin underneath without eating it in their sandwiches. The skin is the best part, nice and crispy!

@DanaJumper 8 ай бұрын

@vincentwinkleblech3614 8 ай бұрын

Argentina Beef BBQ is the Bomb ! The open flame “ A Frame “ method is great! Texas style is my other beef favorite. Pork from Carolina to Kansas City to China to Philippines to Cuba and tje Caribbean is good for me!

@tbolton6156 8 ай бұрын

Aaron Franklin maybe the king of offset smoking. However, Rodney Scott is the king of whole hog pit. Beef vs pork!

@Carbabydoll 5 ай бұрын

Ed Mitchell too

@sjemna 7 ай бұрын

Aaron driving over the curb....that was a classic 😂😂😂

@josephhorton3804 9 ай бұрын

This is the way we build our pits in Tennessee. So good!

@spankymcduff9683 8 ай бұрын

Erin Franklin...is never a dull moment..two thumbs up!

@rchuyck 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video, always love to watch Aaron Franklin do barbeque. He did a great job of massaging the skin side too!

@wangtoriojackson4315 9 ай бұрын

I've never cooked a whole hog, but I do have my own recipe for biscuits and gravy which uses sausage, bacon, and hamsteak, that I like to call "Whole Hog Gravy".

@vincent6692 8 ай бұрын

I so love that you brought back the Franklin BBQ series!!! When he removed them from KZfaq with the Master Classes started I was so disappointed.

@derickholden782 9 ай бұрын

I love this I'm from Eastern NC where whole hog is king this is how we do it. U should try brisket and beef ribs on this pit

@bretkaiser7355 9 күн бұрын

Excellent, Franklin. Thanks to you and the crew as well!

@michaelk2855 9 ай бұрын

Imagine being his neighbor!🥰...

@matthewacandy385 8 ай бұрын

Greatly appreciated, mine came out just as good 👍. Thank you and God bless you and yours.

@nxk824 9 ай бұрын

saving just for that sweet cinderblock build, great video!

@WhiteTrashNobodies 9 ай бұрын

Respect for cooking a proper whole hog bbq carolina style. Only thing missing was the texas pete and slaw

@user-ye7li3dl1u 9 ай бұрын

loved the way he blurred out the Ford badge on his truck

@shlomster6256 9 ай бұрын

Love the Austin vibe and patter. Good thing y'all are close by!

@beaudiddly-ib8rw 3 ай бұрын

I just about drowned when you all started that meat pull! And, that's saying a lot when a guy can't smell a thing through a video! Great work.

@Swatican 20 күн бұрын

My wife and I BOTH winced audibly when Aaron ran into that corn field in shorts and a t-shirt!!

@thegameshooters4188 5 ай бұрын

Very inspiring! It looked like an awesome job of cooking.

@dalaiw4498 8 ай бұрын

I am cracking up that this is on PBS!!!!!

@iii-ei5cv 8 ай бұрын

I've wanted to do this for years. Someday 🤞

@Seldomseen77 9 ай бұрын

Me being from NC, Franklin needs to stick to briskets!! That's an 8hr hog! Not 18hrs

@hairyhoudini5565 9 ай бұрын

Had it been Dean Smith cooking would you still have complained about it taking too long?

@Seldomseen77 9 ай бұрын

@@hairyhoudini5565 Nope!! Roy Williams neither.. lol 😂

@jvaish 7 ай бұрын

Settle down.

@JuanCeja-qs3ur 8 ай бұрын

My poppa taught me how to make authentic carnitas. Been thinking about moving to Texas to share the way of cooking a whole hog and only ingredients is water salt and lard.

@donkemp8151 2 ай бұрын

I love carnitas. Stop by and we will break bread.

@bthompson8467 8 ай бұрын

Satisfying from start to finish

@milhouse14 8 ай бұрын

In the Philippines, we call it Lechon and Anthony Bourdain once described it as the best pork he has eaten.

@elchanclascocina 7 ай бұрын

In latin America a Lechón is a young pig, a suckling pig, os the same where you are from? I've read Lechons are great in Philippines! ✌️

@milhouse14 7 ай бұрын

@@elchanclascocina In Tagalog, a small pig is called "biik". When the whole biik is roasted, the dish is called Lechon. Scrumptious. 😋

@BigAlsBBQ 7 ай бұрын

I love Aaron. He is the guy that got me into BBQ and is an absolute legend!!

@jeffreycooley2032 5 ай бұрын

That was actually very enlightening, as I've never seen a whole hog cooked over a pit. Aaron is pretty funny, in a corny way. Loved the video

@jimmierasmussen9298 7 ай бұрын

You are nice and generous guy !

@SpikesStudio3 Ай бұрын

This was fantastic!!! Really enjoyed it. Your style is relaxed and fresh. Great production. 👍

@MrBarfdoggiedog 9 ай бұрын

😂 his jokes actually landed in this one. Bravo!

@Bruxollini 9 ай бұрын

I was drawn in only because of the Slayer chops. SLAYER!!!

@danger7dan 9 ай бұрын

I was surprised to see that it was cooked skin side down the entire time. I always thought in the Carolinas they started skin side up with salt on the skin to protect it from the smoke, then flipped it at some point. But hey, I won’t question Aaron Franklins way of doing anything.

@williamseale 8 ай бұрын

And I love Aaron franklins videos so I’m not hating it’s just not the correct Carolina way. Texas doesn’t know anything about whole hog lol

@firghteningtruth7173 8 ай бұрын

@@williamseale Lol, sounds like ishtalkin to me. You see one guy do it one way and assume no one else in an entire state knows anything about the way you do things. 😂 Plenty of people do it EXACTLY like you would. Just not franklin, apparently. Not sure why. 🤷‍♂️

@jimmyfumbanks6081 7 ай бұрын

@firghteningtruth7173 Yea but doesn't have any slaw for the bun . Slaw has to be on the bun with the sauce on the side. Do they just eat it without a bun

@firghteningtruth7173 7 ай бұрын

@@jimmyfumbanks6081 I dunno about Franklin...but I make a homemade slaw, and serve with buns and sauce optional. Some people don't eat carbs.

@Davrosss 6 ай бұрын

SLAYER chops love it 🤘

@captainace4987 7 ай бұрын

The slap on the arse was epic 😂😂😂

@williambotner2317 9 ай бұрын

London Kentucky loves you guys

@cosmicbrambleclawv2 8 ай бұрын

Im from NC and Im not much of a Carolina bbq person (sacrilege, I know. I prefer Kansas City style sauce) except for the bbq my cousin's grandfather used to make before he passed away (the only vinegar based bbq I liked-- except one place wayy up in the mountains near Blowing Rock if I remember correctly, "Woodlands Pig Pickin Parlor" but thats a good ways away 😂 few hours drive from the Piedmont) Yours looks super delicious and I like the addition of the aromatics to the brine 👍

@douglaskim6611 8 ай бұрын

Wow!!! Thanks.

@prankster671 9 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@ant_life_4ever 8 ай бұрын

Being from NC I never seen a pig brine or cooked that way, but if you like it I love it… 😂… usually they to darn big!

@makapa2u Ай бұрын

Hawaiian usually kalua but have open pit and do Huli Huli on all hogs up to 75 pounders - Awesome job !!!!

@jeffmcbride683 8 ай бұрын

Yum! Awesome man!!!!

@tpharo34 8 ай бұрын

Really enjoy your videos👍

@stmonroe 9 ай бұрын

what do you think he eats in between prepping and cooking food?

@robertm1492 6 ай бұрын

AWESOME

@gregsavchuk3239 9 ай бұрын

Wow!

@reesewallace5448 9 ай бұрын

i knew you were a ford guy!!!❤❤❤

@lookahere 8 ай бұрын

Where I come from, that's not a hog. That's a pig. Our hogs are easily 3 times that size. 😅🤣😂🤣 Great video in any case.

@darrenjones2933 8 ай бұрын

If you've never had a Red Wattle pork chop, you need to try it. So much flavor and tenderness. It's marbled like a good beef steak.

@robertsatterfield8873 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I'm curious, have you ever considered using a wireless thermometer? I personally use the Thermopro dual probe. It comes with two probes and each probe has an internal and external thermometer, so you can monitor the meat and ambient air temp at the same time...

@88spaces 8 ай бұрын

I loved the way you setup that pit. Old-school style.

@waltewhitesPhD 8 ай бұрын

The pig massage had me dead.

@joelrodriguez3568 8 ай бұрын

Great video hello from Texas would like to know what wood you used?. 😊

@user-gl7bh9kt7k 2 ай бұрын

Such a Beautiful event at the TX backyard Pig Picken! Remember...you can pick your pig, you can pick your nose, just don't pick your friend's nose! 😅

@Carbabydoll 5 ай бұрын

This man probably gives money to his family and other extended family. He must be rich by now and truly one of the best pit masters. I mean, he doesn't wear flashy outfits or a flashy cars.

@HKim0072 8 ай бұрын

Must be the legacy of Julia and Jacques Pepin. Lots of people didn't have cable TV back then. I'd imagine some of these chef's exposure to cooking was via PBS and they agree to do their show. Can't imagine PBS pays very well.

@danielgordon8403 8 ай бұрын

Franklin where did you get that cooler big enough?

@Trapphausmusic 8 ай бұрын

Anybody else see him just drive over the curb 😂

@user-ct5cg7dz5m 9 ай бұрын

Love the Austin vibe and patter. Good thing y'all are close by!. what do you think he eats in between prepping and cooking food?.

@crimsonfancy 8 ай бұрын

Burgers, hot dogs, pizza.....quick and often what could be considered junk food historically. Days free eating special meals with friends in the business, late nights post work is fast and easy but still unique. This is my guess based on personal experience. Now that Franklin has carved free time in his schedule after years of developing his teams, I hope and expect he may be able to take more time to eat more healthful meals with family.

@brentfrank7012 7 ай бұрын

Great show, loved every minute. Could have loved it more if they had shared what happened with the skin? Bad editors bad!!

@grinsikleinpo7 7 ай бұрын

moin moin Franklin. Yes! Finally Franklin will have his half pig on toast and some real german beers too. I hope so. An old North German tradition.

@gumpotronic 9 ай бұрын

That Home Team shirt made is where it's at

@georgegleissner2540 8 ай бұрын

Cooking pig in the ground Hawajjan style is the best

@bettyboadwine4890 9 ай бұрын

I love a heritage pig! They're delicious!!! I owned a mule foot for several years and Lulu was a happy pig , unless you were trying to take "her" boar away and then she tried to bite your face off.

@franciet99 9 ай бұрын

Yikes! I like to keep my face. 😜

@ronwatson4902 6 ай бұрын

Franklin is man enough to be silly I like that!

@allidrev Күн бұрын

Cleaning with hose water. Haha

@bryanramostabigne 6 ай бұрын

come to Philippines and try our famous Lechon (Roasted whole pig). U cant go wrong with it!

@joseg5511 9 ай бұрын

Franklin Bbq for the win 💯

@chubbz82 23 күн бұрын

Injecting a pig with kosher salt! LOL!

@swanification1 7 ай бұрын

Tell us more about the slayer chops🤔

@djgiermann8826 Ай бұрын

Never seen pigs with wattles. That's interesting.

@dimash244 7 ай бұрын

He is voice for Stewie in family guy

@psidvicious 8 ай бұрын

Those 2 apples in that ~30 gallons of brine musta been some mighty potent apples.

@joshuapaz3425 8 ай бұрын

Where did u buy the hog from.. I am from Leander tx

@boydparks8716 27 күн бұрын

His technique was awesome,but I was kinda curious as to why he didn't mop the hog down with some sauce,as we use to do it back in the day🤔

@jerremm 19 сағат бұрын

"support your local " dafuc

@alexanderdoan5084 7 ай бұрын

wow! what a video! I am very impressed and respected to the dedication,

@julioclemente2219 8 ай бұрын

Like Anthony Bourdain said Filipinos make the best Roast Pigs... You should try it one day Crispy Skin moist inside meat...Mmmmm

@kathleenchisholm4672 7 ай бұрын

Dam amazing...........makes my recteq pellet smoker look like a baby.

@andypandy8569 6 ай бұрын

Didn’t show the crackling. ☹️ I was looking forward to seeing that.

@jasonwong57 8 ай бұрын

No mention of the Crispy skin after? Did it get burnt?

@andrewwebster13 8 ай бұрын

Planted 3000 Texas candy onions 500 of those were reds. They love New York lakebed soil.

@lucasl1470 16 күн бұрын

Is putting the cooked pork on a rusty sheet metal slab not kinda sketchy?

@christopherharrisintexas 9 ай бұрын

I spy Chip from Live Oak!

@filipos7459 6 ай бұрын

New ingredient at 21:56.

@russellburress6240 7 ай бұрын

No I disagree the old school way is the Hawaiian Polynesian way in a pit Underground I've done it it works great

@richardyoung871 7 ай бұрын

In this video he talks about prepping the pig but my friend Stanley's parents owned a company that they made for the tourists from WAIKIKI to another part of Honolulu and sometimes they would do 2 pigs in the Imu HAWAIIAN style in the ground and they made a lot of money and the tourists didn't mind spending the money because it included entertainment and I remember years ago my father invited my whole family which is a lot of people and he paid for everything

@Kudeghraw 5 күн бұрын

Why would kosher salt be necessary for a pig?

@sharlenehunt9929 8 ай бұрын

U didn't show the crispy skin thats the best part

@guapodel 8 ай бұрын

Power tool would be nice.

@tedwilliams185 7 ай бұрын

Never start you pig off with the Skin down.

@brinkee7674 8 ай бұрын

Best pig I have ever had was cooked in the ground, barbacoa style. I have eaten quite a few hogs and this style is by far the best I hope you rinsed that hose out well. Do you realize how much bacteria can harbor inside a hose

@q45ij54q 6 ай бұрын

Bacteria don't survive a 200 degree smoke.

@ZachPetersen Ай бұрын

There waa a driveway right there next to where you drove over the curb and grass.

@konstantinivanov1986 8 ай бұрын

Carolina style is the way to go for me but ill eat it however its cooked. Oh and by the way in the anatomy part you forgot the best eating head trottersliver kidneys