Put that thing down, flip it and reverse it. Those are the steps to cooking Carolina Style whole hog. Heavily salt skin. Coals under full body, meat side down at 200-250 degrees until you get a nice color across the belly. About 3hrs. After you get some color, shift to putting coals under only shoulders and hams and hold steady at 250 degrees. Before the hog gets too loosey goosey to flip, knock the salt off and flip. I like about 155 degrees internal for flipping. After flipping is when you wan

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