pit oven

Underground roasting chamber

A pit oven is a cooking structure dug into the ground, used for slow-roasting meat or other foods over hot coals or heated stones.

The food is typically wrapped and buried with the heat source, then covered with earth to trap heat and smoke.

Traditional examples include the Hawaiian imu and the New England clambake pit.

They dug a pit oven to roast the pig for the luau.

Related

dig a hole · hot stones · slow-cooked · buried · smoky · tender · whole pig · feast · pulled pork · luau · pig · wrapped · banana leaves · communal · village feast · ancestral · dig · ash

Opposites
cooking elevation/position

pit ovenstovetop

Burner platform for cooking

surface fire · open fire · tandoor · spit roast · brick oven

heat exposure method

pit ovenopen fire

Begin discharging weapons

open flame · surface fire · campfire · brazier · hibachi

technological sophistication

pit ovenelectric oven

Plug-in cooking appliance

convection oven · microwave oven · smart oven · induction cooktop · sous vide

Family

pit, pits, pitted, pitting, oven, ovens

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G