Though pit roasting is the traditional way to make barbacoa, there is no need for a hole in the ground when we have modern conveniences like ovens and good cookware. However, multi-cookers don't ...

This primitive cooking method makes great-tasting food that stays hot for hours. The steam pit is a hole in the ground (or a raised mound) with hot rocks at the bottom. These rocks are covered ...

Experience the magic of traditional underground cooking with this lamb leg recipe. We marinate a whole lamb leg, wrap it carefully, and bury it in a pit of hot embers for 5 to 7 hours.

But it’s not as simple as taking a dish out of the oven. Roasting pits were constructed by digging a hole in the ground and lining it with rocks. Then willows were placed over the rocks and the ...