The Cajun Microwave is a wooden charcoal-heated box used for cooking meats outdoors. Answers most questions concerning the use of this unique microwave.

No one can ever accuse a Cajun of being uninventive. Cajuns are about the most resourceful people on earth. Leave it to the Cajuns to develop another fun, unique way to cook outdoors. That is how the Cajun Microwave came about. The Cajun Microwave is a wooden charcoal-heated box used for cooking meats outdoors. It can be made of thick plywood, one-half inch brick insulation and 26-gauge metal. The inside of the box should be lined with the metal. The top of the box is constructed with a metal tray 'hot box' in its center to hold the hot charcoal. The hot charcoal radiates heat throughout the box and cooks the meat inside.

The box sits on legs to keep it off the ground. You place the lid on top of the box, and place your choice of heat inside of the lid's steel lined insert. You can use charcoal or your choice of sticks/branches/wood for those who want a nice roaring fire.

The entire box heats up, and the meat is cooked evenly though and through for delicious, open fire quality roasting.

What can you cook in the Cajun Microwave? You can cook all sorts such as a venison hindquarter, lamb or pig. Most folks love it for the ultimate Cajun cookout, the roast pig or 'couchon du lait' (as they call it) which literally means ' young suckling pig'.

'Roasting the milk pig' or suckling pig is by far the most popular Cajun outdoor cooking event. Since the pig generally takes about four hours to cook, sitting around the Cajun Microwave and having a few drinks is a nice way for everyone to gather outdoors.

The Cajun Microwave has these advantages over the traditional open pit method of cooking:

Cooks Food 25-40% faster than open pit method (A 50lb pig can be roasted in four to five hours instead of six to eight hours)

Cooks more efficiently - you use one to two bags of charcoal vs. 1/2 chord of wood for in-ground pit method

Can be used in the city and suburbs since it uses charcoal like a barbeque pit

No need to worry should the weather turn bad - just move the Cajun Microwave under your patio or shed, or even under a tree

Taste of the cooked meat is as close as you can get to meat roasted in an open pit.