right first off im not a master nor do i claim to be just had one at home so i decided to take some pics for those who aint got a clue

after the hole has been dug build a square structure out of good hard wood we used totra as it gives off good heat, poke  stones and iron into the structure and light.

next wait till the fire burns down we burned this one bout 3.5 hours.

make sure stones and iron stay in the hottest part of the fire.

right here comes the fun part get all your meat and vege ready make sure to line baskets with cabage leaves put sputs,cabage  carrots kumura pumpkin in musilin bags.
next step is a cooker time to seperate in the ashes from the iron ect.grab shovels and meke up some hooks for irons and start the mission this should be done asap once then lay irons and stones down in the ember free sheet.

place baskets on irons meat first spuds second rest on top.

lay sheet over baskets to keep food clean from the saks then cover the lot with saks they must be wet so soak them in a drum of water.then bury the lot make sure thers no steam getting out of the pile



now the easy part drink piss wait for round for about four hours.
then rake of the soil carefully and pull the saks off the food watch out te steam dont get ya!

once all is reveald carry baskets away.
should look something like this.

sure was loads wild pork venison lamb chicken paua crays what a country this is

thanks for the tips hori,this was the firs hangi i had observd so thought id put up some pics and write down a few things,
As i say im no master and im sure more will add to these instructions so thanks in advance

awesome, and some good tips from hori too.

how does venison go in a hangi? never tried it

good post 3030.
Another tip is to have you fire next to the hole and when the stones/rocks/iron are hot enough just toss them into the actual cooking pit, means you don't have to clear all the fire debris out of the hole and it can be a lot cleaner.
Also similar to HH's tip, the potato peels, pumpkin seeds and all the vege scraps thrown on to the hangi stones can help with flavour too!

cheers HH

the only reason i asked about the tarp was in one of the pictures it looks like the fella is about to throw it staright over food before sacks


cheers mate

Aunty wrote on Jan 27^th, 2010 at 2:01pm:


thats not a tarp aunty thats a wet sheet

and fyi 3030 had it back on his bed that night

Every hangi that I have put down had a compulsory 2 dozen big bottles of whatever tipple. There are none there.

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