Cajun microwave

English Noun en US A metal-lined wooden box (or sometimes other container, even e.g. a pit) for cooking a pig or other food in, typically outdoors. en 1987 Progressive Farmer Chicken barbecued in this “Cajun microwave” falls right off the bone. en 2002 Larry Boudreaux Boudreaux's Cajun Party Guide Boudreaux Cajun General Store 9780967600222 21 Buy, rent, or borrow the cooking pots, burners, and Cajun microwaves or Cajun tin cooking sheds. With the right cooking equipment the job will be a lot easier. en 2014 Ben Ford; Carolynn Carreño Taming the Feast: Ben Ford's Field Guide to Adventurous Cooking Simon and Schuster 9781476706399 after the Cajun microwave or Caja China. The main difference between a Cajun microwave and a Caja China has to do with workmanship. [Commercial] Cajun microwaves are made of cypress or another hardwood, and are often decorated with carvings. en 2016 John Laudun The Amazing Crawfish Boat Univ. Press of Mississippi 9781496804211 The term is applied rather widely, and it is not unusual to find someone digging a hole in the ground and lining it with sheet metal in order to cook a pig and calling the resulting fire pit a Cajun microwave. The Cajun microwave as built by Venable was a version of an old-fashioned Dutch oven, See also caja china en Cooking