I posted this one on the IDOS site and so I thought I would post it here. I do a lot of cooking burying dutch ovens in the ground and this posting is for LARGE families or just in case you have lots of friends. We did this in Canada for BBQ at the local Rodeo.

Pit Bar BQ

First gather some of your good friends, brothers or sisters. Now dig a pit about 4 feet deep and 6 feet long. Still have family and friends????
Fill this pit with hardwood and start your fire about 4-6 hours before you plan to put your meat in the pit. This wood should leave you with hot coals 2-3 feet deep.
Prepare meat:
Take 10-10 pound chunks of boneless meat. Season well, now this is where you can be artistic and season each chunk of meat differently. Place each piece of meat in a microwave turkey bag, seal well to keep all the juices in. Now wrap each chunk of meat in plain butcher type paper and then place each chunk in a damp burlap potato sack. We can get our sacks at local feed stores or go find a potato grower he will have some.Tie each bag with apiece of wire. Have all sacks ready for fire before hand as you will want to work quickly.
Place all sacks in the pit on the coals. Cover the meat sacks with a large piece of tin and quickly cover the tin with about 3 feet of dirt. If you can see smoke escaping from the dirt cover some more as you want to trap all the heat and tromp down well. Let this pit cook for 24-30 hours Dig up your pit and enjoy. We then made lots of BBQ sandwiches with a good sauce. This will feed aprox. 150 people  Enjoy the party!!

?  -  Is burlap special? I would have thought our "hessian" potato bags would catch fire.

I worked with a Maori girl who told me to do a hangi properly you should serve about 5 different kinds of bread with it.  I guess there would be plenty of time to make the bread while the meat sits there cooking.

ok lil Kopet  what is a skoff ??????