Name: Swords and Spits
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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Roger goes to work lighting burn barrels for metal pits at Perini Ranch Steakhouse for owner Tom Perini; owner of Pitchfork Fondue Western Cookout, Matt David, invites Roger for steaks skewered onto pitchforks and deep-fried in cauldrons.

Man Fire Food

Sizzling Steaks

Roger meets Josh Pollack, owner of Rosenberg's Bagels & Delicatessen in Denver, whose 8-foot steel contraption cooks up to 1,000 pounds of food.

One-of-a-Kind Rigs

Chef Roger Mooking meets pit master Levi Goode at Armadillo Palace in Houston and roasts a 250-pound side of beef; at Cured in San Antonio, Roger and owner Steve McHugh slow-roast a 230-pound hog in a large outdoor cinder block pit.

Meat Me in Texas

Ben Jacobsen, owner of Jacobsen Salt Co., takes Roger on a tour of the facility and shows him how to smoke sea salt; Roger meets with chef Carlo Lamagna and helps him stuff a 20-pound halibut, encrust it in salt and roast it over a wood-burning fire.

The Salt and the Sea

Roger Mooking and Charlie Thieriot slow roast a 30-pound porchetta; Roger assists caterers Jaret Foster and Mona Johnson in putting together roasted mussels and a white bean, chorizo and clam stew.

All You Can Feast

Roger Mooking travels to North Bend, Ore., and meets up with Don Ivy, Chief of the Coquille Tribe for a traditional tribal feast; in Los Angeles, Roger visits Andy Ricker of Pok Pok La, who divulges the secrets to his famous whole roasted chicken.

Fiery Fish and Fowl

Chef Rob McDaniel at SpringHouse restaurant in Alexander City, Ala., roasts legs of lamb in a self-designed fire-fueled contraption; Cypress owner Craig Deihl prepares wood-fired food.

Fireside Hangs

Roger cooks up two whole hogs in two different ways; Roger visits MOPHO restaurant for a Southeast Asian spit-roasted pig that is a twist on a classic tradition; Chef Miles McMath hinges two steel troughs together to make a quick-cooking oven.

Hog Heaven

Roger visits chefs who use unusual tools over live fires; Erik Niel cooks rabbits rotisserie-style with bamboo poles; Chef Tim Byres of Smoke cooks flank steak and whole chickens on swords.

Swords and Spits

Roger samples the smoked ribs at Mary's Old Fashioned Pit Bar-B-Que; Roger meets legendary pit master Helen Turner of Helen's Bar-B-Q in Brownsville, Tenn., and helps her cook pork shoulders, pork ribs and a whole stick of bologna.

Queens of 'Cue

Roger heads to Hamaknockers Bar-B-Que, where he is introduced to the Hamaburger, and watches a pitmaster pull pork with a power tool; Steve Melton is a farmer preserving the tradition of making cane syrup in a 100 year-old kettle over an open fire.

Florida Fixins

Roger meets two chefs who own unique outdoor cooking rigs; Aaron Brooks uses a coal-fueled contraption called the Cross Table and he and Roger roast butterflied pork and seafood paella; Roger visits chef Chris Hastings at his restaurant OvenBird.

Too Hot to Handle

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Host Roger Mooking travels throughout America in search of fascinating ways people cook with fire.

S5 E4 | Swords and Spits