Stories abound about the name “Caja China”, which means “Chinese box” in Spanish. Supposedly the boxes originally cam from Cuba, referring to a new cooking method imported along with ...

Using a metal-lined plywood box covered by a tray of hot charcoal, their China Box cuts the usual 10-hour pig-roasting time to a nimble three hours and forty minutes (just enough time for a pitcher of ...

The China box — and Miami's La Caja China — became instantly famous. "That's when my dad saw there's was something more and began to build the business," Avian Guerra says.

For 26 years, family-owned La Caja China has been manufacturing roasting boxes in Medley. Thanks to celebrity chefs like Bobby Flay, the boxes have gained notoriety nationwide in recent years ...

La caja China is a device inspired by Chinese rail workers in Cuba. And in Miami, it has become the de rigueur way to cook the traditional Noche Buena pig roast. Only in America.

La Caja China is now sold around the world and people of all cultures use it to cook a variety of meats. Pork or “lechon” is the main event for most Cubans on Christmas Eve.

For 27 years, family-owned La Caja China has been manufacturing roasting boxes in Medley. ... Hence the name, caja china, or Chinese box, an open-topped aluminum-lined wooden rectangle.

Back in 1985 Roberto Guerra's father told him about a wooden box he had seen in a Chinatown in Cuba. It was used to cook pigs. Two years later, La Caja China was born. Some speculate this box was ...