On Christmas Eve, the 50-pound pig is ready to be placed in a caja china or roasting box, to simmer for four slow hours before the family holiday celebration.

The standard caja china costs just $300, about the same as a low-end gas grill. Most important, though, is its intense interior heat, which will roast a 50-pound pig in about four hours.

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.

We have written about the pig roasting box called a caja china, or asador cubano, here before. As we noted, a company in Miami sells “La Caja China” for around $300.

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La caja china works by circulating hot air around the meat, no fire ever actually touches it. It can roast a 50-pound pig in a little over three and a half hours.