Clean, remove giblets, use for stuffing or to throw at the cat. Lay uncooked bacon strips over the top, pretty much cover the dang bird. Cover next with 6-8 wraps of heavy duty aluminum foil, getting as good a crimped fold as you can. Do this late at night so the neighbors suspect the worst. Use good hardwood, we use the neighbor's oak.
Neighbors are sure handy.
Keep stokin' the fire 'till you have a bed of coals 2 ft deep, and the logs are all broken down into coals. This takes about 2 hours, and a half gallon of hot spiced cider. Scoop out a dip in the middle of the coals and lower the poor bird into its final roasting place. Shovel as much coals onto the top as you can, then carefully refill the whole hole with soil. Hoik it out of the hole.