How to Roast a Lamb on a Spit - Spit Roasters Australia

If you’re thinking about cooking a lamb on a spit roaster for the first time, make sure you have all of the necessary accessories.

This image shows a juicy lamb meat. — Perfectly cooked juicy lamb meat on a spit roaster.

A rotisserie skewer is the first thing you’ll need. The skewer should be at least 1200mm long, have a point at one end, and be capable of being attached to a motor.

The next step is to secure the spine of the lamb to the skewer with a back brace. If you don’t use a back brace, your lamb will bend like a banana during the cooking process.

The back brace should have a point on the ends so that it can pierce the animal’s back. It comes with a plate and two wing nuts. The skewer goes through the U, and the plate on the outside of the animal secures the spine to the skewer.

This image shows a backbrace inserted on the back of the lamb — This is a backbrace for spitroasting

The stainless steel wire is used in the next step of the process. We use it to sew up the stomach cavity so that no stuffing is lost, making your cook even tastier. You could use a needle and thread instead, but I find wire and pliers to be more convenient.

You will also require two large stainless steel prongs. The prong holes are 22mm round, making it perfectly compatible with the 22mm skewer. It comes with a large locking nut, allowing you to secure it to the skewer.

If you’re cooking a whole animal, you’ll need two of these. One goes through the hind legs, the other through the shoulders.

Next, you need 2 leg holders. Again it has a 22mm hole for the 22mm skewer with a locking nut sot that it can lock onto the skewer. To attach the legs, you forced the animal’s legs back to sit into the V of the leg bracket.

This image shows a large stainless steal skewer inserted at the back of the lamb. — Large stainless steal inserted at the back of the lamb

Finally, there is a counterbalance of weight. It’s probably the most important part of cooking a whole animal because it helps ensure that the animal is fully balanced on the skewer because one side of the animal is obviously heavier than the other.

If it is not properly balanced, the skewer will not turn evenly, will flop in one direction, and will struggle up one side. This will put a lot of strain on your motor, which is the most expensive part.

Here’s a video I put together explaining how to attach a lamb to a spit roaster

Attaching a lamb to a spit it a bit more involved than put attaching a roast or a chicken, but the flavour and specticle is well worth it.

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