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Making a BBQ rotisserie out of your grill

A Rotisserie BBQ Option That Is Cheap

Potatoes cooked on BBQ and meat on the rotisserie

Why not purchase a BBQ rotisserie kit for your current BBQ to see if you like it before investing in a stand-alone rotisserie? This is a practical and affordable approach to test whether spit roasting is for you or it will be a short lived novelty.  (I already know you’ll love spit roasting, but just in case.) 

What makes rotisserie meat so delicious?

Meat is secured to a long rod that revolves over or near to a heat source in a rotisserie. Low heat is used to cook the meat gradually. The heat-drawn juices are absorbed as it spins, making the chicken or roast self-basting. Before you have tasted it, it is impossible to really understand the exceptional tenderness, juiciness, and flavour of meat cooked on a BBQ Rotisserie. After you’ve had meat prepared in this manner, you’ll understand how worthwhile an investment a BBQ with a rotisserie attachment is.

BBQ spit kit

What are needed to convert a barbeque into a rotisserie?

A BBQ rotisserie is a simple device with a few basic parts. To skewer the meat, there needs to be a spit or rod. Each piece of meat is held in place by two multi-pronged forks, and the nuts or thumb screws at either end can be tightened to prevent the meat from moving back and forth or slipping around on the spit, which could lead to uneven rotation. For the length of the cooking process, a motor will turn the spit at a constant speed.

An unbalanced distribution of weight is corrected by counter weights. A chicken’s back weighs less than its breast, for instance. Without a counterbalance, the engine will have to work harder to adjust for the shifting weight, which could result in the chicken being cooked unevenly. Unsurprisingly, this is based on the weight rating of your rotisserie motor. The more cautious you must be when balancing your meat, the closer the weight of the meat is to the motor’s maximum capacity.

Roast Beef

How to setup your heat source for cooking spit roast

Indirect heat is frequently used to cook the meat in a Barbecue rotisserie, especially if it is a larger piece. This indicates that the meat is not put directly over the coals and instead has a side or back heat source. You can still use indirect heat if you plan to add a BBQ rotisserie kit to an existing grill that does not have a heat source like this. It can also be used by turning on just the gas grill’s outer burners, or by piling coals around the grill’s edge.

Not everything is lost if you own a grill without a BBQ rotisserie. The market is filled with a variety of rotisserie attachments, many of which have universal parts that can fit a number of existing grills. If you’re unsure, measure the length of your current barbeque. If you’re still uncertain, check out our BBQ rotisserie kits online, stop by our store, or give us a call at 1300 002 771.

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Rotisserie Kit with basket

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Rhiannon Peterson