On Jun 23, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Joseph Sullivan wrote:
> I am toying with the idea of making a heavy spit for outdoor rotary
> cooking of large cuts of meat, of say, up to 50 lbs, but also of
> smaller stuff like chickens. Does anyone have any experience? Does
> anyone have any design suggestions?
        We've done up to 20 lb. turkeys on our "Farberware rotisserie" I
        suggest you Google that, with the quotation marks, and then
        click on "images" to see how it's put together. I think a
        somewhat more robust version, incorporating some of these design
        elements, but be worth considering. In particular, the 4-pronged
        holders with a square center to slide on thesquare rod,
        adjustable lengthwise and secured with a thumbscrew to the rod,
        are an excellent and flexible way to handle one of the common
        issues of rotary spits: how to keep the meet rotating with the
        center rod, instead of the rod rotating insidethe (unavoidably
        somewhat out of balance) item being cooked. Tom Holloway
        <http://furfortfunfacts.blogspot.com/>

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