Thread: Spit roasting a pig

Made a spit with long galv pipe suspended on x2 ‘Y’shaped sticks and electric powered vis two washing machine gearboxes back to back. Did roughly one rpm. Easy method is long Manuka pole through pig, suspend on two ‘Y’ sticks and have a couple of other sticks (like a steering wheel without circumference) fitted through main shaft. You can then rotate pig with enough friction to hold animal in most positions. As suggested, it will need a huge amount of hot coals. It will also take almost all day. Get your cooking coals sorted (a good bath tub sized lot) but keep another fire going in a drum with coarse grate bottom so replacement coals fall through ready to replenish cooking lot. You will need more fuel than you think.