Thread: Spit roasting a pig

Keep it out of the wind.

Aparently there's something really bad about using galvanised steel and cooking
The ugly drum smoker guys avoid it like the plague
Lets off poison gas from what I understand

If you are short on time you can bone out and lay flat or stuff and roll before putting on the spit

Have something to broom onto it while it's cooking

have done quite a few on a rental gas spit, 30kg pig took around 6hours from memory. make sure you dont have a dog get into the fat drip tray.... leads to pancreatitis and an expensive vet bill

Spit roaster is just a bit of a revamp of one that was rusting out the back of his house.....44gallon drum cut in half to hold coals..... everything that turns is 316 ss except the pig. 12v motor with reduction turns about 2 rpm,...still needs a bit of a wind sheild.... Might do that tomorrow.


Got some apples sorted for basting......was thinking apple juice and brown sugar and salt ?

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Add bourbon ?

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Spit roaster is just a bit of a revamp of one that was rusting out the back of his house.....44gallon drum cut in half to hold coals..... everything that turns is 316 ss except the pig. 12v motor with reduction turns about 2 rpm,...still needs a bit of a wind sheild.... Might do that tomorrow.


Got some apples sorted for basting......was thinking apple juice and brown sugar and salt ?

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Is the drum galvanised? I would have thought it would let out zinc fumes if it were?

Juice the apples instead. Get a garden spray bottle and just spray it every so often

Originally Posted by Pengy

Add bourbon ?

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Im not wasteing Bourbon or Whisky on a pig! Wine was invented for that kind of thing ay....maybe cider?

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Is the drum galvanised? I would have thought it would let out zinc fumes if it were?

Juice the apples instead. Get a garden spray bottle and just spray it every so often

Na plain steel oil drum sanitized with the mother of all heating torches and left in the rain to rust.

Yep juice.

Do you need more batteries? I have two 100Ah batteries from my solar set up if needed?

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

Do you need more batteries? I have two 100Ah batteries from my solar set up if needed?

could be handy.....if desperate im sure there is plenty of vehicles to rob a batt from.

You know spit roasted potk is very nice
But i reckon a couple of lambs done the same with plenty of rosemary and garlic in pockets just under the surface and heaps of salt on the outside before they go on is actually better tasting than the pork

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Na plain steel oil drum sanitized with the mother of all heating torches and left in the rain to rust.

Yep juice.

Good to know for the future

Originally Posted by akaroa1

You know spit roasted potk is very nice
But i reckon a couple of lambs done the same with plenty of rosemary and garlic in pockets just under the surface and heaps of salt on the outside before they go on is actually better tasting than the pork

Definitely.....not many wild lambs around here tho

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Definitely.....not many wild lambs around here tho

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They are all wild when you shoot them !