Thread: Whole pig on a spit Dunedin

I think you dodged a bullet there Brad- catering for a heap of people is a big responsibility and you DEF don't want to be in learning mode when doing it.

https://www.savebarn.co.nz/spit-roas...MaAi8WEALw_wcB

Not sure on the quality of the one above, but is the same concept as Tac a1 described I think.

Years ago, we hired one similar from hire quip, but it didn't turn. You laid the pig split on a mesh plate, and the heat came from bottom back, up the side. Ie the heat rotated and not the meat. Worked bloody good.

Sort of. Thats much smaller than my one.

I've seen the Waipu Lions spit roast in action. The steel rods the meat is hung on and the drive mechanism I'm not sure of. The spit was fired with Manuka embers from a separate fire. They were shovel spread and raked out on 1/2 sheets of corrugated iron split lengthwise and placed on concrete blocks on the ground. They fed a big crowd.