Thread: Building a spit roaster

Hi,
One feature I thought about you could put on your roast spit is as follow:
Where the fat drip down to, is getting a little pump to recirculate it and spray it back on top of the carcass.
A similar thing would be to have a sort of a long ladle , with the handle stuck into the carcass , and as the spit turns, the ladle would pick up the fat/ gravy at the bottom and as it goes up during the revolution spread the gravy over the carcass, it would keep the meat moist and tasty :-) ( delete the word cholesterol from your dictionary !)

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

If using over a fire(the best way) using a universal joint or cv joint allows you to pick up the non drive end and swivel it away from the fire for carving and heat can be adjusted if some fool puts to much wood on

Use a long side front cruiser axle perhaps? About the only thing an 80series is useful for

And sometimes just a little bit of meat.

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Always a good point

Originally Posted by Mauser308

Care with using 44-gallon drums, the contents can soak into the steel and write off your hard work. Give em' a good burn to sear the crap out before the meat goes on...

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Use a long side front cruiser axle perhaps? About the only thing an 80series is useful for

Amacock.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Use a long side front cruiser axle perhaps? About the only thing an 80series is useful for

No way.., have you seen the price of cruiser parts! ?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

No way.., have you seen the price of cruiser parts! ?

They are cheap from aussie, I had to replace a few due to user error

Not as cheap as hilux parts from aussie

Yeah but who would buy one of those?!

Me

I always fancied making one driven by water. Hopper/bucket thing and a variable drip through a tap turning a water wheel made out of $1.99 ladles from the warehouse. Just for shits and giggles. Suppose once the spit and everything else is built you can power it with whatever you like via a 3/8 drive off the end of the shaft

I would love to try like this (photos from Al Browns book, Stoked)


Looks bloody good

Hung in a chimney ?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Hung in a chimney ?

Dry well?


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