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Rotisserie Cooking
Rotisserie Cooking:
The constant turning of the meat while cooking allows it to self baste with natural juic es, making food cooked on the
rotisserie exceptionally moist and tender.
The best meats for rotisserie cooking are tightly tied, boned or boneles s cuts. Cuts with a bone can be cooked on the
rotisserie if they are carefully balanced on the spit so that it can turn easily. When cooking wh ole poultry, wings and
legs should be protected from over browning by tying them securely in plac e with kitchen string.
Before lighting the barbecu e, the cooking grids and warming rack must be removed when the rotisserie is used.
Preheat the grill with the Rotisserie Burner on “High.” Install the loaded rotisser ie spit into the motor and brackets
as instructed in th e rotisserie kit instr uction sheet. Close the hood and cook. Monitor the temp erature in the Hood
Gauge. If the heat gets too high, turn the Burner to the “Low” position. Avoid lif ting the Hood frequently, as heat is lost
and the cooking time is extended. Cooking times are similar to conventional ovens.
Use a Meat Thermometer. The only accurate way to tell when meat is d one is to use a meat thermometer. Insert the
thermometer into the center of the met. Do not allow the thermometer to touch the bone.
Positioning the Meat. First, assemble the Rotisserie as ex plained in the kit instruction sheet. To place meat or poultry
on the spit, slide one of the spit forks onto the spit with the tines facing the center. Then, insert the spit into the center
of the meat or poultry, lengthwise. The food should next be centered on the spit. Secure the meat in plac e with the re-
maining spit fork. Tighten the spit forks securely. Test for balance by loosening the counterweight loc king mechanism
to allow the counterweight to turn freely. Set the rotisserie rod in the slots of the rotisserie brac kets. Let the heaviest
side of the meat rotate to the bottom. Adjust the counterweight to the side opposite the heavie st side of the meat(up).
Tighten the counterweight in place. Periodically, check to see if the meat turns smoothly while cook ing. Adjust the
counterweight as necessary.
Use a Drip Pan. Place the drip pan on top of the Flavor Activators and position it beneath th e center of the food. Put
one half to one inch of water, or other cooking liquid in the pan, depending on the flavor that you desire. As the juices
and drippings fall, they will mix with the liquid. The mixture vaporizes, rises up and bas tes the meat. Do not let the
drip pan dry out!
Following are recommendations on how to properly position whole poultry or a leg of lamb on the spit. M any recipes
are available in cookbooks and online for seasoning and the preparation of marin ades. Marinades should be prepared
prior to cooking.
Poultry
With breast down, bring neck skin up over cavity. Turn under edges of skin and skewer to back skin. L oop twine
around skewer then turn breast side up and tie wings to body.
Put a spit fork on the spit. Insert rod in neck skin parallel to backbone an d push it out just above tail. Slide second fork
on spit and insert forks into breast and tail. Test for balance. Tighten all thumb screws.
Tie tail to spit. Cross legs and tie to tail.
When cooking more than one bird at a time, place together with legs to shoulders and tie to each oth er and to spit with
twine. Place spit forks in breast of first bird and tail of se cond.
Leg of Lamb
Have 3 inches of the bone sawed from the small end of the leg. Leave the m eat around the bone intact to form a flap.
Put one fork on the spit shaft. Fold flap up and run rod through flap and leg. Put second for k on rod and insert forks in
each end of leg. Test for balance. Tighten thumb screws.