Thread: Home made Spit

I have never made one myself but I did use a home made one about 4 times a week for 4 months whilst in Cape York.

It was made from a 44 gallon drum.

It used a Land Rover wiper motor hooked up to a DC variable power supply which let us regulate the speed to whatever we wanted.

It ran on gas, simply a pipe down each side with holes drilled in it.

Not sure how efficient it was, we weren't paying for the gas.

It worked a treat and many good meals were cooked in it.

The beauty of Cape York was that when we had finished cooking and removed the meat, we just left the lid open and the meat ants did the clean up. Simply hose the spit out the next day, wash the rod and hooks, and it was ready to go again.

Cheers, Jack.

Originally Posted by bennylaird

Your sick :eek:

Even the Kiwi's dont do that.

(or do they?):confused:

Good woirk Benny

timbo, I'm not sure about emu meat, but I can vouch for ostrich - marvelous taste. The emu is naturally feral so perhaps the taste is a touch rank!!

Nope, not rank, just very rich flavour. You'll know what I mean when you try it!

I'll post a pic of my mine when i get home.

So Mr. Gumby where are the pics ??

How can I steal ideas if people don't post pics.?

Himzo.

Sorry, I thought they wouldn't do since you wanted a full pig size. The y guy who made this also does big ones.

This is great for the home spit. It's 900 x 500 and 200 deep. I put bricks in it to keep the charcoal to one area because most of the time I'm just doing one chicken or some lamb. (Its great for lamb chops).

The grill on top just lifts off. It's there if you want to use it as a normal charcoal BBQ without the spit. The base is just like t TV trolley type setup. It jusat rolls away into a corner. You can have both spits going at once or just one of the. The motor adjusts up and down, the same as the rods at each end of the spit rods. One is for the chickens, the other set up for meat. Stick some gum twigs on the charcoal and you have a grerat smokey flavor. It';s delish !

Thank Gumby,
Looks a beauty.

Stick some gum twigs on the charcoal and you have a grerat smokey flavor.

Yep have to agree with you there.

OK!!! So, if I was going to make a rotisserie in a bin (not a true spit) I'd use an empty beer keg. Don't cut exactly in half - use the smaller piece as a hood to direct heat flow back down to both reduce the need for turning, and to cook more evenly. Leave a gap between the two lateral pieces to allow constant baste application - install a couple of 'drip-trays' under whatever beast you choose to cook to collect the excess fats and bastiing liquor - after "spitting" the beast wrap it in chicken-wire so it doesn't fall to bits when cooked (if you are a well done sort of meat eater.

soth

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Originally Posted by Gumby

:eek: What a waste of a good spit - I use charcoal on mine and it's the ONLY way to go. If you are doing it with gas, just go and buy a BBQ with a hood.

Mate -- not going to fit a pig on a barbie. Already got that set up

Guys check out Kmart right now, they are selling good size spits for $399 special for fathers day . The sales started yeaterday for a week only, im happy with mine as i bought it cooked a 20 kg lamb on it today ...fantastic . I have been looking to buy one for a long time and asked around but the price i was given was just out of my budget so when i saw the Kmart catalog last week for this weeks sales, i was the 1st one in and in 2 mins i was out the door with one and then straight to the butcher shop . No more hassles to easy to put it up and with a great motor on it . I cooked for about 4hrs on it .....great stuff .

Have a look you might like it too ...

Helman

Hey Gumby,
Excellent job on the spit you made!!
I shoot Goat, Pig, Roo... can your spit handle most game?

Originally Posted by jackoats

Hey Gumby,
Excellent job on the spit you made!!
I shoot Goat, Pig, Roo... can your spit handle most game?

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Have fun

If anyone is interested I have written a set of plans on how to build your own spit. Website below..

http://members.iinet.net.au/~kookie/spit_index.html