Who doesn't love some charcoal meat.
Just picked one up in store and seems like a great price for a product with quite a following. Looking forward to some hot meat on the weekend, perfect for the cold winter weather on the east coast.
This is the mains powered version, the battery version is still full price.
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Oh I know the feeling of a big dinner fail!
Didn’t have a handle to do it manually (rotisserie of shame)?
Nah the wife was busy.
Sorry could not stop laughing :)
wahhahahahahaha
Don’t try and carry the shaft by the handle when it’s loaded up. Mine and a bunch of others have snapped off.
I expect it hasn’t been fixed.
That seems like an epic design failure.
Well, what I am saying is hold it from both ends a fully loaded spit was too heavy for just holding it from one end.
Sounds painful
My wife enjoys a spit roast every now and then.
Bet the neighbours join in here and there?
I’m looking forward to the next spit roast party
Next OzB meet up.
Is that what your wife was saying when I was over yours? She had her mouth full when she was talking between us.
what flavour should the cops be seasoned in?
peppa
Nice! I have this. Here's a few tips for it:
1 - Put some scoria in the bottom first. These things are only thin metal, and if you put hot coals in direct contact with it it accelerates the rusting.
2 - If you have the motor mounted on the lowest rung it can fall off, dropping your meat straight into the fire. What happens is, the heat causes the sides to flex away from each other, and the rod can slip off the indentation. Happened to me when I was cooking a chook for christmas. To fix this, I string some metal wire from top to top, to keep it under tension.
3 - Get some thin steel wire, and rap it around the chook while it's still raw. Those big claws seem like they would hold a tiny chook, and it seems perfectly stable when its cold, but as it heats up everything loosens, and boy does it get floppy. Some thin steel wire wrapped around it though, and it holds together nicely.
4- It takes longer than you think. I made the mistake on christmas of thinking it takes 1 1/2hr to cook a chook, so 2hrs should be enough time. But you need to get the charcoal going first, and that takes 20 minutes just by itself when you know the trick to it. For first timers, I would allow at least 3hrs start to finish, and maybe even 4.
Thanks. You've convinced me to never buy this thing.
Hahaha ! You're welcome I guess.
Well.. it is cheap, as in constructed not price. Apart from the steel rod and claws, all it is really is half an oil drum and a microwave motor. But once you've tasted fresh charcoal cooked chicken…. Hooey! The rotating action keeps all the juices inside the meat, so you bite into it and the smokey tangy flavor wells up beneath your teeth. It's so good! People can't get enough of it. By comparison, supermarket roast chicken is little more than plucked seagull boiled in public-pool water.
If you want a proper unit, you'll be spending a lot more than this, so I consider the price of this a 'learning fee', a quick easy way to try it out without much effort. In the same vein as attending a one-day class. And it really does produce good results with those slight modifications
Just get a bachelor handbag from Safeway or the new world
yes to number 4! our xmas lunch turned into dinner lol
FWIW I worked at a pub and we did Friday night souvlaki rolls on one of these. The meat was fantastic. I was really impressed with how good it was for a cheapo bunnings job at the time. As outlander says, they're made cheaply, but putting meat near charcoal isn't that complicated.
Literal there is something similar to this on the curb around the corner of me.
Someone saw value it was taken already before council.
Or get the BCF one and save a few buckx
https://www.bcf.com.au/p/charmate-charcoal-spit-roaster-240v…
I got this one awhile ago and it works quite well. No issue with the motor and the mounting brackets are solid. Seems like a semi solid build altogether. However the paint has started flaking alittle. Other then that it works well. Also an extra $10 off if you sign-up for the bcf membership. I would suggest this one over the other due to comments above.
I think this is great for what it is. Lamb is great on it. As others mentioned above, secure your chook.
Landfill! Never seem to have enough of it.
I suspect even the few people that like it will toss it after the novelty wears off.
I've had mine for 8 years and I still use it…….mind you, I ended up moving on to Kamado's
You're spit roasting Kamados now?
Now I want a roasted chicken.
Have a look at BBQ Spit Rotisseries youtube channel, whole range of accessories for the Jumbuck & what what cook videos (no affiliation)..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BltQcNWE8Yk&ab_channel=BBQSp…
Bought one and threw on a nice pork roast for a family bbq, unfortunately the motor died half way through the cook and had to order Domino's from down the road…