Turkey Shawarma

Shawarma is the Middle Eastern version of a large shish kebab known as doner in Turkey and gyro in Greece. (It’s called tacos al pastor in Mexico, but that’s another story, which I tell here.) It’s made by impaling flat strips of meat (lamb, chicken, or turkey) on an oversize spit with a flat base and then roasting it on an upright rotisserie. There are at least three advantages to this singular method of cooking: The dripping fat bastes the meat below it, instead of fa