Rotisserie Grilling

Spit Roasting

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By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

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Cooking meats on a slowly rotating spit. When cooking larger pieces of meat (a whole lamb, for example), the fire may be under the food. More often, it’s next to the food, as you’d find on your average backyard grill with a rotisserie. The slow turning bastes the meat internally and externally, making rotisserie grilling ideal for roasts and chickens.

Sweet potatoes and white potatoes are particularly flavorful when roasted in the embers.