Gyros, a blow by blow - vertical spit

IrishDevl · October 2012

I love the miracle blade II.

Griffin · October 2012

Very cool cook. Thanks for sharing it.

henapple · October 2012

Ingenious...I love the homemade accessories.

Chubbs · October 2012

Best post I have seen on here. I have been wanting to make gyros for quite some time. This is what I am doing. Thanks for posting!!

Z_Eggineer · October 2012

How did you rotate it with the drill? Continuoulsy or every X minutes? Did you use a rubber band to hold down the trigger? I might have to try this one day.

Stargaze · October 2012

Never has a website made me so hungry....not food tv's website, not allrecipes.com....no other site makes me so hungry.

I'm really impressed with the content of the cooks that post.

Logger · October 2012

Mickey said:

Wow guy. That would be so cool at Salado. You can mail me anything you don't want to carry.

I would consider driving to Salado to see this. Mickey, you might want to get him set up with more than one egg and let him have a venue that supports 2 lines.

Ragtop99 · October 2012

very cool. That looks excellent.

Zippylip · October 2012

Z_Eggineer said:

How did you rotate it with the drill? Continuoulsy or every X minutes? Did you use a rubber band to hold down the trigger? I might have to try this one day.

Z Eggineer there is no rotation, the drill was only used to drill out the pie tin. Gyros are normally cooked with a vertical heating element which requires rotation of the spit. The egg eliminates that as the heat is naturally consistent on all sides coming from the bottom up & radiating from the dome down

vidalia1 · October 2012

Zippy,

Very creative...but my question is was that a metal rod? Aren't you afraid of the poisonous chemicals coming from the rod & the bar? The meat is touching the rod directly therefore introducing the meat to harmful, death ray like chemicals...I wish Stike was here to explain why you aren't dead or at the least very sick...maybe the greek yogurt counteracted with the poisonous meat to render it harmless...oh well neat looking cook anyway...stay healthy my friend

nolaegghead · October 2012

The non-depleted uranium rod zippylip used actually helps cook the meat from the inside, making it extra-delicous!

vidalia1 · October 2012

nola,

Zippy is one smart cookie...

:)) :))

nolaegghead · October 2012

heh...I know. Just having fun with isotopes. :D

Zinc would be the only common coating I'd avoid on steel rod. And copper, but it didn't look like copper.

edited to add this:

http://www.ehow.com/info_8620608_dangers-cooking-galvanized-steel.html

tjv · October 2012

Dang zippy, I've been jonesing for a gyros.....I got do that soon.

thanks for sharing, nice set up too.

t

GLW · October 2012

Unbelievable!! Thanks for posting.

trip150 · November 2012

nolaegghead said:

heh...I know. Just having fun with isotopes. :D

Zinc would be the only common coating I'd avoid on steel rod. And copper, but it didn't look like copper.

edited to add this:

http://www.ehow.com/info_8620608_dangers-cooking-galvanized-steel.html

Did some research on the threaded rod - it is zinc plated, so it should not be used.

The Cen-Tex Smoker · November 2012

trip150 said:

nolaegghead said:

heh...I know. Just having fun with isotopes. :D

Zinc would be the only common coating I'd avoid on steel rod. And copper, but it didn't look like copper.

edited to add this:

http://www.ehow.com/info_8620608_dangers-cooking-galvanized-steel.html

Did some research on the threaded rod - it is zinc plated, so it should not be used.

Wow. Thanks Zippy for trying to poison my family. I remember when this was a much friendlier place. When people didn't try to poison other people. I'm outta here.

McNuttly · November 2012

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Wow. Thanks Zippy for trying to poison my family. I remember when this was a much friendlier place. When people didn't try to poison other people. I'm outta here.

Well I'm glad someone finally had the cojones to say it out loud, that guy is always up to no good, a reeeeeaaaaal trouble maker

The Cen-Tex Smoker · November 2012

McNuttly said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Wow. Thanks Zippy for trying to poison my family. I remember when this was a much friendlier place. When people didn't try to poison other people. I'm outta here.

Well I'm glad someone finally had the cojones to say it out loud, that guy is always up to no good, a reeeeeaaaaal trouble maker

I wish we had a "he tried to poison my family" flag. If we did, I would use it right now.

BYS1981 · November 2012

I had to disagree centex.. the tonality clearly made it clear it was for unwanted inlaw company!

The Cen-Tex Smoker · November 2012

BYS1981 said:

I had to disagree centex.. the tonality clearly made it clear it was for unwanted inlaw company!

fair enough. I still want that flag though

Little Steven · November 2012

CT It's outa here with one tee for gawd sakes.

Little Steven · November 2012

And a much more friendlier place...get with the program

The Cen-Tex Smoker · November 2012

Little Steven said:

And a much more friendlier place...get with the program

my bad. NOW I'm outa here.

Much more friendlier is better

Little Steven · November 2012

You would have liked the old days. Sheer brilliance

Wolfpack · November 2012

Really great idea- I love to see new and different items. This one is a definite. Thanks for sharing

The Cen-Tex Smoker · November 2012

Little Steven said:

You would have liked the old days. Sheer brilliance

I actually prefer a family friendly forum. Thanks though.

BYS1981 · November 2012

I am going to try this with pork, but the ultimate plan us of course lamb.

DocWonmug · November 2012

trip150 said:

nolaegghead said:

heh...I know. Just having fun with isotopes. :D

Zinc would be the only common coating I'd avoid on steel rod. And copper, but it didn't look like copper.

edited to add this:

http://www.ehow.com/info_8620608_dangers-cooking-galvanized-steel.html

Did some research on the threaded rod - it is zinc plated, so it should not be used.

The Home Depot web site shows indeed some threaded rod is zinc coated. However, there is also plain steel, and stainless steel rod available. The SS is a bit more costly, but would perhaps the way to go.

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