Gyros, a blow by blow - vertical spit

IrishDevl

I love the miracle blade II.

Griffin

Very cool cook. Thanks for sharing it.

henapple

Ingenious...I love the homemade accessories.

Chubbs

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

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

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

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

very cool.  That looks excellent.

Zippylip

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

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

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

vidalia1

nola,

Zippy is one smart cookie...

 

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nolaegghead

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

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

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

thanks for sharing, nice set up too. 

t

GLW

Unbelievable!! Thanks for posting.

trip150

nolaegghead said:

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

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

trip150 said:

nolaegghead said:

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Little Steven

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

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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

You would have liked the old days. Sheer brilliance

Wolfpack

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

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Little Steven said:

You would have liked the old days. Sheer brilliance

I actually prefer a family friendly forum. Thanks though.

BYS1981

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

DocWonmug

trip150 said:

nolaegghead said:

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

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.

DocWonmug

Well, here it is 2017, 5 years after the original post. I went back to refresh my memory on this since I had some left over pork trimmings and I wanted to try this. And now that it is 5 years later, all the photos are gone. Does anyone have any of the original photos?