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Rotisserie

Is there a rotisserie for he Egg or can it be done? I like doing a pork loin roast on rotisserie.
XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

Kansas City, Mo.

Comments

  • Yes, there is an aftermarket product available. Click the link below for the Kamado Mate Rotisserie 

    https://www.facebook.com/joe.skrodzki
  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited March 2014

    There was a post on greeneggers of a guy who makes them with an ebay link. 

     http://www.ebay.com/itm/Big-Green-Egg-Rotisserie-Attachment-/281232664344?pt=Barbecues_Grills_Smokers&hash=item417ac5e718

    For the same price, you can get a Weber OTG kettle and a Cajun Bandit rotisserie ring, motor, and spit.  After using my brother's Weber Performer with Cajun Bandit rotisserie, I bought one.  Chris, is an excellent guy to deal with and puts out a great product.   

    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,768
    Just cook it direct "raised" and qt turn it every 10 mins
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given a Mini to add to the herd. 

  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    Well shoot, who wants to buy a Weber OTG and Cajun Bandit rotisserie now? :))
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    I have an olderlarge  Kamado style that either had a roterissery motor mount or was an after thought.  Have done two cooks on it in 3 years, a pork belly roast and a whole duck.  Don't use it anymore as the regular BGE setup works fine, just some minor tweeks here and there.
  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited March 2014

    The real issue here is that the egg is a poor vessel for rotisserie cooking.  The Sam's Club rotisserie ovens are a great example.  It is the combination of indirect/brief direct cooking, and the self-basting by rotation that separates a spit bird from an egged one.  When a chicken is rotating 45 minutes in to the cook, you can see the rolling grease foam on the skin, essentially frying it on the grill.  Done many chickens on the egg, never have witnessed that phenomenon.  Flipping the bird every 10 minutes is not the same.  Flipping once, again, not the same. The grease renders, and exits the bottom onto the coals.  With the all-or-none setup constraints on the egg, the majority of the chicken on a spit would get the direct heat, when on the kettle or gasser, only 1/4 of a turn does due to the two-zone fire setup banking coals  or lighting one burner on one side or both, creating an indirect zone.  

    Another major factor is the egg's ability to create a moister cooking environment.  Therefore transferring that moisture into the bird via osmosis.  ;) (j/k)  

    One thing that I am learning by these trials, is that the egg is really good at alot of stuff, not necessarily the best.  A tough pill, for even me, to swallow.    

    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

  • I love my Egg, but I also love my Performer using the Weber rotisserie. I love good food, period.
    Cherry Hill, NJ
  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    Thanks for all the comments. The attachment looks cool, but for the little I used the one on my gas grill, its not worth it. I do want to try the split chicken sometime soon and may try a pork loin roast soon also. Tonight if the weather holds i will be cooking a meatloaf. Tomorrow is either bone in pork chops or veal chops.
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

    Kansas City, Mo.