Big Green "Tandoor" for skewered meat

That is genius, I like it.  Where did you get those skewers?

Nice cook and cool out of the box thinking 

cool idea

Plutonium said:

Cool idea! Is there a barb or something on the bottom to prevent slide off? How hot did the top ends get?

He put lemons/limes on the bottom, his link in the OP takes you to his blog with more info.

I just ordered these skewers, $15 for 20 and a bag.  (10 of each size skewer) 

Nice cook! Those skewers are perfect for this. 

The dome focuses heat towards the top, which is why the chix towards the top cooked faster. Kind of like a tandoor does.

 I like to use a large potato at the end, which gets basted in drippings from the meat above as it cooks. Makes for a tasty snack or side. A shield of foil wrapped around the skewers at the very end helps to keep the potato from charring too much. 


only problem I’ve had when trying this method in the past is that the top vent isn’t that big, so you have to be careful when sliding the loaded skewers in and out. 

@zahulio - here's an older thread that may be of interest to you, with some ideas for tandoori-style cooking on the BGE.

https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1147370/bgt-big-green-tandoor/p2

I’m hoping to try a variation of gyro meat on a skewer this way.  I know a vertical spit is the way to do this but thinking this may work for gyro kabobs.  I may drill a hole in the bottom of skewers and put some sort of stopper at the end that I can remove to pull the meat off. 

Canugghead said:

@Cornholio
something like this? https://trompoking.com/

Yes!  I’ve seen those but I haven’t even made gyro meat yet so figure this is a cheap way to try things out and I can use them for regular grilling skewers as well.  $16 for 20 sold me.  

We have an unopened food processor I need to fire up and see if this is in my wheelhouse.

Try wrapping pizza dough around that skewer.