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Rotisserie Question to the old guard

Mickey
Mickey Posts: 19,773
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Haven’t used (or thought i had need of) a rotisserie in 30+ years. Received EGGS email on the rotisserie this morning at 1:30 after my dog woke me up needing to go out while we are in Lafayette halfway between Texas and Florida and got me thinking is this a good $300 option to a need or even a want? 
For the last 30+ years spatchcock seems to get the job done. Is there any one of you that find this is really worth the cost or bother (setup & cleaning) buying and using this rotisserie over raised grid spatchcocking?
Thanks
Mickey


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 another Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • Stormbringer
    Stormbringer Posts: 2,488
    I've done spatchcock and rotisserie, my wife and I personally find that the rotisserie chicken has better flavour and texture. Whenever I cook a chicken now, it's with the rotisserie. This is with an old style, third party model (LetzQ), can't comment on the 2.0 one that BGE have come up with, @cmac610 has used it for chicken though and posted about it on the forum.
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,465


    I have one. I've used it once so far and look forward to the next cook with it. I do feel it adds a "lil sumthin" to the chicken. I do not like the extra cleanup. I am one who rarely scrapes/cleans my grids in the first place and getting bits of baked on chicken to come off of the rotisserie apparatus is not my favorite (no nod). 

    Very nice unit. Great storage case. The motor rpm seems very fast. There must be some crazy gear reduction in there. I was surprised to find out that it runs on a USB C connector. 

    I look forward to trying other protein on it. Currently the eggs have 2 feet of snow on them and I need to dig them out. 


    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • cmac610
    cmac610 Posts: 331
    Stormbringer said:
    I've done spatchcock and rotisserie, my wife and I personally find that the rotisserie chicken has better flavour and texture. 
    I couldn’t agree with you more!


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    Amesbury, MA
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