Dave Smith wrote:
>
> If cooking for a lot of people I would use the bamboo skewers because it is relatively
> cheap for a one time deal and you can just dispose of them when done. We do a lot of
> skewered meat and shrimp on the BBQ so I bought about 2 dozen good metal skewers,
> slender, with sharp points, flattened sides and a decent handle on the end so that
> they can be easily flipped without the meat spinning around so that half the meat gets
> double cooked on one side and no heat on the reverse.

I use two bamboo skewers about a 1/2" apart, food doesn't spin.

Sheldon