My new grill has a rotisserie with a seperate rotisserie burner placed at
the back of the grill. Is it necessary to use this burner or can I just use
the three main burners with food placed on the rotisserie? Can I use both?

Thanks!

Harlen

Harlen Whitling wrote:

> My new grill has a rotisserie with a seperate rotisserie burner placed at
> the back of the grill. Is it necessary to use this burner or can I just use
> the three main burners with food placed on the rotisserie? Can I use both?


I'd say it depends on the grill (geometry, BTU's). I recently cooked
on a Jenn-air with an infrared rot burner that I didn't particularly
like. It was too hot for what I was cooking. I ended up using
the rot with the regular burners instead. They were more adjustable
and I got the 350 F grill level temp I was looking for.

So it's probably doable. You might want to use a thermometer
to find out what the actual temps are.

--
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Harlen Whitling wrote:
> My new grill has a rotisserie with a seperate rotisserie burner
> placed at the back of the grill. Is it necessary to use this burner
> or can I just use the three main burners with food placed on the
> rotisserie? Can I use both?
> Thanks!
>
> Harlen

They put it there for a reason. It does a great job using infrared heat to
cook. No need to use the other burner, in fact, they can be a detriment.
Ever look at the commercial chicken rotisseries int he supermarkets? Het is
in the back. Two advantages. One is direct heat (the infrared zone) the
secon is you can put a drip pan under the meat and then make a sauce from
the drippings.

If you look at the home rotisseries from Ronco and Forman, they too put the
heat in the back. Great way to cook.

--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

Reg wrote:
>
> Harlen Whitling wrote:
>
> > My new grill has a rotisserie with a seperate rotisserie burner placed at
> > the back of the grill. Is it necessary to use this burner or can I just use
> > the three main burners with food placed on the rotisserie? Can I use both?
>
> I'd say it depends on the grill (geometry, BTU's). I recently cooked
> on a Jenn-air with an infrared rot burner that I didn't particularly
> like. It was too hot for what I was cooking. I ended up using
> the rot with the regular burners instead. They were more adjustable
> and I got the 350 F grill level temp I was looking for.

Just watch out for grease fires when doing chicken this way! Ask me how
I know

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> Harlen Whitling wrote:
> > My new grill has a rotisserie with a seperate rotisserie burner
> > placed at the back of the grill. Is it necessary to use this burner
> > or can I just use the three main burners with food placed on the
> > rotisserie? Can I use both?
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Harlen
>
> They put it there for a reason. It does a great job using infrared heat to
> cook. No need to use the other burner, in fact, they can be a detriment.
> Ever look at the commercial chicken rotisseries int he supermarkets? Het is
> in the back. Two advantages. One is direct heat (the infrared zone) the
> secon is you can put a drip pan under the meat and then make a sauce from
> the drippings.

#3 No grease fires from fat falling on the fire.

>
> If you look at the home rotisseries from Ronco and Forman, they too put the
> heat in the back. Great way to cook.

With the JennAir/VC grills, I found I could use the swirl effect of the
inner hood to cook from the back and a drip below.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:01:08 GMT, cl > wrote:

>Just watch out for grease fires when doing chicken this way! Ask me how
>I know

I'll take a guess.

you read a book?


--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

Denny Wheeler wrote:
>
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:01:08 GMT, cl > wrote:
>
> >Just watch out for grease fires when doing chicken this way! Ask me how
> >I know
>
> I'll take a guess.
>
> you read a book?

Weren't you just complaining the otherday about ad hominems and OT posts
in AFB?

On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:56:39 GMT, cl > wrote:

>
>
>Denny Wheeler wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:01:08 GMT, cl > wrote:
>>
>> >Just watch out for grease fires when doing chicken this way! Ask me how
>> >I know
>>
>> I'll take a guess.
>>
>> you read a book?
>
>Weren't you just complaining the otherday about ad hominems and OT posts
>in AFB?

I think you took me wrong. I was meaning that as light humor:
obviously "Ask me how I know." referred to sad experience on your
part, right? So, 'you read a book' was intended as a twist.

(I was going to say something like "KW told you?" but that would just
go back to the flammage)


--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

Denny Wheeler wrote:
>
> On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:56:39 GMT, cl > wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Denny Wheeler wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:01:08 GMT, cl > wrote:
> >>
> >> >Just watch out for grease fires when doing chicken this way! Ask me how
> >> >I know
> >>
> >> I'll take a guess.
> >>
> >> you read a book?
> >
> >Weren't you just complaining the otherday about ad hominems and OT posts
> >in AFB?
>
> I think you took me wrong. I was meaning that as light humor:
> obviously "Ask me how I know." referred to sad experience on your
> part, right? So, 'you read a book' was intended as a twist.
>
> (I was going to say something like "KW told you?" but that would just
> go back to the flammage)
>

I know you were kidding, I put a wink on the post