I'm wondering whether this is worth owning.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=280241621053

One of the claimed advantages of the Ronco rotissiere
is that it rotates the food on a horizontal axis,
which keeps the juices in, rather than running down
a vertical shaft.

The Kabob-It seems to suffer from the same defect
as vertical roasters, at least when the stuff on
the skewers has enough juice to run.

I have one that I bought about 20 years ago and used it quite a bit at
first.
I still use it once in a while, when I don't want to use the grill. It
works fairly well
and some of the recipes are pretty good.
Most everything on the squires (SP?) needs to be brushed with
something,
butter, sauce, marinade, etc. before starting, except the things
wrapped in dough.
I am always careful of the glass cover when cleaning, but have not had
any problems
with it, You need to watch the grease cup to make sure it doesn't
overflow, I don't know
it would be better than the horizontal rotisseries or not, kids like
to watch it go around
and they like the hotdogs and the pigs in a blanket made on them, A
grill is a lot better
but this can be ok at times.
CC

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> I'm wondering whether this is worth owning.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=280241621053
>
> One of the claimed advantages of the Ronco rotissiere
> is that it rotates the food on a horizontal axis,
> which keeps the juices in, rather than running down
> a vertical shaft.
>
> The Kabob-It seems to suffer from the same defect
> as vertical roasters, at least when the stuff on
> the skewers has enough juice to run.

On Jul 4, 7:44 pm, "Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:
> Mark Thorson > :in
> rec.food.cooking
>
> > I'm wondering whether this is worth owning.
>
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=280241621053
>
> > One of the claimed advantages of the Ronco rotissiere
> > is that it rotates the food on a horizontal axis,
> > which keeps the juices in, rather than running down
> > a vertical shaft.
>
> > The Kabob-It seems to suffer from the same defect
> > as vertical roasters, at least when the stuff on
> > the skewers has enough juice to run.
>
> It's kind of cool in a retro sort of way. I have the Ronco rotissiere and I
> really like it. I haven't done actual kabobs on it

Does that mean kabob can be cooked with Ronco rotissiere? Anyone who
have done that, please let me know.

> but I've done bratwurst
> on the skewers and they turned out really nice.
>
> Michael
>
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CC wrote:
>
> Most everything on the squires (SP?) needs to be brushed with

For quite some time I was mystified whether "squires"
could really be an alternative name for shish kebab rods.

It sounds very Middle English. I supposed it could
be a usage that is unfamiliar to me.

No, it's not. The other poster meant "skewers".