Lets have a spit roast

blades · 16-01-2006, 22:16

I thought the title might get some of you to look at this thread but I'm not been rude honest. Brother inlaw and myself are looking at building a hog roast for the summer and I was wondered if anyone else had done something similar? I'm thinking of trying to get hold of an old cylinder (found an old compressed air one on ebay but it's in southampton) and starting from that. I'm trying to spec up a motor but a geared single phase motor is well expensive (need about 4rpm final output), a three phase motor with control seems abit OTT and I'm not sure whether a geared dc motor would be man enough (although some of the commercial machines seem to user this). I'm currently using a brinkman proffesional smoker but if anyone has got any advice or indeed parts that may be of use please let me know

Lummox · 16-01-2006, 22:17

I thought this thread was going to be NSFW, how disappointing.

devonutopia · 16-01-2006, 22:21

I thought the traditional way was just a great big spike shoved up its a55 and it left to sit over an open fire? Maybe some of it wrapped in foil for a time, I'm not sure. It doesn't need to turn all the time. I think it can quite happily just sit in one position for XX minutes, then move. For cooking times I would refer to some where. Google might be your friend.

at brother in law and you hoping for a spit roast!

I had a spit roasted pig at the wedding I went to on Vancouver Island, but it came ready cooked - I never saw it in action.

blades · 16-01-2006, 22:21

I'm getting that sad I even watched the video of a hog roast so I could time the RPM of the pig

Oh well 33 going 63 middle age here I come

WW_VRS · 16-01-2006, 22:27

I'm sure you could find a pic that would make it NSFW though

kris_vrs_fabia · 16-01-2006, 22:28

just get a big handle and get some children from the local sweat shop to turn it for you, or a giant hamster wheel.

blades · 16-01-2006, 22:29

don't tempt me on the picture I may post the wrong one

Johnnyc · 16-01-2006, 23:31

False advertising.

devonutopia · 16-01-2006, 23:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnnyc

False advertising.

How do you leave negative feedback?

I guess you could leave bad reputation as a disappointed / peeved pervert?

So I don't get flamed for "comedy" in the Hotel, here's a serious link which might be useful.

http://www.pughspiglets.co.uk/id28.html

Johnnyc · 16-01-2006, 23:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by devonutopia

How do you leave negative feedback?

I guess you could leave bad reputation as a disappointed / peeved pervert?

Don't know. Never done it but TBH if someone gets offensive the staff will probably pick it up and warn them. I don't rise to it TBH unless someone brings my family into it. Then it's war!

Bigw2069 · 17-01-2006, 00:14

Im horrified, i tried to do some research for you and i typed in spit roast into google, to my shock one of the first images it brought up was Michelle McManus,

I stopped my research to clear those thoughts from my head

Goochie · 17-01-2006, 00:52

I would have thought some of Jason's country bumpkin mates would know all about spit roasts.

heresmo · 17-01-2006, 11:59

You could get one of those green pigs so your guests glow in the dark, saving on garden torches? (*)

Given Keith Floyd cooks on "wood mark 6", I wonder if the amount of heat generated needs to be taken seriously into the equation, since I think it's one of those meats which has to be cooked through properly methinks.

(*) Ooops! Stands by to be flamed for comedy

in The Hotel

I thought it was still allowed though, within reason?

Regards
Mo

LittlePaul · 17-01-2006, 12:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigw2069

Im horrified, i tried to do some research for you and i typed in spit roast into google, to my shock one of the first images it brought up was Michelle McManus,

I stopped my research to clear those thoughts from my head

You mistyped Hog Roast for Hag Roast.

LittlePaul · 17-01-2006, 12:14

I just had a quote from hogroasting.com - a machine to buy is £2750. Can see why you're building one!
Is it not for just one-off use, so hiring out of the question?

lozgti · 17-01-2006, 12:38

Sounds good.Thought some of the butchers were quite cheap when they come round,drop pig/equipment/man to sit and check if its cooked?

I love pork though

blades · 17-01-2006, 18:53

We can get the pig at cost (father inlaw is a livestock farmer) and having seen the pictures of the hog roasts available they range from £2795 to £2995 which seems a bit excessive. A motor assembly from RS is anything from £100 to £150 if going down the gas route the burners can be bought brand new for £25 each (3/6 required) and my mate is married to the boss of a non ferus metal supplier so the stainless would be at cost. Having now done hours of research I've come to the conclusion that there is no wrong or right way of building one so I think I'm going for a 25x25mm angle frame with the stainless bent around. If it comes off I could do a demo at a Briskoda meet (FOC). I've also done some research and you can charge between £450 and £800 for a corporate event for depending on the amount catered for (previously catered for 80 on my smoker at a football club party)

KentStu · 18-01-2006, 10:12

Several people I know own proper hog roasters and a couple have tried to build their own.

On the building bit, the biggest problem I have seen is getting the correct power motor with decent gearing mating properly onto the spit. If the spit isn't strong enough, the motor not powerful enough or the gearing not flexible (and slow) enough the whole thing fails. The making of the barrel shouldn't be too difficult, given your contacts, and the gas system is actually very simple as long as you site it properly on the sides. Just as an aside, it might be worth having a look at a proper hog-roaster to get some tips on size (bigger than you think), siting of burners, drains, gearing and spit adjustments etc. Good luck

16-01-2006, 22:16	#1
blades Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 500 Members Car: octavia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Lets have a spit roast I thought the title might get some of you to look at this thread but I'm not been rude honest. Brother inlaw and myself are looking at building a hog roast for the summer and I was wondered if anyone else had done something similar? I'm thinking of trying to get hold of an old cylinder (found an old compressed air one on ebay but it's in southampton) and starting from that. I'm trying to spec up a motor but a geared single phase motor is well expensive (need about 4rpm final output), a three phase motor with control seems abit OTT and I'm not sure whether a geared dc motor would be man enough (although some of the commercial machines seem to user this). I'm currently using a brinkman proffesional smoker but if anyone has got any advice or indeed parts that may be of use please let me know

16-01-2006, 22:17	#2
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16-01-2006, 22:21	#3
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,081 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 75 Thanked 352 Times in 295 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast I thought the traditional way was just a great big spike shoved up its a55 and it left to sit over an open fire? Maybe some of it wrapped in foil for a time, I'm not sure. It doesn't need to turn all the time. I think it can quite happily just sit in one position for XX minutes, then move. For cooking times I would refer to some where. Google might be your friend. at brother in law and you hoping for a spit roast! I had a spit roasted pig at the wedding I went to on Vancouver Island, but it came ready cooked - I never saw it in action. __________________ Jason - Only a Skoda. Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

16-01-2006, 22:21	#4
blades Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 500 Members Car: octavia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast I'm getting that sad I even watched the video of a hog roast so I could time the RPM of the pig Oh well 33 going 63 middle age here I come

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kris_vrs_fabia yum yum yum yum Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: scotland Posts: 544 Members Car: skoda fabia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast just get a big handle and get some children from the local sweat shop to turn it for you, or a giant hamster wheel.

16-01-2006, 22:29	#7
blades Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 500 Members Car: octavia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast don't tempt me on the picture I may post the wrong one

16-01-2006, 23:31	#8
Johnnyc Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 3,193 Members Car: MkV Golf 1.9 TDI Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast False advertising. __________________ Johnny "Americans have different ways of saying things. They say "elevator", we say "lift" ... they say "President", we say "stupid psychopathic git."

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Bigw2069 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rosyth,Scotland Posts: 5,665 Members Car: Noddy Car Thanks: 211 Thanked 230 Times in 191 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast Im horrified, i tried to do some research for you and i typed in spit roast into google, to my shock one of the first images it brought up was Michelle McManus, I stopped my research to clear those thoughts from my head __________________

17-01-2006, 00:52	#12
Goochie Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Up a tree. Posts: 12,363 Members Car: Thanks: 7 Thanked 27 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast I would have thought some of Jason's country bumpkin mates would know all about spit roasts.

17-01-2006, 11:59	#13
heresmo Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,554 Members Car: Thanks: 50 Thanked 143 Times in 123 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast You could get one of those green pigs so your guests glow in the dark, saving on garden torches? () Given Keith Floyd cooks on "wood mark 6", I wonder if the amount of heat generated needs to be taken seriously into the equation, since I think it's one of those meats which has to be cooked through properly methinks. () Ooops! Stands by to be flamed for comedy in The Hotel I thought it was still allowed though, within reason? Regards Mo

17-01-2006, 12:14	#15
LittlePaul Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northampton Posts: 504 Members Car: Octavia vRS Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Lets have a spit roast I just had a quote from hogroasting.com - a machine to buy is £2750. Can see why you're building one! Is it not for just one-off use, so hiring out of the question? __________________ Black Magic Octavia vRS, cruise control, towbar, nokia NK-7W, PhatBox, bonnet lifters

17-01-2006, 12:38	#16
lozgti Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: midlands Posts: 5,719 Members Car: Thanks: 10 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast Sounds good.Thought some of the butchers were quite cheap when they come round,drop pig/equipment/man to sit and check if its cooked? I love pork though

17-01-2006, 18:53	#17
blades Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 500 Members Car: octavia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lets have a spit roast We can get the pig at cost (father inlaw is a livestock farmer) and having seen the pictures of the hog roasts available they range from £2795 to £2995 which seems a bit excessive. A motor assembly from RS is anything from £100 to £150 if going down the gas route the burners can be bought brand new for £25 each (3/6 required) and my mate is married to the boss of a non ferus metal supplier so the stainless would be at cost. Having now done hours of research I've come to the conclusion that there is no wrong or right way of building one so I think I'm going for a 25x25mm angle frame with the stainless bent around. If it comes off I could do a demo at a Briskoda meet (FOC). I've also done some research and you can charge between £450 and £800 for a corporate event for depending on the amount catered for (previously catered for 80 on my smoker at a football club party)

18-01-2006, 10:12	#18
KentStu Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Canterbury, Kent Posts: 1,906 Members Car: Yellow Octy RS Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Lets have a spit roast Several people I know own proper hog roasters and a couple have tried to build their own. On the building bit, the biggest problem I have seen is getting the correct power motor with decent gearing mating properly onto the spit. If the spit isn't strong enough, the motor not powerful enough or the gearing not flexible (and slow) enough the whole thing fails. The making of the barrel shouldn't be too difficult, given your contacts, and the gas system is actually very simple as long as you site it properly on the sides. Just as an aside, it might be worth having a look at a proper hog-roaster to get some tips on size (bigger than you think), siting of burners, drains, gearing and spit adjustments etc. Good luck __________________ Stu Yellow Octy RS & '58 Morris Minor Tourer Owner .......... not a hairdresser

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