Damn if I don’t just love a good prime rib. Making a standing rib roast for Christmas became a family tradition a few years back and it now it is something I don’t plan on giving up any time soon. I have done my prime rib a variety of ways, but the one I keep … [Read more…]
I was so happy with my turkey last year I decided to cook it on the Joetisserie again. The nice thing about doing it on the grill, is it really makes clean up a snap, all your grease and junk falls right into the fire. I have learned few tricks over the years that were … [Read more…]
So one of my most popular posts is the one I did about doing a turkey on my Joetisserie. I will be doing it the same way again this year, but I discovered a new way to truss the turkey. The results were some pretty spectacular chickens, I assume that the turkey will turn out … [Read more…]
I am still experimenting with my Octoforks and I have to tell you I am still pretty impressed. I recently used them for making rotisserie pork ribs. I set up the Joetisserie with the Octoforks on an unlit grill so that I could figure out how far I could extend the Octoforks. With my Vision … [Read more…]
I got my new Octoforks in the mail and the first meal I wanted to make was a leg of lamb! However, fate had a different plan and the wife was unable to find any lamb at the grocery store. She decided to call an audible and came home with a 2.5lb tri-tip. Little did … [Read more…]
Bottom Line: The Octoforks aren’t cheap, but this rotisserie accessory is extremely well made and will give you a lot more flexibility with how you can use your rotisserie. I discovered the Octoforks while browsing new posts on Kamadoguru.com, which is something I have been known to do from time to time….I don’t recommend it, … [Read more…]
UPDATE: I have found a new way to truss my turkey, read about it here. We went over to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving dinner this year. We had an amazing time and it was great company, but my wife was missing her family’s traditional stuffing and I wanted to give turkey on a Joetisserie a … [Read more…]
I bought a giant pork tenderloin from Costco the other day, without any firm plans other than knowing I wanted to cook it on the Joetisserie. After a little bit of web surfing, I decided to go with a Cuban theme and came along this recipe from Chowhound. I cut off approximately 4lbs of the … [Read more…]
The other night we hosted a friend we hadn’t seen in years. It was her first time in Hawaii, so we made sure we had plenty of Mai Tais on hand and I asked the wife to pick up a fresh pineapple. Well our friend was seriously jet lagged from her flight from Korea and she wasn’t in … [Read more…]
28 Dec 16 – Still committed to providing updates as I discover them. The Joetisserie motor has a feature that reverses direction the spit is turning if it runs into sufficient resistance. During one of my cooks the meat was bumping into a large piece of charcoal that I had banked. Instead of pushing the food … [Read more…]