Thread: Building a spit roaster

I've got a mate that has one built out of the two sides of a 44gallon drum split down the length
LPG Gas burner, removable drip tray, 12v stepdown motor which can run off a car battery or a cellphone charger type plug (so it can travel if need be).
A whole lamb feeds about 30-35 people

He's a party guy so it suits him well but it's not the sort of thing he uses every day

the old man has one, a piece of ex dairy factory stainless aircon duct 800 dia, running a vat stirrer motor through a 90degree reduction gearbox. 4 rpm. lpg gas burner tube
its still the best design of the spits ive seen, it was built nearly 27 years ago

Been using this one for about 30 yrs. Burn wood in the drum and take out the embers that fall through the mesh. Just under 1 RPM.