Rotisserie Grill Tips to Keep the Crowd Happy

Rotisserie grills offer hosts and hostesses an easy way to serve delicious roast chicken or turkey to large groups at parties and holiday dinners. By using a rotisserie grill, the actual roasting of the food becomes simple and easy, and will allow you to mingle with your guests as the scent of juicy chicken or turkey fills the air, tantalizing your guests for the dinner to come. If you are using a rotisserie attachment, make sure that you have purchased one that is custom made for your grill, and not a cheaper generic attachment which may fall off midway through roasting your chickens or turkey, and leave your delicious meal to burn, disappointing both you and your guests.

 Consider using your rotisserie for your side dishes as well as the main dish, to reduce the time you spend running between the kitchen and the grill outside. Many rotisserie grills come with basket attachments, which can be used to roast vegetables or kabobs of meat and vegetables. If your rotisserie grill allows you to leave one of the grill plates on the grill in addition to the rotisserie grill attachment, try making baked potatoes on the grill by wrapping each in foil, or wrapping ears of fresh corn in foil. Before putting your chicken or turkey on the rotisserie spit attachment, apply whatever marinades, rub, or other seasonings according to your recipe's directions - or skip this step for a simple, classic, roast chicken or turkey.

You can also use your rotisserie grill for meat, by rolling the meat into cylindrical and compact rolls, and securing with butcher's twine - or make your life easier by purchasing the meat already rolled from the butcher counter at the supermarket. Try making ribs for a crowd on your rotisserie grill spit attachment by weaving the skewer between the rib bones.

 Keep in mind how long it will take to prepare the dishes you plan to serve using your grill. This way you will know when to put the food on to begin cooking so it will hot and ready when the guests begin to arrive.

Though cooking with a rotisserie grill is simple, and while it does not require you to constantly monitor the food while you cook it, cooking times can be quite long, especially for larger and more dense items. For example, while fish may take only twenty minutes, a four pound chicken may require 75 minutes cooking time, and a ten pound turkey can require as long as two and a half hours to be completely roasted. Check the recommended cooking temperatures as well, to ensure that you do not have a meal which is charred on the outside, and raw on the inside - or one that is dried out long before it is fully cooked.