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For many years I had dreamed of conquering the ultimate barbecue feat, spit roasting a whole pig. I started this project a year ago and was able to finish just before 4th of July, working here and there in the evening and weekends.
There were very few complications when the day came and it turned out to be a great success. Im trying to figure out a better way to secure the pig to the spit, it bounced around a little too much.
I think I redesigned this thing about 5 times.
I used 2x2 by .083 steel tubing for the main frame, and 3/4 tubing for the coal pan framing and motor. I used 16ga metal for the skin on the coal pan.
I used a large motor with a gear reduction to 6 rpm to turn the spit. The chain and gears are the same that you can get for a CR50 dirtbike.
This thing was fairly expensive to build, about $800(motor was expensive). If you look at some that are sold for $2500, I guess its not that bad though.
Overall this was very fun to build, and I would recommend anyone who has a love for barbecueing give it a try. This would not let me post many pictures, if anyone would like to see more just let me know.
There were very few complications when the day came and it turned out to be a great success. Im trying to figure out a better way to secure the pig to the spit, it bounced around a little too much.
I think I redesigned this thing about 5 times.
I used 2x2 by .083 steel tubing for the main frame, and 3/4 tubing for the coal pan framing and motor. I used 16ga metal for the skin on the coal pan.
I used a large motor with a gear reduction to 6 rpm to turn the spit. The chain and gears are the same that you can get for a CR50 dirtbike.
This thing was fairly expensive to build, about $800(motor was expensive). If you look at some that are sold for $2500, I guess its not that bad though.
Overall this was very fun to build, and I would recommend anyone who has a love for barbecueing give it a try. This would not let me post many pictures, if anyone would like to see more just let me know.
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