and dug out a small (4.45#) whole fryer from the freezer (bernie stuck it on the bottom which is why i didn't know i had it..damn i need a better system)
ok first off
- 4.45# is too big for this unless you truss it
- please be ultra careful with the spit unless you (like me) need a partly crucified hand
- keep the kids, peoples, and animals out of the way, just in case (cause i read some bad reviews AFTER)
- maybe get a larger one that will take two whole chickens or a turkey?
now if you do OAMC or bulk cooking or you do anything for freezer stocking, seriously this is helpful.
i partly plan on using this and my 18 quart roaster for do ahead stuff for freezing and canning. ( the roaster is for making beans to can)
now i have a pretty small kitchen however with the roaster i can set it up in the living room on the table..... dito on a crockpot which will help when i am getting stuff done in large amounts
ok back to last night's chicken...
it was good
the skin was great, it wasn't greasy, it was crisp and just the right amount of brown.
and it's all gone!
things went from 'get a rotisserie like vicky's'
through, 'why did you buy a rotisserie we got no room'
to (today)' make a pork roast on the rotisserie?'
oye gotta love bernie and his MAN memory *** only remembers what is convenient to him to remember, or concerns his stomach.***
this all brings me back though to the bigger issue......... i really do need a much better kitchen then i have....bigger, with more counters and more storage
(of course actual storage in this house is a joke)
now lately i am in a nesting cooking stocking up mood
(ok so i am usually always in that mood, but just not a cleaning mood, but i am going to force myself a bit)
i am gearing myself up to do 120 pounds of blsl chicken for the freezer
that usually takes me about two days to do (all by myself)
and i need to do some pork and i would love to do a LOT of beef
(if you are asking yourself how i do this all plus can plus dehydrate plus cook and bake, make soap etc in my tiny kitchen from hell.....let me tell you, folks 100 years ago did..with less electrical help then i have....and the drive to stock up for winter is so strong in me that i can't NOT do this)
in the meantime i also am planning on defrosting first one freezer then the other.
somehow i putter through
i don't get the bathroom sparkling...... but i putter through the 'keep you alive' stuff
so anyway.... if you have the space, i would say a small rotisserie is pretty good..make sure it's easy to clean and holds enough...
now about that rice cooker....i am still on the fence with that one
oye
vi
who is debating on ditching the microwave
So, did you brine your chicken like they do in the grocery store? I think that is probably why I like those so well. i canned 10 pints of green beans today, but have no room in the freezer to add anything. Everytime I take something out, there are 4 or 5 pints of something that need to go in.
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