Rotisserie motor recommendation?

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The Quadfather
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Rotisserie motor recommendation?

Post by The Quadfather » Sat Sep 12, 2015 10:48 am

Does anybody have any experience with purchasing a rotisserie motor?
I was looking at this firepit,

http://www.homedepot.com/p/RiverGrille- ... /202535014" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And I was wanting to purchase an electric motor for the rotisserie, thought maybe somebody has one, or has opinions on how many RPM's is considered slow enough, or a proper level of rotations for general rotisserie cooking? [wink]

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Re: Rotisserie motor recommendation?

Post by Bodofish » Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:46 am

Hey Chris,
Sorry I'm a little slow.....
If you're looking big-ish rotisserie, AKA Pig Roaster / Pit Roaster, I'd hit the surplus places down in SODO and look for a 1/2 to one HP electric motor with gear reduction and then you can just put a shiv on the output and make your rod to go across the pit and put a shiv on the one end and put a V-belt between them you want to end up with about a 1/2 RPM. Might even be able to grab a washing machine motor and transmission and gear it right with the pulleys/shivs. Cheapness counts..... :)
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