# Anyone use a horizontal rotisserie? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-horizontal-rotisserie/289640 "2005-02-11T20:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-horizontal-rotisserie/289640/1 "2005-02-11T20:00:59Z")
I got a horizontal rotisserie for Christmas. I have never wanted one, and have no idea what to do with one. The local Safeway makes delicious roasted chickens cheaper than I can buy a whole bird to stick on a spit. So, anyone use one and love it? Am I missing something here? Cause I’m seriously tempted to trade it in for a decent microwave, which I actually need. (Here’s hoping that this thread comes up right after the TMI: What do you use for masturbation thead. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-horizontal-rotisserie/289640/2 "2005-02-11T21:04:30Z")
Oh, man, I have one and I love it. We use it several times a week - I’ve found that it cooks most meat better than the BBQ. Tri-tips are crackly on the outside and juicy on the inside. Pork chops aren’t dry. Chickens are great. Leg of lamb is yummy. Salmon steaks are divine. It just takes a little more to clean than the grill, but I use it anyway, so it must be that much better! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-horizontal-rotisserie/289640/3 "2005-02-11T22:17:43Z")
Another fan of the Ronco rotisserie checking in. It makes chicken much better than those scrawny birds at the deli, plus you can have fun with seasonings. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-horizontal-rotisserie/289640/4 "2005-02-11T23:02:23Z")
Dave was given one for Christmas in 03. It does a great job, but it’s not something we use often. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-horizontal-rotisserie/289640/5 "2005-02-12T16:52:34Z")
Hmm, this isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement for something I have no particular desire for. Problem is, I pretty much have to dig it out of packaging and use it to try it, and once I do that, it wouldn’t be right to take it back. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-horizontal-rotisserie/289640/6 "2005-02-14T04:16:27Z")
I use a horizontal rotisserie on my outdoor BBQ. The taste of any of a number of meats is superb! During the summer we use the gas BBQ almost exclusively in order to avoid heating up the house, and we use it often in the winter when cooking fish…which avoids smelling up the house. It is a great way to cook for partys, since with a bit of experience you learn how long a particular food item takes to cook, and there is a somewhat flexible amount of time for cooking to the desired degree of doneness when compared to using the grilling surfaces. Don’t have, and don’t plan to use an indoor rotisserie. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-horizontal-rotisserie/289640/7 "2005-02-14T04:20:54Z")
**Horizontal Rotiserrie** sounds like a euphemism for sex. Just sayin’.