Meaning of spit-roaster | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An appliance for spit-roasting.
2. One who spit-roasts.

Examples

“Most modern spit-roasters have attachments for kebab skewers, and this is the best way of cooking these delicious foods.”

“The spit rods for some spit-roasters have holes drilled into them every 6 inches or so. […] Some spit-roasters have skewers that mount onto the spit from the pointed end of the rod only. If that’s the case with your spit-roaster, slide the rear skewer onto the rod before you push the rod through the lamb.”

“On the other side of the courtyard, big arches opened into the kitchens. There were two kitchens: One, with ovens and spit-roasters visible, was given over primarily to meat.”

“The nobles’ servants were allowed to choose their birds first, then the bourgeois, and at 10 or 11 o’clock, according to the season, a bell was rung and the spit-roasters could buy their supplies.”

“There was an air of festivity everywhere, and it was obvious that nothing else in their lives could give the ordinary citizens of Glevum so much delight as […] eating and drinking the appetizing wares of the stall holders—pie-makers, bakers, spit-roasters and brewers—who appeared to be selling food everywhere and were being paid in the small Roman-minted copper coins called ases, […]”

“Some spit-roasters like to leave the legs dangling, but the spit needs to be quite high off the heat to do this successfully.”

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