Roasting frozen sweet potato cubes

A roasting spit, or simply a spit, is a tool used for roasting large pieces of meat, roasting frozen sweet potato cubes whole legs, or even small whole animals over fires or in various types of rotisserie ovens. The roasting spit is a long skewer, which is pushed through the uncooked meat.

This skewer is now typically made of metal, especially for use in rotisserie ovens, which often turn the meat mechanically to create even cooking. Spits have been used for numerous centuries, and it’s hard to directly trace their origin. The benefit of using them, even without some type of handle or crank to turn the cooking meat, is that you can readjust the roasting spit to more evenly cook meat. This avoids having to attempt to touch very hot meat when you flip it, in order to get it fully cooked, which given the lack of pot holders in the distant past, was a considerable advantage. A roasting spit is one or sometimes two large skewers pushed through meat to cook it in a rotisserie oven. Whole chickens can be roasted on spits. You can use relatively young branches that are green as roasting spits to cook fish, rabbits, or pieces of venison.