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mbshop · 11-22-2012, 05:50 PM

was gonna rotisserie mine using my ez que in my char griller as i have done before. but the bird was bigger, 18 lbs. this turned out to be the breaking point. firstly, i built a holder that holds coals on the side. this has shown to work well before. but with the bigger bird, the hold down arms wouldn't clear that rack. so i dumped the coals on the coal grate. so now i started to run the rotiss. but a problem popped up. the shaft came loose cuz the motor was jerky and loosend the shaft up. so i had to tighten this twice.
but by then the motor started to strain and then just stopped running.
it was a sunbeam setup and i just thought it would be ok as it worked before on smaller turkey's. but that bird was just to much for it. i couldn't attach my weber motor cuz it wouldn't fit on the bracket. plus all this time with an open lid allowed the coals to burn uncontrolled. so i gave up and stuck the bird in the oven. so now i got some work to do so i can fit the
weber motor on and make a differant holder so the ez que can be used.
so not to happy right now but thats how we learn.

Meat Burner · 11-22-2012, 06:22 PM

george, sounds like you still have a plan so good for you. It will be just fine bro!

MisterChrister · 11-22-2012, 07:33 PM

Sorry to hear about the trouble you had George. Still wishin' ya a Happy Thanksgiving and I'm thankful that you always have the time to post a nice comment for all the Bruddahs! Better luck next time pal!

N8man · 11-22-2012, 07:34 PM

Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Shadowdog500 · 11-22-2012, 10:23 PM

I also had the rotisserie on my junk ducane gas grill break on thanksgiving day. Luckily I checked on it before there was a problem and we tossed it in the oven. The weber rotisserie attachment for my 22 charcoal will handle a big bird. I'm planning to smoke my first on Saturday.

Chris

mbshop · 11-23-2012, 12:57 AM

thanks guys. yea, after this all happened i remembered that i was supposed to fit the weber motor over a year ago. will happen this weekend !!

code3rrt · 11-23-2012, 01:01 AM

Improvisation......seems to be a bigger part of BBQ than one might have thought. Way to rebound!

willbird · 11-23-2012, 09:32 AM

Was it a matter of the bird not being balanced ?? It should not take much energy to rotate a balanced load ??

mbshop · 11-23-2012, 04:39 PM

i was using my ez que setup. yes, it was unbalanced but not enough to me to cause a problem. its hard if not possible to balance the food using an ez que.

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Originally Posted by willbird

Was it a matter of the bird not being balanced ?? It should not take much energy to rotate a balanced load ??

11-22-2012, 05:50 PM	#1
mbshop Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-24-07 Location: visalia, ca Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	total failure was gonna rotisserie mine using my ez que in my char griller as i have done before. but the bird was bigger, 18 lbs. this turned out to be the breaking point. firstly, i built a holder that holds coals on the side. this has shown to work well before. but with the bigger bird, the hold down arms wouldn't clear that rack. so i dumped the coals on the coal grate. so now i started to run the rotiss. but a problem popped up. the shaft came loose cuz the motor was jerky and loosend the shaft up. so i had to tighten this twice. but by then the motor started to strain and then just stopped running. it was a sunbeam setup and i just thought it would be ok as it worked before on smaller turkey's. but that bird was just to much for it. i couldn't attach my weber motor cuz it wouldn't fit on the bracket. plus all this time with an open lid allowed the coals to burn uncontrolled. so i gave up and stuck the bird in the oven. so now i got some work to do so i can fit the weber motor on and make a differant holder so the ez que can be used. so not to happy right now but thats how we learn. __________________ george spam, can't live without it

11-22-2012, 06:22 PM	#2
Meat Burner Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-22-07 Location: Springfield, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	george, sounds like you still have a plan so good for you. It will be just fine bro! __________________ my avatar swiped fatties from the plate....look how sorry he is. ________ Meat. NB Bandera with mods Weber 22 .5" x 2, 26.75" x 1 UDS x 3 KCBS CBJ Created "The Great Spam Revelation of 2011." www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111155

11-22-2012, 07:33 PM	#3
MisterChrister is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-28-12 Location: Richland Center, WI Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear about the trouble you had George. Still wishin' ya a Happy Thanksgiving and I'm thankful that you always have the time to post a nice comment for all the Bruddahs! Better luck next time pal! __________________ '69 Redhead 2X Stainless Performers TS Performer Mystery Blue OTG Simpsons SJ SJG WGA A "few" others

11-22-2012, 07:34 PM	#4
N8man Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-09-07 Location: God's Country Ossipee-Osceola NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!! __________________ N8man Average Joe Backyard Enthusiast How I Fire Up That Ugly DrumPit Smoker!!!!

11-23-2012, 12:57 AM	#6
mbshop Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-24-07 Location: visalia, ca Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	thanks guys. yea, after this all happened i remembered that i was supposed to fit the weber motor over a year ago. will happen this weekend !! __________________ george spam, can't live without it

11-22-2012, 10:23 PM	#5
Shadowdog500 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-18-12 Location: Down the Shore!!! Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I also had the rotisserie on my junk ducane gas grill break on thanksgiving day. Luckily I checked on it before there was a problem and we tossed it in the oven. The weber rotisserie attachment for my 22 charcoal will handle a big bird. I'm planning to smoke my first on Saturday. Chris

11-23-2012, 01:01 AM	#7
code3rrt is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-09-12 Location: Spokane Valley, Washington Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Improvisation......seems to be a bigger part of BBQ than one might have thought. Way to rebound! __________________ KC Weber Performer with rotisserie ring, 22.5OTS, Maverick 732, Weber Smokey Joe,PBC Smokenator/Hoovergrill, variety of microbrews, Gin and tonic, variety of lighters.

11-23-2012, 09:32 AM	#8
willbird Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-30-12 Location: MOntpelier,OH Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Was it a matter of the bird not being balanced ?? It should not take much energy to rotate a balanced load ??