Woodeze Grizzly Spit Campfire Rotisserie System

Excellent product. A BEST BUY for the money: Set up was easy, however, for better stability, they should include extra grilling forks (or claws with the wing nut design to fit) to use as 'feet' for each support rod, especially if there is loose soil or ash where the campfire is located. No matter - I've ordered extra forks for that purpose but it would be a good design if they were included. A note about the motor unit: the caddy is in a position that places the motor relatively close to the heat source - to protect it from excessive heat and melting, we placed a loose aluminum foil shield in front of it - worked great at deflecting heat - the motor never got hot. My husband and I roasted a 7 Lb. chicken over our home made fire pit and it worked perfectly. We used a meat thermometer to assure that it's internal temp was 165º and when we removed it from the spit it was tender and very juicy. Remember to purchase or wear good quality oven mitts as the spit gets very hot. Clean up was so easy that I may never grill again. It was great not to have to I've ordered a rotisserie basket to try roasting hot dogs, vegetables, fish and bratwurst - burgers too.

UPDATE: Well, we've had 5 camping trips since I bought this and it's still going strong. This year our roast was 12-1/2 pounds and it worked just fine. Amazing for such a small motor. You have to get the weight of the meat as centered as possible. Try turning it slowly by hand. If the weight feels lopsided just pull the skewer out and reposition. We can't even imagine our annual trip without the big roast! Great purchase. ORIGINAL REVIEW: The quality of the Grizzly Spit was obvious even while unpacking it. Heavy upright posts that you can safely pound with a hammer, solid skewer and strong thumb screws on the spit forks to hold the meat in place. The mechanism is enclosed in a metal box. We put on a 9 pound rib roast and cooked it for about 5 hours over charcoal dumped into a ring of rocks and it was the best camping meal we ever had. I was afraid a roast that size would be too heavy but it wasn't a problem at all. The next night we cooked a pork roast with equally good results. As other reviewers suggested, we protected the gear box with aluminum foil but I'm not sure it was necessary. The real trick is to position the meat closer to the pointy end of the skewer so that the box isn't too close to the fire. It's long enough to keep the box out of the extreme heat. This device was the biggest hit of the whole camping trip. Watching the meat gradually cook over the open pit was almost as exciting as eating it! One tip: don't put your roast directly over the flame or coals - it will cook too fast. Position it just in front of the heat and after an hour or so, if you think you need more heat, you can just tap the uprights down to get the meat a little closer.

I bought this to use over a campfire when camping. The rotisserie works as well as the one on our grill at home - perhaps because it is identical to the one we have at home. It handled an 8 lb rolled turkey breast with ease. One possible problem is the legs that have to be put into the ground. So far we have had sand soil, so they have been easy to push into the ground. However, we have found it occasionally necessary to raise the rotisserie higher above the heat, and once those legs are in, the holes are that deep, and it is tough to pull it up higher. The legs would also be hard to insert into a harder ground surface. Of course, there is always the rock or root problem, too. Some other reviewers have suggested sinking the legs into wood, which probably works on a fairly level surface. The legs are not that long, and the rotisserie itself is not that wide, so we are also waiting to see whether it will work with taller and wider fire pits we will encounter later during this camping season. The tip from some other reviews to guard the battery case and motor from heat using aluminum foil is a great tip. It worked for us! Thanks to those reviewers who made that suggestion. Amazon reviews are always a great place to find helpful tips for products sold.

This past summer I went backpacking on a simple overnighter with a few friends. As I'm used to longer, more exhausting trips I decided this would be a good chance to have some fun. Instead of carrying a weeks worth of serious backpacking gear I decided to go ultra light and take only the bare necessities, then to make up the lack of weight with super ultra luxury food and drink. The Grizzly Spit was my my primary luxury item. Weighing roughly 5 lb with batteries it was an acceptable weight. I then added a 5 lb roast in a vacuum sealed bag, several frozen water bottles (cold retention, drinking water, and ice for mixed drinks all in one!) and placed them into a mylar refrigerator bag. This kept the roast cold for the 5 hour hike (even in 95F weather). We made it to camp early afternoon, immediately started a fire, and as soon as we had enough coals setup the Grizzly Spit. Setup was quick and easy. Stick the two supporting spikes in the ground, attach the motor, skewer the roast, and go! The only attention needed is to make sure the flame doesn't get too close to the meat, and that there are always enough coals. Basic attention to your fire is all that is necessary (never leave any fire unattended!). The Grizzly spit is a very simple design. Which is good for light weight and simplicity. The motor box is a bit cheap (made in Tiawan), but of acceptable quality (it gets the job done). Mostly of metal construction it does have some plastic parts. So I advise keeping it as far away from the fire as possible (others have suggested an aluminium pie pan as a heat shield). For my setup I put one of the ceramic coated supporting spikes in the fire ring, and the supporting spike with the motor outside the fire ring. This kept the motor adequately cool. Make sure that the spike with the motor is lower than the other. The only thing that holds the skewer to the motor box is gravity. I would recommend the manufacturer (or handy man customer) fix this with a simple cotter pin. The motor is a bit noisy, but tolerable. Upon disassembly you will see the reason for this is a small motor and a step down gear assembly. This is what allows such a small motor the torque to turn such a large piece of meat. You will also notice that the gears are a combination of metal and plastic. Not good for longevity, especially in a high heat environment. To increase it's life span, and decrease noise I lubricated the gears with some silicone/teflon lubricant (do not use petroleum oil on plastic!). So after roughly 2-3 hours of roasting I tested the internal temperature of our beef, 160F, medium, mmmmm... With a makeshift heat glove we removed the roast and immediately sliced off slivers with our knives. The natural basting of the rotisserie had kept the roast moist, the slow cooking made it tender, and the open flame caramelized the exterrior. Perfect open pit roast beef on the trail. Recipe: 5 lb Beef Roast (any kind) (next time I'm going to try lamb) 1 Head Garlic (make small slices in the roast and insert individual cloves) Olive Oil (gently coat the roast, this helps the spices to penetrate the meat) Salt (sprinkle to taste) Black Pepper (sprinkle to taste) 1 Grizzly Spit A final word of advise, when cooking with a fire made from gathered wood. The quality of your wood will affect the flavor of your food. If you use rotten wood you won't like the results.

This is my first Grizzly product and my first rotisserie as well. Setup was easy with 2 whole chickens. I didn’t not by additional forks and only used the 2 that came with it and it worked great! The gear housing is made of metal and turned the birds with ease. Cook time was a little longer on one of the birds due to size differences. I pulled them off at 160 in the breast. Best chicken I’ve ever cooked. Cleans up easy and the bag isn’t fancy but gets the job done.

Very nice product. I used it for roasting a twelve and a half pound turkey for Thanksgiving while camping. At one point the motor started slowing down and then stopped...I felt it and it was very warm to the touch, so I wrapped some foil around the motor loosely to act as a heat shield, and it started again after flipping the switch. Ran for the next five hours without issue. In fact the motor got bumped while in the trunk on the way home and it ran for at least another four hours and was still going on the same batteries!

Tried to move the video over from TikTok and failed, so I'll just talk about it. I really like it. It's actually no problem to set up and, like others have said in their reviews, being battery operated does not slow it down at all. I used it for at least two hours cooking a fat chicken over an oak fire in a fire ring and it never hesitated. I think I heard it say, "Is this all you got, brother?" But, I was by myself and have no collaborating witnesses. At any rate, I can't wait to do it again. That chicken was smoked, juicy and done through and through, and best of all, hot and delicious! I highly recommend it. Great quality. Would I buy it again? NO! I already have one!

The spit itself is fine and works as intended. The motor on the other hand died on me in 30 minutes. The motor doesn't have a heat shield so once the unit was hot from the fire it stopped working. I let it cool off away from the fire and it worked again but defeats the purpose of buying the motorized version. I ended up turning the spit by hand. Good thing I had the meat properly balanced. I recommend buying a manual spit crank with set stopping locations