Hi there,

We had a very successful weekend with our first attempt at spit roasting, aided and abetted of course by the invaluable help provided by Heat Beads^®!

Our spit was something to behold with various materials being provided by several members and all brought together by our genius ex-electrician who spared no expense to create a work of art.

We are only a small caravan club with 26 members so we had to resort to having joints of meat rather than a pig which proved to be too expensive. So, we finished up with a rolled, boned shoulder of pork and a joint of beef.

Because the pork was quite a large joint we found it necessary to start that off first followed later by the smaller joint of beef. That proved to be quite interesting but was eventually accomplished much more easily than anticipated. Welders gloves are a necessary accessory!

As you can see the Heat Beads^® BBQ starter chimneys performed wonderfully taking just 40 minutes to achieve ‘ready status’.

The lit Heat Beads^® BBQ Briquettes were scooped to the sides of the spit base to force more heat upwards and allow dripping juices and fats to percolate through the mesh supporting the coals, causing minimum flare up.

Overall cooking time of the just over 6 kgs of pork and 3 kgs of beef was a little over 5 hours. If you want to get real technical, the electric motor turned the meat at a constant 5 rpm!

All in all,  for our first attempt we reckon we did pretty good, nobody went to bed hungry, particularly after their Christmas pudding – well, it WAS our Christmas in July rally!

Thanks for making our spit roast such a resounding success and we are particularly grateful to Heat Beads^® for the means of making this and what is sure to be more, a very enjoyable experience. You have many customers for life!

Our sincere thanks once again.

Best wishes,

Lockyer Valley Travellers