Working on a lamb cooker. Feels solid enough with 80lbs hanging off the end of it. Base is pretty much done. Started on the cross. The cross is square tubing that will rotate around the lower round tubing shaft. Going to weld a nut to the side of the square tubing and use a t handle bolt to lock it in place. Going with 3 adjustable cross arms.
I saw this tv, they went to Argentina, cooked a bunch of stuff over fire. Looked interesting, thought I’d try it.
I’m gonna start out with a lamb, but any ideas on maybe cooking a 50 pound pig on something like this? I’ve cooked probably 15-20 pigs on my smokers, starting to get boring.
Looking good. Make sure the front "legs" go out quite far. Mine still had a propensity to want to tip a bit forward if really loaded. As for pigs, mate over there they hang cows from large ones. Some even have chooks dangling down as well. So I don't see an issue with pig. Just make sure it is well secured. On the latest ones I made I had flat steel coming back over the beast and secured on the side. Helps stop things from wanting to come loose once cooked.
Learning generally boils down to "Repetition or the avoidance of pain", some people learn by doing, some by watching and some just have to pee on the electric fence.
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
I plan on using 3 arms on the cross. Probably won’t make adjustable hooks. When we go to wire the lamb to the cross, I’ll just drill some holes as needed.
Learning generally boils down to "Repetition or the avoidance of pain", some people learn by doing, some by watching and some just have to pee on the electric fence.
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
Learning generally boils down to "Repetition or the avoidance of pain", some people learn by doing, some by watching and some just have to pee on the electric fence.
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford