MES30 and Pit Barrel Hanging Skewers?

[Jeremy Lee]

Hey all,

Was interested in experimenting with smoking al pastor or even gyros in the future and was curious if anyone has tried using those Pit Barrel hanging skewers w/ regular meat hooks hung from the top-most rack:
https://www.pitbarrelcooker.com/product/pbc-10-skewers-4x/

I think the 10" skewers would fit just right - anything bigger probably would be too long.

Has anyone tried anything like this before or think it would work out?

 

[Jeremy Lee]

I think I'm just gonna do what this guy did here:
https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1144953/gyros-a-blow-by-blow-vertical-spit

Or even easier: buy a handful of those thick wooden skewers and plunge into the bottom of a pineapple, using that as a base of support

 

[fivetricks]

Hmm. I cook enough gyros to justify such a purchase ;)

My question is: do those come with the hangar bracket shown in picture two (in the smoker) but not in picture three (in the blister pack)?

Those look pretty slick though.

 

[Jeremy Lee]

Nice! How do you make your gyros? I've never tried it before. The meat hooks/hangers don't come with the skewers - you have to buy those separately. But I'd imagine you could get a stainless steel S-hook or similar meat hook from a restaurant supply store or even Home Depot/Lowes and use that to hang the skewer. I'm probably gonna go the route of the threaded stainless steel rod/washers/nuts attached to an old pie tin. Just gotta make sure I wash everything *well* before threading any meat on it lol.

 

[fivetricks]

Well as of right now I'm cheating and using ground lamb and making it sort of meatloaf style. This is primarily because I don't have a verticle cooking system for using fresh slices of lamb.

This may change that :-)