Whole hog roster / rotisserie advice

[Hockeydudde]

A buddy is clearing out a bunch of his in-laws stuff and asked if I want this.

I guess you put a hog in the cage and then the cage goes in the cook chamber? It was a custom job by a local fab house.

It is worth putting time into it?
Anyone used something like this?
The chamber looks like an enclosed cook chamber with an offset fire box, so I'm confused on the need for the rotisserie cage, but I've never done a while hog.

I don't need another cooker, but I was thinking about offering to take it, clean it up, use it a few times and then split the sale if I decide I don't want it.

 

[Brokenhandle]

I think you need it! At least for a couple cooks and some great pics!

Ryan

 

[Fueling Around]

I have never seen a whole hog spit with a basket.
I don't think the 2 items go with each other.
The cabinet appears to be a vertical smoker. Perfect for a batch of smoked sausage or bacon.

 

[Hockeydudde]

I have never seen a whole hog spit with a basket.
I don't think the 2 items go with each other.
The cabinet appears to be a vertical smoker. Perfect for a batch of smoked sausage or bacon.

That's what I thought too. If I go, I'll look around for something that could be the tray for the rotisserie.

 

[Hockeydudde]

One more pic.

 

[Hockeydudde]

So I picked up the trailer yesterday.
The hog cage is pretty cool. The basket is a clam shell, so it closes down on the meat holding it tight. It needs a frame, motor and coal tray (or the fire can be built in a whole in the ground).

The vertical offset is HUGE!
Cook chamber is 30" x 30" x 6' Tall. Fire box is probably 26" x 26" x 26". It's got 5 stainless racks inside. It was a custom design by my friends mom and dad and built by a welder that worked at Boeing.

I plan to get the vertical smoker cleaned up and see how it runs. Part of me thinks it'd be cool to keep the vertical and build a trailer on my 24 x 48 Bell fab, but another trailer on my property is about the last thing I need, lol.