After Market Rotisserie Motor

[rexster314]

I started roasting coffee a couple of months ago on my Kitchenaid gas grill. The K/A rotisserie kit works well, but it's too slow for roasting coffee, and the beans can get roasted a little too much if you're not careful.
I found this rotisserie motor on Amazon that seemed to be the fix for this problem. It arrived today. It's a variable speed motor that runs from 13 to 55 rpm's. And it fits perfectly on the standard Kitchenaid mounting bracket. It seems a well built moderately heavy unit, and it worked flawlessly on my first attempt with it this afternoon, roasting some green Columbian beans very evenly. It can turn 30 pounds on a balanced spit, more than I'll ever need to spin.

[tlg4942]

 30lbs is a pretty good load.   What size rod does it take?

[TentHunteR]

Very interested... Will this fit other grills as well or is it pretty much for the Kitchenaid grills?

[rexster314]

The thing takes a 1/4" square spit rod, fairly typical of most rotisseries. After receiving it, I'm fairly certain that the mount the Kitchenaid has is pretty universal. The motor is interchangeable with the K/A motor perfectly

[rexster314]

Here's my newest setup. The rotisserie motor spins up to 55rpm. This type basket gives a more even roast than the other basket did.

With this setup I get first crack at about 10 minutes with a second crack at about 17 minutes. Dark roast is about 20 mins