Cooking with the Hotpoint Customline "Rota Grill"

[customline]

I recommend this type of vintage oven rotisserie to anyone ! The subject in question is a 2 pound ribeye roast smothered in olive oil and then covered in a variety of spices and garlic. Broiled and spun on the rotisserie at 350 for an hour and a half. Everything stays on AND in the meat. 1957 was a good year for Hotpoint and Customline appliances. Bon appetite !!!!

 

[customline]

Rota Grill Number 2

A close up........

 

[customline]

Customline Rota Grill #3

Another image with that koowell '57 Hotpoint oven logo.

 

[washdaddy]

What's going on here? No pan drippings for the making of some delicious sauces or gravy? What's the big idea! LOL

That is a Purdy PANK Hotpoint though! Also, is that an exhaust vent mounted right above the ovens? First time I've seen one overtop of a wall mounted oven.

 

[tomturbomatic]

WOW! You've got the original deep broiler pan. Hotpoint designed the round, deepest section to fit the 8" element for gravy making. The newer porcelain pan from our GE was shallower, but had the same round design and worked great for gravy-making on the surface unit.

While it is not in an oven, the Farberware Open Hearth Rotisserie gives very good cooking results while almost eliminating spattering. Our Farberware rep used to put the rotisseris in the middle of her dining table so the turkey would be finishing up as the guests had drinks and appetizers before the meal.

 

[firedome]

we have a Rota-Grill also!

in our '56 Hotpoint 40"er, but haven't used it... I hate messes!! Maybe should give it a try

 

[tolivac]

Farberware Open Hearth cooker-Have one-another favorite cooking machine-can be used anywhere you have power-great for apartment dwellers that can't have a regular grill.The thing is easy to clean up,too-most parts can go into the dishwasher.The coil and catch pan can't.

 

[tomturbomatic]

And if you put water in the drip pan before you start cooking, it washes like a plate.

 

[combo52]

Rotisserie Cooking

Really does not make much of a mess and a horizontal rotisserie with the heat coming from only the broiler is the best way to cook without a mess. The juices from the meat just cling to the surface and as the meat revolves and keeps it basted. I have used the rotisserie quite a bit in our early 70s GE SC wall oven in W Va. It is the one thing I really miss with my Thermador Thermatronic ovens, no rotisserie, I have threatened to install one in the Thermatronic Micro-Combination oven, I suspect that would be really great cooking.

The axillary vent hoods were once common when people were actually serious about cooking, Nutone made many of them. That is one of the great things about my Thermador SC wall ovens was that they vent outside like a clothes dryer for both cooking and cleaning. Even my early 70s Thermador drop-in range was designed to be wired in to the Thermador Tradewind vent hood so when a SC cycle was started it turned on the vent hood.

 

[frezloh262]

Rota*Grill

Here is my over and under with a rota*Grill makes cooking a yard bird so tasty. I am sure glad they don't make this anymore.

 

[sarahperdue]

Frigidaire Custom Imperial Rotisserie?

Does anyone know if my French door Frigidaire Custom Imperial is one that can have a rotisserie added? As far as I can tell, it doesn't have a place for a rotisserie although it does have connection for an internal thermometer. I found two of those on eBay.

The Farberware open hearths seem to come up for sale pretty often around here, and, unlike the Farberware griddle, the prices are pretty reasonable.

This thread has piqued my interest.

Sarah

 

[mattl]

My '59 Frigidaire CI range has a rotisserie  and I have to say putting a chicken on mid winter fills the house with a great smell.  I use mine quite often once the weather turns cold.  If your oven is set up for one it's well worth tracking down the parts.

 

[customline]

Still using my rotisserie !!!!

Wow, a post from 2014 still garnering interest. Another original accessory that was available in '57 was the rotisserie chicken basket.

Sarah- As far as incorporating a rotisserie into your Frigidaire, that would be brain surgery. You would have to drill holes in the rear of the oven, mount and wire in a step down motor and then find the accessories.

Try making rotisserie beef roast, it's fantastic !!!

 

[combo52]

Rotisserie Oven Cooking

Hi Sarah, your FD oven is equipped for the optional rotisserie , at this point you will probably have to find a Fd oven with one and transfer it to you oven if you want one. 

 

FDs rotisserie was more complicated than most and always looked a little problematic to me.

 

Reply #9, Why are you glad they don't make the rotisseries any longer ?

 

John L.

 

[mattl]

Complicated how?  The oven automatically switches the broiler on when you insert the spit, you set the temp to the triangle (375), balance the meat on the spit, and let it go.  I use the cover to the radiant wall roaster to collect the drippings.

 

I've only done chicken  with he rotisserie, a good cut of beef even years ago was more than I was willing to pay, but I do have a nice boneless pork shoulder I might try at some point.

 

[customline]

I stand corrected.....

Is that what the round cover is in the back of her oven ? The opening for the skewer to plug into the rotisserie motor ?

 

[combo52]

Complicated FD Rotisseries

Hi Matt, FD had a switch system that the spit  rod contacted that changed the wiring to the broiler element and bake element [ as you mentioned ] so to add the rotisserie to a FD oven you need the exact kit, and I can't begin to remember how many FD ranges I have worked on where the oven did not work properly because the rotisserie connection wiring block burned up, this actually happens whether the oven had the kit or not, to my knowledge FD is the only one that had such a complicated system.

 

John L.

 

[mattl]

Complicated from a service angle...

Interesting, hope mine does not go out.

 

[sarahperdue]

How many parts?

How many parts does the Frigidaire rotisserie attachment contain? I've found this listing for a Flair that has at least some of the rotisserie parts. Does it have all of the parts? If it does, I'll make the seller an offer for the rotisserie parts only.

Thanks,
Sarah