Patent ID: 8438970

Claim:
A rotisserie self-basting drum for temporary mounting to a rotatable rotisserie spit having a rotation axis; wherein, said self-basting drum surrounds a food item placed on said spit; and wherein the self-basting drum comprises an outer shell for enclosing the food item, a left end permanently enclosed by a left-side end piece and a right end temporarily enclosed by a removable right-side end piece; and further wherein said left-side end piece and said right-side end piece are axially mounted to the spit and temporarily fixed thereto by fixing means for supporting and rotating the drum a suitable distance from a cooking heat source: and wherein: a) the drum comprises a single strip of material curled about said rotation axis and comprising a first end, a second end, a length, a width, an outside surface, an inside surface and a suitable thickness for withstanding cooking heat; b) said single strip of material further comprises at least one folded projections: and, wherein, said at least one projection has equal heights: and, c) the at least one projection has an inverted “V” shape on said outside surface thereby creating an at least one “V” shaped channel on said inside surface.