Patent ID: 6988445

Claim:
A horizontal spit rotisserie cooking device with enhanced versatility and ease-of-use, and said device comprising: a first horizontal spit rod; said first horizontal spit rod supporting food while it is being rotisserie cooked; a first drive plate having a center and being coupled to and essentially orthogonal to said first horizontal spit rod; a second drive plate having a center and being coupled to and essentially orthogonal to said first horizontal spit rod; said first drive plate having a circular set of gear teeth coupled thereto; a powered drive gear, and said powered drive gear engaging said circular set of gear teeth; said first drive plate and included circular set of gear teeth able to be manually lifted free of engagement with said powered drive gear without use of tools; and a second horizontal spit rod disposed parallel to said first horizontal spit rod, and said second horizontal spit rod also coupled essentially orthogonal to said first drive plate and said second drive plate, and said second horizontal spit rod, in combination with said first horizontal spit rod, supporting foods while being rotisserie cooked, wherein the first drive plate and second drive plate are physically connected by only the first and second horizontal spit rods and wherein neither the first horizontal spit rod nor second horizontal spit rod is positioned at the center of the first or second drive plate.