Patent ID: 8826808

Claim:
A device for roasting food over a heat source, the device comprising: a rod, the rod having a first end and a second end, the second end having a handle, the first end having a notch; a wire, the wire being rigid and a fixed length, the wire having an attached end and a free end, the attached end secured to the rod within the notch, the free end having a bifurcation, the bifurcation having a length longer than the length of a weight and culminating in a fused end, the bifurcation sides having an aperture adjacent to the fused end; and a flipping mechanism, the mechanism including: a shaft, the shaft rotatably received in the apertures of the bifurcation; a pair of rails, the rails centrally attached perpendicular to the shaft at the shaft ends; a plurality of skewers, the skewers extending perpendicular from the rails and culminating in an end to receive food items; the weight, the weight attached at the shaft middle between the bifurcation and extending to a length longer than the rail culminating in a weighted end, wherein the weight acts as a counter balance to flip the mechanism when the rod is tipped or moved up and down in a quick motion.