Patent ID: 8739693

Claim:
A charcoal-fired rotisserie grill oven for cooking meat comprising a main cooker body having a bottom, back and front walls, and side walls; a lid hinged to said cooker body; a tubular spit rod removably mounted in receptacles formed at top edges of the side walls of the cooker body, including a main tubular hollow cylindrical spit member defining an axis of the spit rod, the main tubular spit member being dimensioned to fit between said side walls and having a predetermined diameter, first and second tubular hollow end members extending axially from ends of said main spit member, each of the first and second tubular hollow end members having a diameter smaller than said predetermined diameter of the main hollow tubular cylindrical spit member and each of said first and second tubular end members extending axially beyond the side walls of the cooker body, and a sprocket wheel mounted on the first tubular end member; sprocket drive means situated on one of the side walls of the cooker body for engaging said sprocket wheel and rotating said spit rod; a pair of rigid arms removably mountable at left and right end portions of the front wall of said main cooker body, said arms each extending horizontally and proximally of the main cooker body, and each of said arms having a proximal portion fixedly positioned at a proximal end of the respective one of said arms, with an upward-facing recess therein, the upward-facing recess defining an open top and closed bottom, for receiving and supporting a respective end member of said spit rod , and further including means on the proximal portion of one of said arms for engaging a cooperating portion of said spit rod to hold the spit rod against rotation when the spit rod is being supported in said arms; and wherein the front wall of said main cooker body has a plurality of hanger members affixed at said left and right end portions, each said hanger member being formed of a button head supported on a stem; and wherein each said removable arm has a plurality of cooperating apertures formed at its distal end and adapted to mate with said hanger members.