Joetisserie Hands On Review

28 Dec 16 – Still committed to providing updates as I discover them.  The Joetisserie motor has a feature that reverses direction the spit is turning if it runs into sufficient resistance.  During one of my cooks the meat was bumping into a large piece of charcoal that I had banked.  Instead of pushing the food into the charcoal, the Joetisserie felt the resistance and reversed directions….that is a pretty cool premium feature. 

13 Nov 16 – After 3-4 months of owning the Joetisserie I wanted to provide an update to my review.  I still maintain that you pay a hefty premium for a quality made tool.  Using the Joetisserie I have been able to put out some pretty exceptional dishes like my Drunken Pineapple and Cuban Pork Tenderloin.  I am a fan and I am looking forward to using it for some Holiday meals.   

Bottom Line:  This is an expensive, but well-built accessory that fits a variety of Kamados and adds to the

versatility of the cooker, but you can cook a lot of great meals without it.

I purchased the [easyazon_link identifier=”B01CCHXXHA” locale=”US” nw=”y” tag=”joetisserie-20″]Joetisserie[/easyazon_link] from Amazon during the Amazon Warehouse Sale after reading so many great accounts of it on the Kamadoguru.com website.  I had hoped to have a review up earlier, but it took longer than I had planned for me to get my thoughts together.

Unboxing:

The box I got was a little dinged up, but all of the internal components were wrapped packed in the foam and wrapped in the plastic still sealed. The [easyazon_link identifier=”B01CCHXXHA” locale=”US” nw=”y” tag=”joetisserie-20″]Joetisserie[/easyazon_link] comes with the innovative ring so that the rotisserie can be made compatible with a kamado.  The box also includes a motor, a spit, and two forks.  All the

components seem to be very high quality and I expect to find them very durable.

First Cook:

The [easyazon_link identifier=”B01CCHXXHA” locale=”US” nw=”y” tag=”joetisserie-20″]Joetisserie[/easyazon_link] fits nicely into my Vision Classic B and it seems to seal fairly well all things considered.  There is a little bit of leakage and you must ensure the ring is snugly fit or else you won’t be able to control the temps.  I wonder if this is an issue for Kamado Joe?  If you know please leave a comment below.  For my first cook I decided to do a chicken.

Tropical Storm Darby was passing through the islands when I decided to do my first cook, so it made my first cook a sporty affair.  I bought a small 5lb chicken, trussed it, seasoned it, and put it on the spit.  When I put the chicken on the grill, I realized that there is no way I would be able to keep the grate in.  I also very quickly discovered that the proximity of the meat to the coals is an area of concern, the meat was far too close for my comfort.  By the end the wingtips of the chicken I cooked were a bit blackened.  The cook took a little bit longer than I had anticipated, I had the temperature at approximately 300 degrees using my Tip Top Temp.  The cook drug on and on

(well over an hour), I would have been much better served keeping it at 350 or so.  Perhaps the wing tips would have been in better shape if it hadn’t been for the long duration of the cook.  I want to plug Dadcooksdinner.com, this man knows his was around a rotisserie and I should have followed his advice a little more closely.

First Impressions: [easyazon_link identifier=”B01CCHXXHA” locale=”US” nw=”y” tag=”joetisserie-20″]The Joetisserie[/easyazon_link] is pretty cool, it feels like it is built to last, even though I have noticed some of the coating rubbing off of the ring where it comes into contact with the spit.  I wish it held more meat, I feel somewhat limited in its capacity.  My previous rotisserie experience was with a Weber Genesis, which was is almost 10 inches longer.  I didn’t really compare the lengths of the spits before buying the Joetisserie, so even though it should have been obvious to me, it was still a shock.  Just keep this in mind if you are going from a gasser rotisserie to the Joetisserie.   If you have some extra cash and want to make you grill even more versatile I say go for it, but I don’t know that this is a must have accessory.

 Pros:

Fits a variety of Kamados perfectly

Quality Components

Powerful Motor

Quick to Setup

Motor reverses directions if needed

Cons:

Very Expensive

Capacity of the spit smaller than many Gas Grill rotisseries

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