Settle a food debate for me

No.

Nope.

You can have a rotisserie in an oven. You can also have them in a smoker, on a grill, over a camp fire, etc. Is that what you are asking? I have done set ups of rotisserie's in the smoker and I honestly prefer just to stand the whole bird up or spatchcock it over messing with a rotisserie.

Soft of, but not really.

Im going home to get so rotisseried tonight after work.

I cooked 3 chickens Saturday for a family of 4. Chicken was big in our meal prep for this week.

I cooked 2 on a rotisserie in a Weber Summit LP grill. The other was done in a Charbroil Big Easy oilless fryer on a beer can chicken rig. All birds were seasoned the same and cooked for the same approximate time.

Rotisserie birds had better flavor and crispier more brittle skin. The Big Easy bird was good but not quite as good. The skin was crispy yet kind of chewy at the same time.

The Big Easy was certainly easier to deal with than the rotisserie and there was not a big enough difference in flavor/crispness for me to deal with the rotisserie.

The biggest difference was the color of the skin. The Big Easy bird was a deep golden brown. The rotisserie birds were a darker color halfway between the golden brown and a smoked chicken.

If I’m doing a single bird, it’s the Big Easy. If multiple birds are called for, it’s the rotisserie or spatchcocking.

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I guess that depends on if you think there is a difference in an oven and a rotisserie oven.


The skin on a rotisserie bird tends to be crisper since the bottom half is sitting in its own juice with a traditional bake.


Basically all rotisserie chickens are baked but not all baked chickens are rotisserie

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This is true. Not mentioned yet is brine. Store-bought rotisserie chickens are usually injected with a brine (saline solution.) This method makes them more tender and juicy.

You can absolutely brine an oven roasted chicken.

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You can have a rotisserie in an oven. You can also have them in a smoker, on a grill, over a camp fire, etc. Is that what you are asking? I have done set ups of rotisserie's in the smoker and I honestly prefer just to stand the whole bird up or spatchcock it over messing with a rotisserie.

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This is the correct answer

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Definitely not the same, and as long as rotisserie chickens are $4.98 at Sam's, I'll never attempt to bake/rotisserie my own again.

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Same way I feel about Costco that sells them for $4.99 a bird. They are cooked to perfection with juicy meat, even the breast meat. I can't buy a chicken the same size at the store and cook it for that cheap a price.

No.

Baking happens in an oven with heat from the top & bottom. When you add a fan to the oven it becomes “convection.” Rotisserie means something is rotating. Almost att rotisserie cooking is done over heat from one source (broiling or grilling). Regardless, the product is rotating so heat is evenly distributed on the exterior