spitroaster

See also: spit roaster and spit-roaster

English

Noun

spitroaster (plural spitroasters)

Alternative form of spit-roaster.
- 1997 May, Patent Journal, Including Trade Marks, Designs, and Copyright in Cinematograph Films, volume 30, South Africa Patent Designs, Trade Marks, and Copyright Office, page 93, column 1:
  95/00150 in class 11: Hair dryers; electric space heaters; room fans; electric apparatus for cooking foods; ovens, rotisseries, spitroasters, meat broilers, toasters, waffle bakers, deep fat fryers, cooking stoves, plate warmers, baby bottle warmers, electric pans, electric saucepans, egg cookers, electric coffee makers, electric kettles and jugs; electric water heaters; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; all being electrical; and all included in this class; in the name of MOULINEX SWAN HOLDINGS LIMITED, […]
- 2001, with the assistance of the Gastronomic Committee, President Joël Robuchon, Larousse Gastronomique: The World’s Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 340, column 1:
  COQUILLE À RÔTIR An old cooking utensil resembling a round box, made of cast iron or thick terracotta. This was filled with charcoal and used to roast meat and chicken on the spit, making it the ancestor of the modern spitroaster.
- 2012, Martina Winkelhofer, translated by Jeffrey McCabe, “Life and Work at Court”, in The Everyday Life of the Emperor: Francis Joseph and his Imperial Court, Innsbruck, Tyrol: Haymon Verlag, →ISBN:
  However, he was not fired, merely sent to work in the kitchen, to a place of work which also had something to do with fire, but was decidedly less perilous to other people if it should come to an anticipated mishap. He was appointed to be ‘spitroaster’, assigned to turn the skewer of meats over the open fire, always in view of the many chefs and kitchen assistants, to ensure that disaster was avoided.
- 2014, Tim Bogenn, Rick Barba, “Beverly”, in “Strangers and Freaks”, in Grand Theft Auto V Signature Series Guide, Indianapolis, Ind.: DK/BradyGames, →ISBN, page 243:
  Send Franklin to the “P?” in the parking lot ① of the Spitroasters Meathouse restaurant on Eclipse Boulevard.