Culinary Adventures on the High Plains - w/ Pr0n!

[Pig_Farmer]

Nice work Shadow.

 

[BillN]

Job well done Marc, Al Pastor is one of my favorites when eating out now I definitely am inspired to try this at home.

 

[Smoking Piney]

Improvise, adapt, overcome! :-D

Great on-the-spot engineering, Marc......I'm definitely stealing this. :-D

The cook looks fantastic. :thumb:

 

[DanB]

Hi Great job on the Al Pastor and the home made Trompo. I'd would like to make a Trompo. Can you give me more info on how you made it?
Thanks Dan.

Possible change of plans on the cooking front.

I decided to browse through Lowes before the grocery this morning, and came up with a crazy notion to build my own Trompo King (instead of paying $60).

Feedback and thoughts always welcome.

Grabbed a "skillet" for the grill (with detachable handle) and added a threaded carriage bolt with a grommet attachment and wing nut to hold everything together.

Ran everything through a bath of hot soapy water. Threaded the bolt through the center-most hole in the skillet pan thing, and covered it in foil to catch the juices/drippings.

It was about $17 to build, and if I need to go taller, I just go grab a connecting nut and another carriage bolt, and continue upwards.

Fingers crossed.

 

[ShadowDriver]

Can you give me more info on how you made it?

Here's my parts list from Lowes. After that, I just went to "MSU."

- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Blue-Rhino-12-in-Steel-with-Non-stick-Coating-Skillet/50113670
- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-0-25-in-x-6-in-Standard-SAE-Threaded-Rod/50015976
- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-1-4-in-Stainless-Steel-Standard-SAE-Brad-Hole-Tee-Nut/3025380
- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-2-...s-Steel-Standard-SAE-Forged-Wing-Nuts/3012213


Be sure to wash everything in hot, soapy water before you think about putting food on it. I threaded the wing nut upside-down from the top (so the wings apply pressure to the skillet and hold the threaded rod steady). Also, I needed to use a small paring knife to occasionally cut a slit in the meat where I was trying to slide down the "spike."

Have fun! I'm sure it'll work out great.

 

[DanB]

Hi Thanks for the info.. Why the tee nut? Can it be any 1/4 nut?
DanB

 

[ShadowDriver]

Dan,

I wanted something that'd generally be flat on the bottom.... but I'm no engineer.

 

[DanB]

OK Thx.:thumb:
DanB