After a year of planning, designing and manufacturing, the mini spit has now arrived! 

We were tasked earlier this year with designing and fabricating a mini spit roaster for Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) to use in an upcoming promotion. As a large company that is very particular about its branding, we knew the bar was set high and that the mini spit had to be functional, different (and superior) to other mini spits on the market, and most importantly, stand up to the stringent quality assurance testing that we knew a company like CUB would expect.

Needless to say, we were able to successfully deliver 400 mini spits to CUB in August after a lot of hard work. All are fully branded with the Carlton Mid strength logo and will be available in BWS stores in the coming months.

Tony Teboneras, our lead designer, was tasked with creating a mini spit. “The mini spit needed to be compact and portable so it could be taken camping, it needed to be able to be used as either a spit roaster or a BBQ, and we had to ensure functionality and quality were the number one priority given who we were designing it for,” says the designer.

The mini spit is great for taking camping, 4x4ing, or out on a family picnic, but it also works great at home by resting it on the ground or propped up on a bench. Despite its portability, it is large enough to cook two large roasts, three chickens, or ten kilogrammes of gyros.

Some of the mini spit features are:

• Easy to assemble – takes less than 5 minutes and no tools are required. 
• Comes with a cooking grill so you can BBQ
• Rotisserie is height adjustable so you can control how fast/slow your food cooks
• Uses 2 D batteries which will last for at least 20 hours (batteries included)
• The Rotisserie motor is capable of turning 10 kg
• Includes 2 prongs to affix your meat
• Everything packs away inside the firebox so you can pick it up and carry it like a briefcase
• Dimensions: 72.5(L) x 34 (W) x 10.5 (D) cm

Extra accessories such as gyros disks, chicken prongs, counterbalance weights, baskets etc are all available for separate purchase to turn the mini spit into a versatile all-in-one roaster

The mini spit (without the CUB logo) is available for purchase here

In the market for a spit, or roaster but not sure which one is best for you? Get a copy of our free Spit Roast Buying Guide to get all the answers. 

by: Rhiannon Peterson