Roasting Utensils

Descriptions and Uses

1. Bird-spit: A footed pan to catch drippings, with hooks for roasting small birds.
2. Dutch Oven: A heavy iron pot or kettle on feet, used for roasting or baking at the hearth; set above coals and with coals placed on lid to provide more heat.
3. Spit: "A long prong on which meat is driven to be turned before the fire." (Johnson)
4. Ring-top Andirons for Spits/Standard Irons/Cobiron/Creepers/American Andirons: Some made to support spits for roasting.

Pictures

1. For Images of Andirons Used for Spits, Please See Colonial Kitchens, Their Furnishings, and Their Gardens p258

Source: Colonial Kitchens, Their Furnishings, and Their Gardens p249-282 (See Bibliography)