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The Ultimate Rotisserie Cookbook: 300 Mouthwatering Recipes for Making the Most of Your Rotisserie Oven (Non)

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Diane Phillips is truly amazing! In 'The Soup Mix Gourmet', she elevated the humble and oft-maligned canned and/or dried soup to haute cuisine. She's done it again with 'The Ultimate Rotisserie Cookbook'. This appliance has exploded onto the kitchen scene and is now, thanks to Ron Popeil and George Foreman, widely used in American homes.

Phillips cites dry rubs as 'part and parcel of what makes delicious rotisserie and grilled food'. In the chapter, 'A Whole Lot of Saucin' Going On', she delights us with recipes for not only rubs, but marinades, salsas, pesto, and a wide variety of finishing sauces. The Fiesta Rub combining chili powder, cumin and oregano made a meal of chicken breasts exploding with flavor. There are over 50 pages in this chapter and this alone will allow you to experiment with new and old flavors and tastes.

Additionally, Ms. Phillips discusses poultry, beef, lamb, pork and vegetables. Each chapter begins with a listing of the recipes and the appropriate page number. Also included are spice and sauce 'no brainers', a list of spices and sauces that complement the particular meat or vegetable. Cooking times for doneness are particularly helpful in the meat chapters.

Just when you think you have tried almost everything in the rotisserie, comes the chapter entitled, 'Hot and Sweet'. Fruit is showcased here and the Rotisserie Caramel Apples will have the kids screaming for more! The book concludes with a collection of side dishes to accompany your rotisserie meal. Here you will find baked beans, potato and rice dishes and some salad suggestions, to mention only a few.

As you can probably tell, I love this book! I have owned a Showtime Rotisserie for over five years and there is nothing to compare to the simplicity of use and the scrumptious results. Dianne Phillips has increased the possibilities for this appliance dramatically AND deliciously. A book on this subject is long overdue as it is easy to get tired of whole chickens. If you are a rotisserie user or considering the purchase of one, this book is a 'must buy'.

We bought one of those showtime grills you see advertised on tv - the Set it and Forget It! rotisserie. Bed Bath and Beyond sells a smaller version for $100 - that is the one we got. Unfortunatly it did not come with a lot of recipes - just basic cooking tips - x pounds = x mins. I saw this book on Amazon and the reviews were pretty good. Those reviews did not do it justice. This book is a MUST HAVE if you have one of those grills. It is tailored to the kitchen counter rotiserie - not the big rotisserie kits for your BBQ.

I never imagined being able to rotisserie a banana or an apple. This has recipes from that to chicken, pork, fish, kabobs, etc. I just got the book the book and already made 3 recipes out of it today! I made a whole chicken on it that rivals anything the supermarkets can produce. You MUST buy this book if you want to take full advantage of your rotisserie grill! Tonight for dessert I am suprising my wife with the Caramelized Apples! Yummm I can hardly wait!

I would not have believed that there could be gathered together 300 recipes all making use of a rotisserie oven, but Diane Phillips has done just that with "The Ultimate Rotisserie Cookbook." Perfect for someone who has a rotisserie oven--or is seriously considering buying one--this is, of course, heavy on the meat and kabob recipes. These are mouthwatering: Creole Mustard-Crusted Rib Roast, Indonesian Pork Satay, Romano-Crusted Swordfish, and so on. There are even, surprisingly enough, some "sides" and dessert recipes. The Strawberry S'Mores and Pineapple with Macadamia Caramel Sauce could just as easily be made without a rotisserie, but what fun that Phillips had the imagination to include them here!

The book is pleasingly heavy in the hand, and the graphic design attractive to the eye. I wish some color other than red had been used for notes and recipe titles (red is so hard on the eyes), but that's a small quibble with an unusual and useful cookbook.

I got my George Forman Jr. rotisserie a couple of weeks before Christmas. After trying a chicken without a cookbook, I decided I needed a little help.

This is the most comprehensive rotisserie cookbook I found. After reading the cookbook, I decided to give the holiday turkey recipe with bacon a try for Christmas dinner. The turkey was wonderfully moist and golden brown. While tying bacon to the turkey wasn't exactly easy, it was worth the effort. I got compliments all around on the wonderful taste. Next time I'll use the elastic bands.

If the rest of the recipes are half as good as the holiday turkey recipe, I will consider my money well spent on this cookbook.

FINALLY! A good cookbook for the rotisserie. It explains absolutely everything about how to prep the meat including brines and marinades. The author really spent a LOT of time on this. You will not regret adding this cookbook to your library.

I checked out a bunch of rotisserie books at the library and this was the best one. It had the most variety of recipes for different meats, and the best sounding recipes. Thus, I actually bought myself a copy.

I would give it a 5th star if it had photos..i love seeing photos of each recipe in cookbooks.

The recipes in this book are really great (!) BUT....I have a Cuisinart countertop rotisserie that allows me to choose the temperature (250 - 450). This book tells you how long to cook things but not at what temperature. Weird. I guess some rotisseries must be one size fits all as far as temperature is concerned......?

I selected this book because the title sounded like it was for any type of rotisserie. It turned out to be really favoring the Ronco rotisserie - not the kind I have. I was looking for timing of the food besides recipes, and it isn't easy to convert for my rotisserie.

I love cookbooks, so when I say this is one of the best, it is one of the best. I got the book expecting to just get a few ideas on how to use my new rotisserie, but when I started turning the pages, I was in love! I would recommend this book to anyone! The token rotisserie meat recipes are there, but there are also a lot of vegetable and fruit recipes for the rotisserie, as well. However, the best part of the book by far is the section on sauces, marinades, and rubs. It is worth a book in and of itself and can be used on any meat, not just rotisserie meat. I usually take away a star if there are no pictures, but the recipes are so great, I HAVE to give it 5 stars!

No, I have not tried all 300 recipes yet. The ones I have tried are very good. Diane Phillips makes it easy to make wonderful meals. I like the sauces & other conidments that she recommends & matches up with recipes. Great book for the Rotisserie in your home.