If you already own a gas or electric grill, then with the purchase of a rotisserie grill attachment, you can expand your use of your grill from standard grilling to preparing delicious rotisserie style chicken, turkey, and even ribs, kabobs, and fish.

When you do an internet search for rotisserie grill attachments, hundreds of thousands of web pages appear, many of them web sites that claim that purchasing a universal rotisserie grill attachment is sufficient to convert any gas grill or charcoal grill into a rotisserie grill. However, since these universal rotisserie grill attachments have not be custom fit to be attached securely to your gas grill or charcoal grill, there is a high level of risk that the weight of the chicken, turkey, or other meal that you are cooking on the rotisserie grill spit combined with the poor fit will lead the rotisserie grill spit attachment to detach from your gas grill or charcoal grill, taking your food with it.

Once you have ascertained what model your gas grill or charcoal grill is, visit your local grill dealer, or, if there is not one, go online to look for your custom fit rotisserie grill attachment. Your gas grill or charcoal grill may only offer one option for rotisserie grill attachments, typically a spit of some sort. Some gas grills or charcoal grills, especially newer models, offer additional options.

Rotisserie grill attachments may be a single spit, intended for use with a large turkey, or they can be multiple skewers. Rotisserie grill attachments with additional spits are a great option if you see yourself and your family as being more likely to use your rotisserie grill attachment for roasting chickens (which are smaller than turkeys), and ribs which are threaded with the skewer between the rib bones.

Additional rotisserie grill attachment options include baskets, which can be used to roast vegetables, fish, and kabobs of meat and vegetables. More complex dishes, such as lamb with pineapple, can also be put into a rotisserie grill basket attachment to be cooked on a gas grill or charcoal grill. Rotisserie grill basket attachments are available in a variety of different shapes and sizes, so consider what type of meals you are likely to be using your rotisserie grill attachment basket to cook. Also consider the size of the mesh of the rotisserie grill basket, as a wider mesh may mean that smaller cut vegetables and chunks of meat fall through.

While you may find yourself purchasing all of these rotisserie grill attachments, take the time beforehand to consider whether you will truly be using your rotisserie grill for a ten pound turkey – or if you are more likely to use it for two four pound chickens.