Project 1 from NRM. Category 8: Cooker (Huli Huli Setup)

[NRM]

Here is my huli huli (huli means to turn/rotate/flip in Hawaiian) setup I have been working on for a while. It has come a long way from the first one I made. I use the large spit to cook pigs (40-65 lbs) and the small spit to cook chickens/roasts. The setup is corrugated metal around the spit and the meat rotates in the center. I use kiawe (mesquite) wood or propane just depends what I have on hand. The stands are adjustable from 12” – 24” and I use cinder blocks under the stands.
Pics 1-4 Pig rod, adjustable stands, and the motor,
Pics 5&6 the Chicken spit and coupler,
Pic 7 Motor in the stand
Pic 8 Spit tips


Hopefully I will get to huli huli a pig on July 4th and again on the wife’s birthday (happy wife, happy life!).

[zoama]

That's a fine looking rig you've got... I thought Hawaiians cook em in the ground with banana leaves and hot rocks.

[undercut]

Here is my huli huli (huli means to turn/rotate/flip in Hawaiian) setup I have been working on for a while. It has come a long way from the first one I made. I use the large spit to cook pigs (40-65 lbs) and the small spit to cook chickens/roasts. The setup is corrugated metal around the spit and the meat rotates in the center. I use kiawe (mesquite) wood or propane just depends what I have on hand. The stands are adjustable from 12” – 24” and I use cinder blocks under the stands.
Pics 1-4 Pig rod, adjustable stands, and the motor,
Pics 5&6 the Chicken spit and coupler,
Pic 7 Motor in the stand
Pic 8 Spit tips

Hopefully I will get to huli huli a pig on July 4th and again on the wife’s birthday (happy wife, happy life!).

Oh yeah .... now I'm REALLY getting hungry (in my neck of the woods, it's lunch time now so double threat here) I can see why you mentioned you might want to make the base of the stands wider. Let's us know how they hold up. You can always weld the current stands to a wider plate or weld tabs on the feet of the current base to bolt them onto the cinder blocks(?)

Nice to see it all together and set up - ready to go!

[zoama]

You could make an extra set of bases with a spike on the bottom so that you wouldn't need the blocks.

[hokiefd]

Nice setup! It looks like that will hold a pretty big hog.

[Tritium]

Well living in the middle of thousands of acres of Texas Mesquite I was quite shocked to find it grows in Hawaii. I learn something new every day. Very nice work on the motorized spit.

Thurmond

[undercut]

You could make an extra set of bases with a spike on the bottom so that you wouldn't need the blocks.

Ah, but maybe the cinder blocks are also to raise everything up so that larger pieces of meat can be cooked!

[NRM]

Thurmond kiawe cooking is great, from the meat to how the house smells two days after.

Zoama/Undercut the cinder blocks are to raise the stands but more importantly the provide a level surface. Once I deciede where the dedicated cooking area will be in the yard I might use a setup like Zoama suggested.

[undercut]

Thurmond kiawe cooking is great, from the meat to how the house smells two days after.

Zoama/Undercut the cinder blocks are to raise the stands but more importantly the provide a level surface. Once I deciede where the dedicated cooking area will be in the yard I might use a setup like Zoama suggested.

From the looks of it, you have NO IDEA what you are doing. You need a couple of "inspectors" to check it out for you and to ensure the food is edible ....

[zoama]

Zoama/Undercut the cinder blocks are to raise the stands but more importantly the provide a level surface. Once I deciede where the dedicated cooking area will be in the yard I might use a setup like Zoama suggested.

That's the purpose of the holes... pull the pins and raise the upper half to the desired hight.