Ronco 6000 Platinum Series Rotisserie Oven, Digital Display, 12-Pound Capacity, Auto Shutoff, Includes Rotisserie Spit, Multi-Purpose Basket, 3 Cooking Functions: Rotisserie, Sear and No Heat Rotation

This rotisserie is well made looks great and easy to use. I'm an old guy fending for my grandson and me. 2 yrs cooking experience. No one likes my cooking. I placed a 5lb chicken smothered with Kosmos dry rub for 1.5 hours and look out Costco! That chicken turned out flavorful and juicy. The only thing I did wrong, there were patches of burned skin. Talked to Amazon Rufus, he suggested Reynolds wrap for an hour and finishing without. Sounds like a solution I'll try. There's no thermostat so using your thermometer at random around 1 hour check the temp for 165°. At 1.5 hrs the chicken reached 165°. Even with the slight scorching that chicken was very good! I have a 4lb pork butt to cook tonight. Will update when done. This rotisserie saved my reputation. Cleaning is a small chore. Soaking the parts overnight makes cleanup pretty easy. I had a counter top oven with a rotisserie. It would not handle the weight of a 5lb chicken. This unit is advertised to handle 12lbs. If trussed and properly placed on the spit, it seems stout enough. Going to enjoy cooking on this unit. Will update. Highly recommend. Update #1 The 4 lb pork but turned out great! No scorching. I decided after 30 minutes, to place the roast on no heat rotating. Let rest for 10 minutes. Cranked it back up for another 30 minutes then let it rest 15 minutes no heat. Temp at 150° - 160° depending on where you poke. Roast is dine. Tasty and juicy. Soaked all parts overnight in Dawn Detergent cleanup the next morning was a piece of cake. I rate this the best meat cooking appliance in the house. So easy to turn out tasty pork/chicken. Have to try other recipes. Letting the meat rotate and rest is as good as having a thermostat, if not better. You have more control keeping constant temperature checking with a meat thermometer. Highly recommend.

I bought this exclusively to make roast chicken. It is beyond awesome.. Cook the chicken 20 minutes per pound. It will be done perfectly.. After you tie it up, insert the metal poles.. then sprinkle garlic powder, onion powder and salt all around it.. You will never buy a store made roast chicken again.. And amazingly, the clean up is easy.. I put everything in my dishwasher

My first rotisserie chicken ever and it came out great. Super easy too! The chicken was 4lbs, 13 ounces (I used a food scale), then set it to 72 min (per manual instructions - 15 min p/lb for chicken) and the final temp before resting was 166 (should be 165 for chicken). As you can see still very juicy. The unit doesn't have a temp gauge btw, but it does have a light, timer, option for roasting, spinning without heat, and sear. There’s also a heat shield which slides easily behind the heating coils and it did come with ties, gloves and everything mentioned online. The manual doesn’t have many recipes (maybe six - nothing worth being excited about) and I didn't see anything for fries (one could hope). The cleanup is very easy and yes you can use tinfoil (per the manual). There’s also an A and B setting which allows the food to be placed further or closer to the coils. I placed my chicken at A per the manual. The unit did smoke slightly at first which was normal according to the manual. The manual also suggests, when in use not to have it near a wall or under a cabinet. The unit is lightweight and well worth in my opinion, if you use it. It’s also very very quiet (as in almost no noise). Hope this helps. Happy cooking.

We love this oven. We had the previous version but the new Platinum version is even better. We had an issue with the cooking basket that did not secure the food properly and kept popping off. Their customer support was super quick to send a replacement. They were accommodating and friendly! We generally cook whole chicken and pork belly and it cooks both perfectly!

This oven works great as rotisserie and creates juicy well done meats. Our favorite for pork loins. Takes up quite a bit of counter space so we store it in pantry until need to use it.

I love this, BUT the "non-sick" rotisserie spit components and the heat shield are NOT easy to clean! I've tried washing by hand in very hot soapy water, washing in the dishwasher on regular setting, then "tough" setting with very, very hot water setting, scrubbing with Brillo pads...NOTHING gets rid of the oils and grease that have not burned onto the components. I am now having to try using oven cleaner and soaking in it for at least an hour. If the heat shield is made of aluminum, (which I'm guessing it is, since I cannot find anywhere that information), I can't even use oven cleaner on it to get it completely clean. I'd love to know why it's advertised as "easy cleaning" and non-stick components. Does anyone else have this issue? And if not, how in the HE** do you clean the parts sufficiently to feel like you won't eventually have to replace them from all the built-up gook??? UPDATE: After posing this question, one of the answers I received was to use Dawn Powerwash Spray, since that customer said it's what they use immediately after removing the chicken once it's cooked. Said it works like a charm. So I bought the Dawn Powerwash and will update again once I see if that works.

The Good. Not much can top a rotesserie roasted chicken and this gem makes them perfectly. I received this rotesserie about 2 weeks ago and I'm already on my third organic fryer. Each one came out mouth watering good! I always brine first overnight and do a rub before roasting. The chickens are tender, juicey, full of flavor, and a mouth watering smell. This is the path to the most perfectly and evenly cooked, roasted whole chicken indeed. Clean up is easy as everything is non-stick. The instructions are "okay," but I had to rely on "You-Tube" to understand how to properly use the basket. The Bad. It gets really hot on top so you can't put it on a counter with overhead cabinets when in use. The instructions for the Accessorie "Basket" were not explicit enough and the basket is too small for un-shucked corn on the cob, but I understand that there is a larger basket available on "eBay". It does not come with the food warmer tray that sits on top of the oven - another eBay find. Most accessories are no longer available on the "Ronco" website, so it's eBay, Amazon, etc. The included recipes are very minimal, but older, "Ronco" rotesserie recipe books are available here on Amazon and are well worth the minimal cost.

The oven is very well made and easy to clean, the design is carefully thought out and simple, instructions are clear and easy to follow. My first chicken was delicious — golden brown and juicy. I’m looking forward to trying other foods such as leg of lamb. I am an experienced cook and I appreciated how easy it was to cook a perfect chicken. I think it would be a great gift to a new cook or a busy person who needs to get meals on the table quickly. It’s almost fool proof.