{"id":2539,"date":"2026-06-10T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/?page_id=2539"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:12:08","slug":"the-spit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/?page_id=2539","title":{"rendered":"The Spit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cedar Chase spit is used for our own Ox Roasts and also for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taplowsociety.org.uk\/vgp\">Taplow Village Green Parties<\/a>. It was built in the 1980s, apparently in the Mech Eng labs at Imperial College, and has been updated as we gained more experience with cooking large bits of meat. The largest joint we have cooked so far was a 65kg beef top-and-rump. On several occasions we have cooked two lambs at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the instructions for building the spit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-718x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-768x1095.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-1078x1536.jpg 1078w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-1437x2048.jpg 1437w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-250x356.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-550x784.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-800x1140.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-126x180.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-351x500.jpg 351w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-1-scaled.jpg 1796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-1089x1536.jpg 1089w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-1452x2048.jpg 1452w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-250x353.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-550x776.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-800x1128.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-128x180.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-354x500.jpg 354w, https:\/\/www.cedar-chase.org.uk\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cedar-chase-spit-instructions-2-scaled.jpg 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cedar Chase spit is used for our own Ox Roasts and also for the Taplow Village Green Parties. It was built in the 1980s, apparently in the Mech Eng labs at Imperial College, and has been updated as we gained more experience with cooking large bits of meat. 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