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Rotisserie
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Kathleen
Cupcake
My easy-bake-oven Ronco Rotisserie has very crispy skin with juicy chicken. But like SLoB, I find the store rotisserie chickens cheaper than purchasing a raw chicken to make, and it is typically just as good.
Jade Emperor
Head Chef
This is a very good point.
If I buy a whole chicken, marinate, roast in the oven and so forth, it is going to cost me more than just grabbing the bag from the supermarket rotisserie.
I’ve made comments elsewhere but this: is it convenience over cost, over care, over time or over quality? All are valid options.
An example from my experience in kitchens would be this - a lot of guests would choose chicken over fish. So we would explore the best chicken on the market, knowing that the fish would always be far more expensive.
caseydog
Master Chef
I've read that COSTCO loses money on every rotisserie chicken they sell. But, the chickens are in the very back of the stores, so you have to walk past all kinds of stuff to get to them, and get back out of the store, and they know you are going to buy other stuff along the journey.
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Jade Emperor
Head Chef
MrJade, bless his heart, likes to buy me cooking gifts for my birthday and Christmas and so on.
Unfortunately for him, I have just about everything I will ever need, so it’s a struggle.
A few years ago he bought me a rotisserie cabinet. It’s still in the box.
Unfortunately for him, I have just about everything I will ever need, so it’s a struggle.
A few years ago he bought me a rotisserie cabinet. It’s still in the box.
Jade Emperor
Head Chef
Yes. That’s marketing 101.
A very lot of people go shopping when they’re hungry. The lovely smell of a fresh roast chicken = sale!!!
I'm sure I've bought rotisserie chicken at least a couple of times in my life, but the memory is very dim as to both when, where and with who.
I do know that everytime this subject comes up and all the numerous recipes out there using left over chicken - and many of them say "oh use some of that left over rotisserie" - I can tell you right now from the size of the chickens I see in the stores, that bird would be devoured 3/4 with just enough left for a midnight snack.
Much less have enough left over for a casserole to feed 4 people!
(doesn't say too much for my eating habits, eh?)
I do know that everytime this subject comes up and all the numerous recipes out there using left over chicken - and many of them say "oh use some of that left over rotisserie" - I can tell you right now from the size of the chickens I see in the stores, that bird would be devoured 3/4 with just enough left for a midnight snack.
Much less have enough left over for a casserole to feed 4 people!
(doesn't say too much for my eating habits, eh?)
Kathleen
Cupcake
Break it free from the box and put something else in it. It's like an easy bake oven. You can enjoy watching it cook. Fun and tasty! Roasted pork loin.....roast? And the tray will catch all of the drippings.
COSTCO has a few "loss leaders" designed to get you into their store. The rotisserie chickens are awesome and yep, in the back of the place with the aroma filling the air! Another is right up front though: Hot dog and soda for $1.50 USD. Though....they no longer have onion or sauerkraut OR deli mustard like they once did.
My ex gets so excited when he goes to Costco. He doesn't even really like Hot Dogs but he buys them and encourages everyone else to.
But really, he just likes them because they're cheap! He saved some money! On a meal he would never make/or buy for himself anyways! go figure....
I happen to like Hot Dogs, and maybe even have had one, about 25 years ago. I would much prefer to wait for my own cooking,
But really, he just likes them because they're cheap! He saved some money! On a meal he would never make/or buy for himself anyways! go figure....
I happen to like Hot Dogs, and maybe even have had one, about 25 years ago. I would much prefer to wait for my own cooking,
Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
Well, that is partially true. Every time I buy a rotisserie chicken I also buy Bob Evans mashed potatoes and a jar of chicken gravy. But I never go into the market for just a chicken, I pick one up while grocery shopping. Did you know that the rotisserie chickens are a buck cheaper if you buy them cold in the meat department? And if you usually eat before you shop and are not going to have chicken when you get home, that's a pretty good deal.
Oh, and the cold rotisserie chickens are EBT qualified while the hot ones are not.
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CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
I wish I could get Kosher rotisserie chicken here. I would not bother looking for the equipment.
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CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
send it my way, i'll pay for shipping.
Charlie the price you'd pay for shipping you can probably buy double equipment at home.
caseydog
Master Chef
Charlie the price you'd pay for shipping you can probably buy double equipment at home.
Or, he could buy the chicken, and invite a Rabbi over to bless it before they eat it.
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CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
Thanks for the laugh. No rabbi ever blessed the chicken to make it kosher.
Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
Can you find halal chickens? they're pretty common here and they are slaughtered and prepared pretty much the same way kosher chickens are. The only difference I can see is the religious beliefs of the butcher.
caseydog
Master Chef
I get laugh out of me being raised Lutheran in Texas and you being kosher in Minnesota.
I should be Southern Baptist and you should be the one of us that is Lutheran.
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Kathleen
Cupcake
That's an interesting point. Of course, it captured my attention and I dropped straight down the Google-Rabbit-Hole. In doing so, I found this article that I thought was insightful as to the differences.
Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
Considering I am neither muslim nor Jew (I am Buddhist), the little differences make no difference to me. I buy halal chickens because of the blood letting, and because the halal butcher shop is much closer than the kosher buther shop. I hate it when, while cooking, that dark red spot appears at the end of a bone.
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Sir_Loin_of_Beef
Chef Extraordinaire
What is wrong with this picture?
Mid-East Market
4.4(167) · Butcher shop
4595 El Cajon Blvd · (619) 284-6361
Open ⋅ Closes 7 PM
"All meat is halal which was a great option for us to bbq for the night."
Mid-East Market
4.4(167) · Butcher shop
4595 El Cajon Blvd · (619) 284-6361
Open ⋅ Closes 7 PM
"All meat is halal which was a great option for us to bbq for the night."
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