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rotisserie

[roh-tis-uh-ree] / roʊˈtɪs ə ri /
VERB
barbecue
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In 2015, the company voluntarily recalled a celery-and-onion blend used in a rotisserie chicken salad at Costco due to potential E. coli contamination.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

I find it helpful to brainstorm a week’s worth of meal ideas that call for rotisserie chicken in preparation for bringing a whole bird home.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Dumplings are then added, followed by bite-sized pieces of rotisserie chicken.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Rotisserie chicken has been a major talking point recently, from Costco’s bird being caught in a legal broiler to a man in Philly who ate a whole rotisserie chicken for 40 consecutive days.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

He raised his head slowly, looking across at the spitted chickens revolving before the low blue rotisserie flames.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Between grocery store rotisseries and home-cooked birds, we roast a lot of chicken in the United States, but processors cut their heads off so we don’t have to look them in the face.

From Washington Post Oct. 6, 2022

And when 24-hour shopping channels came in, he was there too, guest-selling on QVC; he once sold $1 million worth of rotisseries in an hour.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2021

Waitrose cafes and rotisseries will be temporarily shut to help stores cope with increased demand in other areas.

From The Guardian Mar. 19, 2020

But roast chickens are not much harder, if you can get the setup right—as proved by the city’s many underrated Peruvian restaurants, which turn them out from rotisseries with astonishing speed.

From The New Yorker Mar. 22, 2019

Restaurants hereabouts are commonly named "La Parisienne," or something like that, or are called "rotisseries."

From Walking-Stick Papers by Holliday, Robert Cortes

Credit goes to chef Nate Anda, who dreamed up the dish: After a 12-hour brine, the chicken is rotisseried for two hours and then fried for two and a half minutes.

From Washington Post Apr. 2, 2015




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