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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

With a bag of rotisserie chicken already on hand, all you have to do is shred a few pieces before assembling and cooking your flautas.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Please, don’t let your rotisserie chicken go to waste.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Even if you’re perfectly capable of stretching a pound of beans or turning a rotisserie chicken into three meals, there’s something about inviting people over that can trigger a peculiar urge to upgrade everything.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Those beds you lay on that come down over the top of you and roast you, and you come out looking like rotisserie chicken.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

From the sidewalk outside El Fogón, you can see the twin rotisseries slowly spinning in place, the skewers stacked high and wide until they look like congas.

From Washington Post Mar. 15, 2023

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

She would go to the neighboring groceries, rotisseries, patisseries, green vegetable stands, and get the few things she needed in the smallest quantities, always selecting the best and preparing them with the greatest care.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

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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