Pequod Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 I'm expecting around 30 guests for my Make Memorial Day Great Again! party, and chicken shawarma is going to be on the menu. Decided I needed a test cook since I'll be changing things up a bit. For one, I'll be spinning it with OctoForks to help me max the capacity. Here's a pic of how I'm suspending the skewers between the forks, using the slot and holding in place with the bolts. I'm using two pounds of chicken thighs for this test cook, with one pound on each skewer. I could easily get over two pounds on each skewer and have two more forks, so can readily spin eight pounds of shawarma on four skewers. The chicken marinated overnight in olive oil, lemon juice, minced garlic, kosher salt and World Spices Shawarma Blend. Noticed this blend has all the same ingredients I normally use and a few other goodies, plus World Spices stuff is ultra fresh. The bag was dated the day I ordered it. Gotta have fresh pita. Silly not to. Would have griddled these on my other KK, but nasty weather today. I cheated with a cast iron griddle on the stove. After 1-1/2 hours of spinning, looking good. Off the skewers and chopped. Plated. Topped with cucumber, tomato, red onion, feta, and Donair sauce. Delicious! These will truly Make Memorial Day Great Again! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Looking great and I'm sure it tasted the same.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve M Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Looks awesome. I lol'd at your concerns with capacity though. There's always the 42" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 You are killing me.. Looks soo tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequod Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Steve M said: Looks awesome. I lol'd at your concerns with capacity though. There's always the 42" My BB32 will be chock full of beef plate ribs and pork butts, so the 23 will be spinning as much shawarma as I can cram in there on the forks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequod Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 1 hour ago, DennisLinkletter said: You are killing me.. Looks soo tasty. I know you're a World Spices fan -- found them because of your recommendations here...I'm normally a Penzey's guy. Give the Shawarma Blend a try. Seriously great stuff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith OctoForks Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Wow this is seriously impressive! I'm going to have to step out of my comfort zone and try some shawrma like this. The bread looks sooo good too! I love how you utilized the skewer between the bolts like that! Bravo bravo... I'd imagine you'll have two sets going on Memorial Day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequod Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 52 minutes ago, Keith OctoForks said: Wow this is seriously impressive! I'm going to have to step out of my comfort zone and try some shawrma like this. The bread looks sooo good too! I love how you utilized the skewer between the bolts like that! Bravo bravo... I'd imagine you'll have two sets going on Memorial Day That's the plan. Two sets crammed full of shawarma. Gonna be seriously impressive. This was just a dry run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 6 hours ago, HalfSmoke said: I know you're a World Spices fan -- found them because of your recommendations here...I'm normally a Penzey's guy. Give the Shawarma Blend a try. Seriously great stuff. I'm a HUGE (make that YUGE!) Penzey's fan. But, given all the kudo's that World Spices gets, might have to dip my toes in that pool, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 6 hours ago, HalfSmoke said: I know you're a World Spices fan -- found them because of your recommendations here...I'm normally a Penzey's guy. Give the Shawarma Blend a try. Seriously great stuff. I now have a mail consolidator that I ship items to and they hold and rebox them and send them out. So I can get lots of small items sent together. Because of this I now send one box per month from the states and always have a few items from World Spice.. Just ordered the Shawarma Spice.. I'm guessing that's what you ordered.. Could not find Shawarma Blend.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequod Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 8 minutes ago, DennisLinkletter said: I now have a mail consolidator that I ship items to and they hold and rebox them and send them out. So I can get lots of small items sent together. Because of this I now send one box per month from the states and always have a few items from World Spice.. Just ordered the Shawarma Spice.. I'm guessing that's what you ordered.. Could not find Shawarma Blend.. Errr...yes, that's it. It's listed under the blends, but it is labeled "Shawarma Spice". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Once I get through some other stuff in the pantry to make some room, I found many blends on their site that I want to try - some that I've had from other sources and liked, others that I've never seen before and looked interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
