I purchased this rotisserie for my Vida Paderno 4 burner grill. Got it ou of the box and surprised to find that the spit rod is in 3 pieces. Instructions say to use the 2 long rods for the 4 burner BBQ. Unfortunately if you do this the rod is too short. You must use all 3 rods which makes it very long but usable. Using a spit rod that is in 3 pieces will allow meat juices to enter the threads of the rod leading to contamination. Of course you can wash the threads however the female threaded piece cannot be cleaned. Bad design as far as I'm concerned.
I proceeded to install the 2 brackets on the BBQ. Instructions say to install the motor on the left side of the BBQ. Doing this means that you can no longer open the side burner cover. So installed the brackets with the motor on the right side. This you would think would solve the problem by having the smaller bracket on the left side. Nooo. this also does not work as the bracket is about 3/8 inch to wide. Therefore you cannot open the side burner.
Called Paderno for service. After 3 calls no one was able to provide a solution. So basically I'm stuck with a badly designed rotisserie.
Do I recommend this product? Absolutely not. Reading comments on the Paderno web site regarding the rotisserie all say the same thing. so i't been known for quite.a while. All Paderno needs to do is make a new bracket that is 3/8 to 1/2 inch less wide and problem would be solved.
