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This is the Gaggle Roaster. We designed and built it to dangle a half-dozen geese by their feet while slowly turning them in front of a fire. But this is more than an elaborate cooking exploit, it is actually a superb way to roast a goose. The secret is rotation.True roasting works by applying an intense pulse of heat, followed by a period of cooling. With each turn, the roast basks in the fire&#39;s radiant glow, then cools in the shadows. Over a dizzying number of turns, the cumulative effect is crispy, flavorful skin with succulent and evenly-cooked flesh beneath.Rotating the food effectively lowers the average cooking temperature beneath the surface, but still allows searing bursts of heat to render the surface dry and crisp. This is fundamentally different than if you were to move the food from the fire, which would lower both the average and peak temperatures. That&#39;s how it works. But if we&#39;re honest, these exploits are also just plain fun.WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

6 Whole goose



Timing: 6 hours, plus time it takes to build a Gaggle Roaster

Yield: Half-a-gaggle of roasted geese