Roasting oven spit and mounting structure

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention accomplishes the above-stated objectives, as well as others, as may be determined by a fair reading and interpretation of the entire specification.
A spit assembly is provided for a roasting oven, including an oven housing for receiving food items and retaining heat; a heating element mounted to radiate heat within the housing; a first spit mounting plate; a second spit mounting plate substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first spit mounting plate; a spit assembly shaft extending through and attached to the first and second mounting plates and rotatably mounted within the housing; a drive mechanism for rotating the spit assembly shaft; in which the first spit mounting plate comprises at least one first spit mounting port spaced radially outward from the spit assembly shaft, the first spit mounting port having a star shape including a substantially circular port middle portion and nine equally spaced apart, elongate port finger portions opening and extending radially from the port middle portion; a spit including a first spit end sized for insertion into the first mounting port and configured in cross-section to include three radial flanges, substantially 120 degrees apart and of substantially equal radial length, the flanges being sized relative to the finger portions such that the spit first end fits into the first mounting port in either of two ways, a first way being where the three flanges enter every third finger portion to lock the spit against rotation relative to the first mounting port and a second way where one the flange slides completely into one the finger portion and then slides out of the finger portion as the first mounting port rotates such that the first spit end rotates within the first mounting port until another the flange enters another the finger portion, in a repeating cycle.