Abstract: A roasting oven having a broiling element near the top of the oven liner and a rotisserie spit adapted to be supported in an elevated position from a wire frame in a broil pan seated on an oven rack. The spit is provided with a food-supporting wire basket that is attached to the spit adjacent one side edge of the basket. The basket is positioned horizontally in the oven, closely adjacent the underside of the broiling element. One end of the spit is fitted into a chuck positioned through the back wall of the oven. The chuck is driven by an oscillatory motor-drive mechanism mounted behind the oven liner, there being a long dwell period after each short oscillating movement. Hence, the food basket is capable of being inverted by the action of a downward swinging oscillating movement through an angle of 180.degree. so as to broil both sides of the food in the basket at a distance closely adjacent the broiling element.