Abstract: An improved attachment for securing food firmly in place on a skewer or spit, as the food is rotated over the burning coals of a motorized barbecue unit. The skewer attachment comprises a pair of end plates adapted to be mounted along a typical skewer member, the end plates being positioned to press against the opposing ends of the food when the food is centrally located on the skewer. A plurality of elongated coiled spring members are arranged either singularly or intertwined to be spirally wrapped about the food and secured at each opposite free end thereof to the respective end plates.