Abstract: Disclosed herein is an insertable article for altering the cure rate and chemical composition of an object thus pierced which includes an elongated shaft, preferably formed from heat conductive material, and recesses extending along the length of the shaft provided with areas around the recess for the disposition of chemicals therein. The shaft has a terminus which is pointed for ease in insertion into the object, and the support areas and recesses are so disposed on an outer face of the shaft that the cure rate of the article and its chemical configuration is altered by a gradual leaching outwardly of the chemicals and a cure rate pattern altered by the heat conductive shaft.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automatic baster for use with a barbecue rotisserie which can be characterized in that the basting apparatus includes at least one basting dispenser fastened to the meat to be cooked and rotating therewith so that the meat will be given a cyclic periodic quantum of basting material throughout the cooking cycle. The basting apparatus in one preferred form comprises a cylinder having means to mount the cylinder upon the meat and orifices whose dimensions are adjustable to regulate the basting dispensing rate (along with the viscosity of the basting substance) so as to provide accurate control of the quantity of basting material dispensed on the meat.