Fuente: WIPO "tomato" A system and method for cooking food on a rotisserie in a conventional oven includes setting an oven thermostat to a desired cooking temperature. A spring on a mechanical drive motor is wound and a spit is placed through meat oriented horizontally or vertically. The spit is then placed on a support to hold the meat in a substantially horizontal position, and the spit is coupled to a mechanical drive motor. The oven rotisserie and meat are placed into the oven to commence a cooking operation. The spit is rotated intermittently via the mechanical drive motor during the cooking operation in accordance with operation of an escapement and gear of the mechanical drive motor. The oven rotisserie and meat are removed from the oven after completion of the cooking operation. A mechanical drive motor is also used to rotate flat foods, such as pizza, about a vertical axis.