Need some helpful suggestions

[T Bounds]

Friends,

I would really like to make Alton Brown's Tikka Masala using chicken, not lamb, on my kettle using the modified flower pot. I have the pot, cut smoothly, all the spices, and a serious yen to get started, but to make the dish you must have LONG skewers, 27 or 28 inches long. The ones AB uses are from a company called Super Skewers, and they want $79 for a 10 pack. That offends my sensibilities. I'd like to make something 27-28 inches long, quality steel, and would gladly do so if I could know the material and find the material. Does anybody have any suggestions of something safe, available, and less expensive I could use as a material to make skewers? Thanks for any answers in advance.

 

[SteveF (Alpine)]

Are the ones you're looking at made from round or flat stock metal? Round is easy to work with and you can get 16-20 foot sections of 3/16" stainless rod from a metal supply. Flat is a little trickier as you can't just shear a bunch of strips off of a sheet of stainless. The strips curl and need to be cut a different way.

 

[T Bounds]

Steve,

Thanks for the info. I'd love to get some flat stock, anywhere between 3/16 and 3/8. Your point about the cutting is interesting and instructive. Still, I hope to find some flat stock in there is any available. Again, thanks for the insight.