Thus , elite families , who were able to afford quality meat , appointed this task to servants or invested in technology like automatic turning devices .
It was easy to ruin the meat 's taste with a smoky fire or negligence to rotate it at regular intervals .
Elite families , who were able to afford quality meat , appointed this task to servants or invested in technology like automatic turning devices .
It was easy to ruin the meat 's taste with a smoky fire or negligence to rotate it at regular intervals .