Convertible rotisserie support insert for a barbecue grill

A convertible rotisserie support insert for a barbecue grill, wherein the barbecue grill includes a heat source bowl having a circular top rim, a grill grate supported near the top rim of the bowl, and a hinged lid for covering the heat source bowl to create an enclosed cooking chamber above a heat source in the bowl, and wherein the rotisserie to be supported has a spit rod for holding the elements of the rotisserie unit, the support insert comprising:

• an arcuate body portion having an open front end, a back end, a top side, and a bottom side, the height of the arcuate body portion being defined by the distance between the top and bottom sides thereof and being tapered from a maximum height at the open front end of the body portion to a minimum height at the back end of the body portion, the arcuate body portion having a radius that allows the arcuate body portion to sit on and be supported by the top rim of the bottom bowl of a round barbecue grill,
• means on opposed sides of the arcuate body portion for attaching a rotisserie unit to the top side of the arcuate body structure so that the rotisserie unit operatively extends across the arcuate body portion, and
• a front cover portion removably attachable to the arcuate body portion of the support insert so as to extend across the front opening of the arcuate body portion, the front cover portion having at least one vertical support wall extending outwardly from the front cover portion, the vertical support wall providing a seat for a hinged lid of a barbecue grill when the hinged lid is closed with the support insert in place on the barbecue grill, wherein when closed the hinged lid is elevated relative to the top side of the arcuate body portion of the support insert in a first angled use position relative to the bowl of the barbecue grill, wherein removal of the front cover portion allows the hinged lid of the barbecue grill to drop down onto the top side of the arcuate body portion and thus to a second angled use position relative to the bowl of the barbecue grill, and further wherein, without the front cover, an access opening is provided at the front end of the arcuate body portion through which food items can be inserted and placed on a grill grate of the barbecue grill.