The present invention is directed toward an improved rotisserie oven, having the following features: a removable side mounted control box; single wall oven cabinet construction; single wall oven cabinet construction with tabs protruding from the lower side edges of the oven cabinet which mount feet to support the cabinet; a rigid heat coil structurally connected to the removable control box; a heat coil, supported by a bracket within the oven cabinet which both allows the heat coil to be slid in and out of the oven cabinet and allows for expansion of the heat coil when the coil is energized; a light bulb integrated with the removable control box so that the bulb's globe protrudes into the interior of the oven cabinet when the control box is mounted on the oven cabinet; a drive mechanism integrated into the removable control box which allows the control box to be easily removed from the oven cabinet; a drip pan located below the spit, which has its liquid catching reservoir recessed in from the pan's perimeter; a drip pan cover with an array of small holes recessed into its surface; a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to a glass view port located on the oven cabinet's exterior than to the heater located within the oven cabinet; and a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to the oven cabinet's loading door than to the top, bottom, back and heat coil within the oven cabinet, using the rotisserie in combination with specific foods and eating schedule, to help people lose weight.