Photos: Critic’s Choice: Rotisserie chicken

Rotisserie chicken, scone stuffing, sour cherry and sage served at Superba Food + Bread in Venice. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

June 25, 2014 11:29 AM PT

In Los Angeles, we’re lucky enough to have some chefs and cooks who revel in the play of live flames and a wood-fired rotisserie. Nothing else gives that smoky, caramelized skin or that subtle wood-smoke taste. Here are three places to try.

Superba Food + Bread on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice has a patio for diners. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Chef Jason Travi cuts rotisserie chicken at Superba Food + Bread. Travi previously worked with wood-fired rotisserie at La Terza. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Chicken and leg of lamb roast at Superba Food + Bread. The restaurant also offers rotisserie-roasted pork belly and duck. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Rotisserie leg of lamb vadouvan with carrots and yogurt sauce at Superba Food + Bread. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Chef Nicola Mastronardi tends to the rotisserie at Vincenti Ristorante in Brentwood. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Rotisserie porchetta pork shoulder, house-made pork sausage, braised red cabbage, wild mushroom and summer black truffles at Vincenti. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Rotisserie rabbit stuffed with house-made pork sausage and fresh herbs, celery root and carrot puree, crispy artichokes and summer black truffles at Vincenti Ristorante. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken roasts at Pollo a la Brasa in Koreatown. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)