Talmud for Pesachim 147:3
וניתי של אלון של חרוב ושל שקמה איידי דאית ביה קיטרי מפיק מיא
<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>But let us bring [a spit] of metal? - When part of it is hot the whole of it is hot,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Metal-iron - being a good conductor of heat.');"><sup>3</sup></span> and so [part of] it is roasted through the spit,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The flesh actually in contact with it is roasted in the heat of the spit, not by the heat of the fire.');"><sup>4</sup></span> whereas the Divine Law saith, roast with fire,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XII,8.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Pesachim
It was stated4Tosephta 5:8; Babli 74a. in the name of Rebbi Jehudah: He roasts it on a metal spit. They said to him, is it not hot and heats5Then the inner parts of the lamb are cooked by the heat of the spit, not roasted by the fire outside; cf. Halakhah 2.? He said to them, just as the wooden one is not burned, so the metal one does not heat. They said to him, wood is not comparable to metal, for wood, if it is hot somewhere, is not hot everywhere, but metal if hot somewhere is hot everywhere.
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