Cooking short cuts: how to roast without basting

[Chefnot]

The promise a roast makes is to deliver the works with little effort. When time is tight, what you want is no effort at all. Most of all, you don't want to baste. At worst, basting involves spittingly hot fat, and metal searing enough to burn through a tea towel. At best, you receive a faceful of heat, stripping you of make-up and the last vestiges of calm.

Cooking short cuts: how to roast without basting - Times Online

[BerryBaby]

I never baste anything and my roasts always turn out juicy and tender.

[Chefnot]

We do sometimes and if nothing else it certainly looks pretty!