Ngokwesiko, i-gyros yenziwe kwinyama yehagu. Eyona nyama ethambileyo esuka entanyeni yehagu ifanelekile. Inyama iyanqunyulwa ibe yimichilo kwaye ifakwe. Ityuwa, ipepile, igalikhi, i-oregano, kunye ne-thyme ziqhelekileyo. Abanye abapheki bongeza ikumin, imarjoram, kunye nekoriyanda.
Inyama ye-gyros eyotyiweyo emva koko ifakwe kwi-skewer. Igama lesiGrike elithi "gyros" linokuguqulelwa kwisiJamani ngokuthi "ukujika". Oku kukwachaza indlela yesintu yokulungiselela: I-gyro skewer ibekwe ngokuthe nkqo kwigrill kwaye ijikwe kancinane ukwenzela ukuba iileya zangaphandle zenyama ziqhotyiswe kwaye zolulwe.
Inyama yeGyros idla ngokutyiwa kwipita, isonka esisicaba esenziwe ngegwele lentlama. Ngokuqhelekileyo ihonjiswe nge-coleslaw, itswele kunye ne-tzatziki. Kodwa ngaphandle kwepita, i-gyros imnandi kakhulu. Kuzo zombini iimeko, iifries zaseFransi okanye irayisi zihanjiswa njengesitya esisecaleni.
Ukulungiswa kwe-gyros ngokusisiseko kufana ne-Turkish doner kebab. Umehluko obaluleke kakhulu yinyama esetyenzisiweyo, kuba ingulube ayizange isetyenziswe kwi-doner kebab. Ngokwesintu kusetyenziswa inyama yegusha okanye itakane. Inyama yenkomo, inyama yenkomo, okanye inkukhu efana nelawuni okanye inkukhu nazo zixhaphakile kule mihla. I-Gyros inokulungiswa kwimvana, inkukhu, kwaye, ngaphantsi kwenyama yenkomo. Kwezi meko, nangona kunjalo, akusiyo iresiphi yendabuko.