Hasty Bake - Score! (what would you do)

Awesome Score!

I'd count your blessing and not submit a warranty claim though.

DMW said:

Merry Christmas to me!

They said I can keep it, AND they will be shipping me the lump I ordered!

My outdoor kitchen plans just changed.

Anyone else have a Hasty Bake?

Congrats on the Hasty Bake Score!



I would have done the same as you and contacted Amazon. If they’re willing to let you keep it you should have no worries about keeping it or selling it.



I own a Hasty Bake Gourmet (model 256) and can give you my assessment on mine. The logo reads “Grill, Bake, or Smoke” on it and I would rank its functions in that order. It works well as a grill and supposedly you can rotisserie on the Legacy (haven’t seen a pic of it but I do on my Gourmet). Long smokes require more fire maintenance as it really isn’t nearly as efficient as an Egg and to do a long smoke you’re either refilling lump periodically or fashioning a charcoal maze in the firebox to slow/extend the cook time.



Here’s what I think are Pros/Cons on it:
Pros

-versatile with quick adjustments in temp by raising or lowering the firebox

-easy to clean up after if you line the ash pan with foil

-easy to add charcoal and/or smoke wood

-storage area under the ash pan

-ability to rotisserie

Cons

-thin walls & lack of a good seal resulting in:

inefficient burn compared to an Egg

need to refill or build a maze for long smokes

harder to keep warm in cold/windy conditions

-heat deflector is too thin and will bend/warp on you pretty quickly (I’ve considered bolting or welding on additional support).

-thermometer is too short and reads low compared to actual temps at the center of the cooking grate

-temps are not as responsive to changes in vent settings as an Egg



In my opinion, if you don’t need the cooking space or if you really want another cooker (seem to recall you having your eye on a stick burner), you might consider selling it now before you cook on it to get more for it as "new" than "used" and putting the funds towards something you really want or need.



There are some really passionate Hasty Bake owners out there but I would bet they don't own a kamado. IMO, there's not much it can do that you can't do better on an Egg.

Man, lets see the grill>>.........

I know you make some killer looking bread, maybe this will work for baking... It looks pretty cool..

Awesome man!

you did the right thing... we ordered stools for work in the past and they shipped several extra in a case, saying keep them. you asked and they said keep it so all you can do is try.

Nice score!

If it was an EGG she would never believe you.

JohnInCarolina said:

Man!  I'm gonna place an Amazon order for $50 worth of Ferrari driving gloves and hope for the best!

That's probably only 1 glove.

Where's the pix of the 13 5-pack of lump charcoal? That should be 650 lbs...

So do you still get your lump ?

I had a neighbor order a sled from Target.  A 65" tv showed up.  Target treated him like a criminal and spent weeks screwing around trying to get a pickup service get it.  They annoyed my neighbor so bad he finally chucked it into his CRV with tailgate open in the winter and brought it to a store.  They wouldn't keep it because the store and internet site used different systems.  He left it anyways and called the internet side of the business and gave them the stores address.