The Hasty Bake Cometh

[JCBBQ]

Today my nephew took possession of this brand spankin’ new Hasty Bake Legacy. Recently he and his bride found a little patch of green in this urban blight of ours and now this sweet rig...life is good.

Apparently he’s on a trial membership so I’ll get his user name and add it later.

Absolutely can not wait to see this in action.

Edit: please welcome ClaySchwiering

[ecowper]

Nice! Love the little bit of green space they have.

[JCBBQ]

Panhead John Damn it! I totally forgot about you. Guess you’re my least favorite nephew 🤷‍♂️

[ecowper]

Panhead John JCBBQ I laughed

[Steve R.]

No, Panhead John, he's hoping the guy will go ahead and join up. 😅

[JCBBQ]

ClaySchwiering Congrats on your new cooker. And welcome to The Pit....now you’ve gotta stay.

[ecowper]

Here's a great starting point for learning to light and manage a fire in a Hasty-Bake

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/forum/charcoal-grills/hasty-bake/836090-light-my-hasty-bake-fire

[Panhead John]

Welcome to The Pit ClaySchwiering You’ll enjoy this place.

[Skip]

ClaySchwiering Welcome to The Pit from Minnesota.

[jfmorris]

ClaySchwiering Welcome to the pit, and enjoy that new cooker!

[Donw]

ClaySchwiering Welcome from Maryland

[Clark]

Congratulations on your win! I know you will really enjoy your HB in spite of the scratch. You might give HB a call and let them know about your experience as they may need to make changes to their packaging and/or shippers.

[jfmorris]

Will you be contacting HB about it? Maybe they can send you out a can of touchup paint at the very least?

I had a bent and scratched bottom shelf due to shipping damage with my Camp Chef griddle back in 2020, and Camp Chef sent out a replacement shelf.

[ecowper]

If they don't send CN some touch up paint, Rustoleum's 2000 degree flat black automotive paint works well

[Troutman]

Hasty Bake is in the Cooker Hall of Flame in the most versatile category. They are fine cooking rigs, fo sure!!! Congrats to the new owners. Now show us what you can do with one Cookies

[ecowper]

Chickens and steaks and ribs oh my!

[Huskee]

JCBBQ What happened to your nephew, he didn't like us?

[Troutman]

Cool avatar.When you open for biness??

[JCBBQ]

Huskee’s Def Leopard BBQ 😂

[barelfly]

I wanna rock!

[STEbbq]

Have these new designs ever fixed the leaky issues?

[TheCountofQ]

ComfortablyNumb Actually, even that isn't necessary, IMHO. Just close the lid, intake, and exhaust, crank the handle to lower the coals to the ash pan so no air gets underneath. That should take care of it. You may find that unless the fire grate is high enough, only the coals nearest the intake will burn/stay lit, even on an unmodified rig. It's a good thing.

[ecowper]

ComfortablyNumb you could definitely do that. Or, as TheCountofQ says .... that requires two more pieces of the puzzle. You want about an inch layer of ash in the ash pan at all times to smother the air flow AND you need to get some amount of seal on the firebox door. That way, when you close that vent you actually kill the airflow.

[TheCountofQ]

I'm not sure it's necessary to seal the door, although I won't say it would be a bad idea. I do know that if I'm restocking charcoal on long low temp cooks (unsealed Gourmet) those farther away from the intake vents won't light IF the box is not clearly above the intake a bit. It's as if the coals closer burn up oxygen before it gets to the further away coals, when using the heat deflector. Half a crank or so upward resolves the issue. A seal helps with wind gusts I 100% agree.

[ecowper]

ComfortablyNumb here's the post to read about lighting and running a Hasty-Bake :-)

Light my (Hasty Bake) fire! - Pitmaster Club (amazingribs.com)