Question for a friend

[LA Pork Butt]

My friend is exploring the possibility of putting a controller on his Hasty Bake. Anyone have either experience or advice to share?

[ecowper]

I have not done this. The way that the HB is set up, you can't easily attach to the air vents on the door. Instead, i think you would have to keep those vents closed and cut a hole in the door for your controller. Since the door is double walled, you'd need to go through both and then install a bit of pipe/conduit in the hole in order to get the controller's air flow to work correctly.

Personally, I've never really felt the need for a controller.

[LA Pork Butt]

Thanks!

[JMoney]

I don't have experience but I saw that Fire & Water Cooking installed a BBQ Guru UltraQ on a Gourmet 257 a few years ago. Looks like he had to drill a hole next to the vents and install an adapter ecowper stated above.
Here is the video link...https://youtu.be/XVu0mIjPq4A?si=mgiFvcmmZVnWxbsP

[jfmorris]

I think BBQGuru would sell an adapter that would work in the door next to the vents. He can cap it with a silicone plug when not using a fan, and use the vents instead.

BBQGuru.com says THIS is the adapter that will work with all Hasty Bake models:

https://www.bbqguru.com/product/bulkhead-adapter/

[FireMan]

Ya know this reminds me, I got this friend……………and he has this problem, and…….

[Draznnl]

Tell him to join AR and the Pit will fix everything.

[J-Melt]

And convince him to spend more money on stuff that we will help him fix and spend more money on! 😅

[FireMan]

And usually who is this “friend”?
I know not in this case, but this just brought something “else” to mind.

[LA Pork Butt]

My friend said he would reach out to the Hast Bake forum. My suspicion is he is getting more, faster and better help in the Pit. So, he might be ready to join the Pit!