We’ve all dreamed about it. Against all odds your name is drawn and you finally join the winner’s circle (well not this month... at least until the inevitable redraw). It’s time to choose. What’s your pick and why?
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Smokers / Grills- Yoder loaded Wichita offset smoker
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I'll never win of course but once in a while I like to pretend. With me it'd be either the Hasty-Bake or the Blaze. The reason I can't decide is I don't need another charcoal cooker and I don't know if I'd really use a gasser, but I sorta have similar counterparts to most of the others. I wouldn't go for the meat either since I can buy meat and wouldn't want to waste the opportunity for nice gear that will last a long time on a couple dinners. Good thing I'll never really have to pick.
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Club Member
- Sep 2016
- 1341
- Spokane, WA
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Weber 22" (4 of them)
Weber Ranch
Weber 26"
SNS Kettle
PK Grill (40+ years old)
Weber Jumbo Joe
Thermoworks Smoke, DOT, Signals, Smoke X4, and Thermopop
Slow n' Sear XL (2)
Slow n' Sear
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Would be a very tough choice between the Good One, the Hasty Bake, the SNS Kamado, and the PK 360. Don't think you could go wrong with any of those 4. I might lean a bit towards the kamado since I have some other charcoal grills but no kamado right now.
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Charter Member
- Oct 2014
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- NEPA
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Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Maverick 732, DigiQ, and too much other stuff to mention.
This is a conundrum. Because, I’d love to win... but I don’t actually need anything. I have a BGE and a Weber Performer. There is not a single prize that will do anything that the cookers I already have won’t do pretty much just as well. I guess I could use a gasser. But when would I use a gasser, if I have a Performer? A PBC would be nice... but the BGE does the same job. And on and on, through the entire list. I guess the SRF package would be nice... but I still have stuff in the freezer from the last time I ordered SRF. I have a nice rib roast I never got around to making.
I’m happy right now, and getting another thing won’t make me happier. It will just be another thing taking up space.
To answer the question: I’d take the meat. But I’d try to get $450 credit, and then I’d take that Gold grade bone-in rib roast. I did one of those a few years ago, it was pretty spectacular.
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- Jun 2018
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- Centreville, VA
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GMG Daniel Boone
Weber Spirit E-310
GrillGrates
Weber Performer Premium 22"
Vortex
Slow 'N Sear 2.0
Drip 'N Griddle Deluxe
EasySpin Grate
Cajun Bandit Rotisserie
Weber 26" Kettle
XL Slow 'N Sear
FireBoard
Maverick XR-50
Thermoworks Thermapen
Instant Pot Accu Slim Sous Vide Circulator
If I didn't own any grills, I'd probably go Hasty Bake. But since I have a gasser, pellet grill, and 2 performers, I think the SnS Kamado would fit nicely in the collection.
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- Aug 2017
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Primo XL
Weber 26"
Weber 22"
Weber 22"
Weber 18"
Weber Jumbo Joe
Weber Green Smokey Joe (Thanks, Mr. Bones!)
Weber Smokey Joe
Orion Smoker
DigiQ DX2
Slow 'N Sear XL
Arteflame 26.75" Insert
Blaze BLZ-4-NG 32-Inch 4-Burner Built-In
- With Rear Infrared Burner
- With Infrared Sear Burner
- With Rotisserie
Empava 2 Burner Gas Cooktop
Weber Spirit 210
- With Grillgrates
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Weber Q2200
Blackstone Pizza Oven
Portable propane burners (3)
Propane turkey Fryer
Fire pit grill
I used to think I would choose the Blaze considering my other grills but then I bought one. So I would choose the Hasty Bake.
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How do you like the Blaze? I've been looking into one to replace a well working 10 year old weber that I don't need to replace anyways. It just doesn't get that hot, but I have other grills for that.
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CptSoftBelly I'm very happy with the Blaze. It's the best gas grill I've had. The build quality is great as is the lifetime warranty. I love the sear burner.
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- Aug 2018
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- Heart of Dixie
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Kamado Joe Big Joe III, Recteq 1250, PKGO, Jumbo Joe and PBC. Weber kettle @ the hunting camp.
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How do you like the PK? I wasn’t sure what to think of it when I first saw it but over time its kinda grown on me. That said I’ll probably never buy one because I’ve already got a kettle and accessories and honestly it just seems a little expensive. If I had to start over it might get some more consideration though.
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Andrrr, the PK360 is a wonderful cooker. It suits my needs perfectly. It will cook anything i need with ease, with the exception of large full packer briskets, it is super tight, but possible. The temp control was a pleasant surprise, this thing is spot on. My only gripe or complaint, being super picky is ash cleanup (compared with my old kettle). Other than that, I love it. It lives up to the name, portability is really nice.
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Primo XL
Weber 26"
Weber 22"
Weber 22"
Weber 18"
Weber Jumbo Joe
Weber Green Smokey Joe (Thanks, Mr. Bones!)
Weber Smokey Joe
Orion Smoker
DigiQ DX2
Slow 'N Sear XL
Arteflame 26.75" Insert
Blaze BLZ-4-NG 32-Inch 4-Burner Built-In
- With Rear Infrared Burner
- With Infrared Sear Burner
- With Rotisserie
Empava 2 Burner Gas Cooktop
Weber Spirit 210
- With Grillgrates
​​​​​​​ - With Rotisserie
Weber Q2200
Blackstone Pizza Oven
Portable propane burners (3)
Propane turkey Fryer
Fire pit grill
I think the last couple of winners chose the Hasty Bake. How does the prize pool work? Can the Hasty Bake supply be exhausted or will it continue to be an option for prize winners?
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Manufacturers choose to participate willingly for the exposure our giveaway generates, and yes, it's conceivably possible they may choose to stop if too many are picked. Hasty-Bake has been on our list a long time though and is probably the most popular prize choice. We've had manufacturers who supplied one prize and stopped participation.
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Club Member
- Nov 2016
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- Jersey City NJ
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Fast Eddy's Cook Shack PG 1000
Humphrey's Pint with Fireboard + Pit Viper
Hasty-Bake 256 Gourmet Dual Finish
Camp Chef DLX pellet pooper/sear burner/jerky rack
Broil King Keg Kamado
Charbroil Kamander
Original Pit Barrel Cooker
Barrel House Cooker
Akorn Kamado with cart
WSM 22 with Flame Boss
WSM 18.5 with Flame Boss
Weber Kettle Performer (with Slow n Sear/Drip n Griddle)
Weber Jumbo Joe
Weber Smokey Joe
Weber Q gasser with stand
Blackstone Griddle 22 with stand and lid
Blackstone Griddle 36
Akorn Kamado jr
I have just about everything or there equivalents sooooo. I still migh go Hasty Bake and have 2 but i would be rally torn between the PK and the SNS. Id go PK, it takes up less space is portable, and im running out of space so PK it is. If I had no grills and i needed to reatart my collection it would be the sns kamado.
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Club Member
- Mar 2016
- 1626
- Sunny SoCal
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Cooking gadgets
Weber Summit Charcoal Grill Center
Weber Summit Platinum D6
Blue Rhino Razor
Dyna-Glo XL Premium Dual Chamber
Camp Chef Somerset IV along with their Artisan Pizza Oven 90
Anova WiFi
Thermometers
Thermapen Mk4 - ThermaQ High Temp Kit - ThermaQ Meathead Kit - ThermaQ WiFi - ThermoWorks IR-GUN-S - ThermoWorks Signals & Billows - ThermoPop -ThermoWorks ProNeedle - ThermoWorks TimeStick Trio x2 - and a Christopher Kimball timer - NO, I do not work for ThermoWorks...I just like their products.
Other useful bits...
KitchenAid 7-qt Pro Line stand mixer
A Black & Decker food processor that I can't seem to murder
A couple of immersion blenders, one a "consumer" model & the other a "high end" Italian thing. Yes, the Italian one is a bit better, but only marginally
Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus 8-qt + accessories like egg-bite & egg holders
All-Clad pots & pans, along with some cast iron...everything from 7" Skookie pans to 8.5qt Dutch ovens
Weber GBS griddle, pizza stone, and wok
Knives range from Mercer to F. Dick to "You spent how much for one knife? One knife?!" LOL
I’ve pondered this more than once.
And after "deciding" more than once...I still have no clue. LOL
I don’t really "need" anything...gasser? Got a Weber Summit Platinum D6. Charcoal? Weber Summit Charcoal Grill Center and a Dyna-Glo XL Dual Chamber. And I have access to a pellet cooker should I be so inclined. Along with my griddle & fryer...
That said, the Hasty Bake still still makes the shortlist every time.
Now if there was a 4 gallon Bayou Classic fryer on that list. ;-)
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MAK 2 Star General
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Weber Summit Charcoal Grillw/ Big Joetisserie, SnS LP, and VortexWeber Genesis II - S-345
Weber Traveler
Fireboard 2 Drive
Anova Precision Sous Vide
All the (pellet) grills I’ve loved before:
Traeger Junior Elite^
GMG DB
Traeger Texas Elite
Memphis Pro§
Traeger Pro 575
CampChef SmokePro STX (ugly grills need love too)
Weber SmokeFire EX4§
Traeger Select
CampChef Woodwind WiFi w/SearBox^
Weber SmokeFire EX4§
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I have the Blaze vote, I like the open range, Hasty Bake, and SnS, but wouldn’t use them enough with WSCG and SmokeFire. So, I’d do a Blaze and put an infrared burner in it.
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