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**RickyBobby** · July 13, 2018, 06:50 AM

crunchysue, Congrats! Looking forward to your pick!

**pizza67** · July 13, 2018, 07:17 AM

Very interesting in following this thread. I'd be in the same/similar situation. I have a Weber Genesis gasser, Weber Smokey Mountain 18.5 and a Weber Kettle. Always pondered, what would I choose???

I think I would be trying to decide between the Pellet and HB.

**crunchysue** · July 13, 2018, 07:24 AM

OK, this has been super fun, and I very much appreciate everyone's help, and I especially appreciate someone's computer for choosing me!

Final Answer: One Hasty-Bake, please!

**Spinaker** · July 13, 2018, 08:59 AM

Great choice! Congrats!!!! You are going to love that rig!

**BBQ_Steve-O** · July 13, 2018, 11:06 AM

Congrats!! It would've been a tough choice for me too. Enjoy!

**cgseymour** · July 14, 2018, 07:26 PM

Enjoy they new toy
post them pics

**JCBBQ** · July 16, 2018, 04:25 PM

SueperCrunchy!! New name to go with your new rig! Fantastic choice!!!

**cmschroeder456** · July 17, 2018, 06:09 PM

Better post some pics of her all fired up!

**Huskee** · July 17, 2018, 07:01 PM

crunchysue I need you to return the paperwork by this Thursday July 19th @11:59pm ET, that is the 5-day deadline so check your email get it back to me! Don't let this slip away!

**crunchysue** · July 20, 2018, 04:02 PM

Hasty-Bake is coming Tuesday!!! I'm so excited!!! Of course I'll be posting lots of pics.

**crunchysue** · July 24, 2018, 01:24 PM

Yusssss!

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**FireMan** · July 24, 2018, 05:53 PM

OK now,...........take it out of the box & show us.

**crunchysue** · July 24, 2018, 09:51 PM

Here's the story of my first day with the Hasty-Bake!

Hasty-Bake does an excellent job of packing these things for shipping; it took awhile to get it out and unwrapped!

Assembly was easy, and would have been even easier if my arms were just a couple inches longer.

I decided to cook a couple Coulottes because that's what I had in the fridge. So I lined the ash pan with tin foil, put in a little charcoal, and tried to light it with one of the supplied strike-a-fire things. That thing only stayed on fire for about 2 seconds, so I lit it with a match, and then it worked.

The charcoal was ready to go in about 20 minutes.

First I put the steaks on the indirect side, with the coals at "bake" level, trying to cook them a little before searing, but there wasn't enough charcoal to make the oven hot enough to actually cook them over there. Then I moved the fire all the way up, and just seared the steaks.

They came out slightly over how I prefer them, but holy shit were they delicious! A friend came over to see my new baby (the HB), and she lucked out because I hadn't finished eating, so she got a few bites. She declared it most excellent.

I'm so grateful to have won this crazy drawing, and also to everyone who helped me decide what to pick. We chose well!

It'll be couple weeks before I have time to smoke anything, so in the meantime, I'll be Hasty-Baking more steaks; it's not nearly as much trouble as I thought it would be to cook just one steak.

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