357 PRO - Full Stainless Steel Dual Insulated - Professional Series

Oiled the inside of the 357 Pro to do an initial burn-in to clean/season the grill. Cooked some chicken to learn about temperature control. Then, after a couple of minor adjustments to the hood, set the grill up for low and slow and smoked some ribs. Temperature held steady at 225F for 4 hours, never varying more than 15 degrees up or down from target temperature. There was plenty of charcoal left at the end of the cook. Also, the outside temperature was 17F, so the 357 Pro is very efficient for a metal grill. I am very pleased with the initial results.

The grill is built like a tank and holds temps well. You can close all the vents and extinguish the charcoal for use later. I highly recommend the 357 PRO! Hasty Bake customer service has also been top notch.

I give the 357 Pro a 4.5 / 5.0.

The only thing HB has to do for the 357 Pro to be perfect is smooth down the cut edges as they all have burrs and can cut you. This is not my first HB, when using the grill you will ocassionally come into contact with the cut edges, and sometimes that contact can result in skinned knuckles, generally when there is alcohol involved. I had to use a file and sandpaper to smooth them, it only took 30 minutes. A factory professionaly with the right tools could have done that far quicker. The devil is in the details and HB didn't get that one right. Other than that, it's a great grill.

I'm not writing this to complain, I'm hoping someone from HB reads this and say "hey, maybe we shoud smooth the cut edges on the premium grills"

Unbelievable. First meal was a big tomahawk chop. Second was a center cut pork rib slab cooked for 6 hours incredible !!

Just arrived in Southwest Florida in late September and this thing showed up well-protected on a pallet a week later. Maybe only 10-12 cooks so far, nothing longer than the 3 hours it took to low-and-slow prime rib for Thanksgiving. This thing is built like a tank, looks great, and is so versatile and easy to control. The firebox seals well with the gaskets on hood and door, and of course the adjustable coal bed height, ability to add water, coals or wood mid-cook, and move around heat baffles make it so easy to cook in so many different ways. There is nothing - short pf a large pig - you can't cook on this. If you can ever feel you got good value paying this amount of money for a charcoal grill - this is the one. Lots of tips for grill usel on YouTube for the less experienced. Showed it to an outdoor kitchen contractor who had done hundreds of projects in the area - and he'd never seen a HB. An overlooked gem of a grill.