Bertha Cowboy Stove - Kent Rollins x Hasty Bake

To say that I was excited to see the FedEx truck pull into my driveway and deliver Bertha is an understatement! Bertha was well protected in the pallet and arrived in very good condition. It took me about an hour and a half to go from fully packaged to ready to have the first burn-in. I was working alone. These initial steps would certainly have gone faster had there been some additional help. When it came time to tilt Bertha to put on the wheels, I used my floor jack to get her high enough to slip the wheels into place and lock them down. After doing one side, I simply moved to the other with the jack and repeated. Next, it was a simple matter of rolling her off the bottom of the crate. Hanging the shelving and installing the chimney was straight forward and easily accomplished. I did a burn-in for about 2 hours running a hot fire. The next day, I did a seasoning burn and used grape seed oil to season the surface. Most importantly, my first cook was Kent's Hominy and hatch chili soup using one of my cast iron Dutch ovens. My learning lesson from the first cook was to start my fire earlier and make it bigger. It was a cool day here in the mountains of Western North Carolina. By the time, I got the soup up to a rolling simmer, my wife and I were sitting close to Bertha enjoying her heat output!

Last winter I cleaned it and oiled it up came out of the spring a little dusty(stored an old chicken coop). This is the best purchase I have make to cater off of. Start off the day with firing up this old girl with hackberry to start coffee on, pull an eye with to start my breakfast protein to make breakfast burritos. She can also be used as a warmer with a roaster 3 cups water and a roasting pan liner. I’m so impressed with craftsmanships. State fire marshal is fascinated with the spark arrester,had to get checked off for insurance. A must have if you cook in wide open places like I do

I received my Bertha last Thursday and it was delivered in great condition. After putting on the tires, I wheeled it into my backyard with no problems. I gave Bertha a light coat of vegetable oil and quickly started my first fire. Appropriately, my first use was Cowboy Coffee. Saturday, I grilled chicken breasts and Sunday, I cooked Cowboy Gumbo on it. Through it all, Bertha was easy to use and clean; she even got her first baptism of rain on Sunday morning. I couldn’t be more delighted and can’t recommend enough if you are a lover of fire and food. Thank you Kent and Hasty Bake for a great product!

Fired up the range on Tuesday to cook lunch for all the 4H’ers checking in their exhibits Cowboy sloppy joes and frito pies using mulberry, the smell coming off the range was so sweet. Cooked over 600 meals ,100 lbs Hamburg ,15 lbs sausage, 15 lbs bacon, 50 each of hamburgers and 1/4 lbs hotdogs and 200 biscuits on 1/3 cord of wood. Bertha survived over 2” of rain and looks even better. I but Bertha through her paces. Thanks Hasty Bake and Kent Rollins for joining up and make one heck of a range coal maker and grill

Let’s start by saying it’s been a dream this whole experience Hasty Bake help me with a few questions I had. After purchasing Bertha shipped quick and the shipping company used had great communication with me on this shipment. After receiving Bertha I baked it in and cooked a meal for the family. Bertha seasoned up really nice and is a very well constructed range. My only complaint is I had to grind some sharp edge and round a few corners. I will give another review at the end of August, I will be cooking around 700 portions on it. Would like to thank Kent Rollins for working with Hasty Bake to bring this the public