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April 2nd, 2017, 7:41 am
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* Wichita ** Wichita *
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I ran 12hrs yesterday on a brisket.... it was amazing.

Towards the end my hopper was pretty empty and I could see smoke coming from the hopper. I moved the pellets around and nothing felt abnormally hot. It appeared the smoke was just backflowing through the hopper? Is that possible?

Please advise.

Wichita, KS!
New to pellet grilling/smoking

YS-640 ON ORANGE COMP CART
April 2nd, 2017, 9:34 am
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Not normally. Check the fitment of the burn grate and the integrity of the silicone seals.

Also, check that your chimney is not obstructed, as it may need cleaning.

Yoder_Herb
April 2nd, 2017, 4:36 pm
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* Kingman ** Kingman *
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Reminds me, time for YS640 major clean and window cleaning. Time to ask my neighbor to borrow the power washer with soap attachment. And yea, maybe the chimney too

I use low power to clean the Yoder for sure, paying close attention to not wash any silicon seal down the drain, hehe. Works pretty good. I block off the fire pot and auger AFTER emptying the auger 110%.

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