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Received delivery of my YS640 today!
Been researching pellet smokers for almost two years. Finally pulled the trigger on a YS640 on black comp cart. Looking forward to the weekend. Haven't decided what the first cook is going to be. I'm gonna start with some pig candy to get her seasoned. She doesn't have a name yet.

Trent

Weber Kettle (12 years old)
YS640 Comp Cart
Thermopolis
Maverick 733

Use the biscuit test. get two biscuit s tubes from the store, the ones with 5-8 biscuits per tube. Crank to 350 and place them around to see temp spots.

Lots say spray the inside with a good coat of Pam etc. I didn't, but I did spray all my grates and the diffuser plate.

Cranked it to 350 for 30 min, shut it off. Let it cool.

Depends where you live. If I was in Florida, I'd do the initial burn, the pay attention to the hinges on top. A bit of veg or high temp cooking oil will be fine. The front of the cooker will get gunky in time, keep it clean, I do sorta. I'm in Vegas, so humidity it low, I have it on the patio and covered. These days a once a year scrape and hose, using foil to cover the pellet hole (once I have removed 120% of the pellets) and covered the burn hole, clean and simple green, it's enuff. Almost 3 years old is my smoker. I love it.

You take care of it depending where you live you'll figure it out.

good for you husker! i did the same a few days ago, but i have a 5 week wait on delivery to florida. i already know its gonna be a full packer brisket and ribs on my 1st run. upgrading from a 14.5 WSM i plan to fully take advantage of all that space the 640 has to offer

Welcome to the forum and thanks for joining the group!

Welcome aboard!

Bosox1901 wrote:good for you husker! i did the same a few days ago, but i have a 5 week wait on delivery to florida. i already know its gonna be a full packer brisket and ribs on my 1st run. upgrading from a 14.5 WSM i plan to fully take advantage of all that space the 640 has to offer

Yes.....the five week wait seemed like forever. I know I'm gonna do some pig candy first. From there....I'm letting go the family decide what they would like.

Trent

Temp zone checks with my Maverick 733 went well.
Have not done the biscuit test yet. Cooked of two trays of pig candy, and reverse seared top sirloin steaks they turned out great.

I have a question, is the gap in the door normal? It seems like a lot of smoke is escaping through the door. It's about a 1/4" gap.

Trent
YS640 Comp
Weber Kettle

Sent you a PM about gasket material.

Husker-YS640 wrote:
I have a question, is the gap in the door normal? It seems like a lot of smoke is escaping through the door. It's about a 1/4" gap.

Trent
YS640 Comp
Weber Kettle

The cookers are not designed to be sealed or air tight.

Yoder_Herb wrote:

Husker-YS640 wrote:
I have a question, is the gap in the door normal? It seems like a lot of smoke is escaping through the door. It's about a 1/4" gap.

Trent
YS640 Comp
Weber Kettle

The cookers are not designed to be sealed or air tight.

Hetb,
How large of a gap is considered normal?

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Again, sent a PM, it fixes the problem. All smokers leak a bit, it's a smoker, not a aerospace NASA engine. The Nomex fixes it.

That said, a big gap can make a hot spot if you have a large amount of meat (60-70 lbs of butts) too close to the cover front edge, that bit of meat will cook a bit more. Which means nothing since you need to rotate the 9lb pieces of meat on the top rack and bottom rack at the 5 hr mark anyway and about 3 hours later. Heat escapes there instead of out the stack. When I do a HOT cook like steaks with the two piece cover used with grill grates, I still get a bit of smoke out of the front right corner AND the bottom left hole under the pellet hopper. Perfectly normal. No big deal. Like Herb said, they ain't meant to be air tight. Gasket helps tho.

Pictures would help.

If you would like to try to adjust the lid: download/Install%20and%20Repair/Adjusting%20The%20Hinges%20on%20a%20Yoder%20Smoker%20Pellet%20Grill.pdf

Yoder_Herb wrote:Pictures would help.

If you would like to try to adjust the lid: download/Install%20and%20Repair/Adjusting%20The%20Hinges%20on%20a%20Yoder%20Smoker%20Pellet%20Grill.pdf

Herb,

Thank you!
The adjustment worked great.
The door now sits flush to the chamber.
A lot more smoke goes through the stack.

Thanks again,
Trent

Wow! Herb, I never knew about this. So I did the gasket material. I'll look into it.

I got my 640 before you had all this stuff on the site.

Welcome!