Yoder Smokers Community Forum

Hello all

I am in the market for a new cooker and looking to see real world experience with rain resistance. Sometimes I am lazy or forgetful and leave the cover off at times. My current pile of a cooker will create pellet cement in the auger tube even on the lightest rains. I’m sure with such a nice cooker as the Yoder I will be more likely to cover and take care of it. On the other hand if this cooker is going to do the same thing I don’t want to spend the money for the same old song and dance.

Thanks for your time and opinions
Kermit

I purchased my 640 last fall. So far I have been good about keeping it covered. But I am not afraid to cook on it in the rain. Maybe not a downpour because I don't like to stand in that. But I have never seen any issue with wet pellets. I haven't seen any issue with rust either. I wiped a good layer of flax seed oil all over when I first burned it in and give it a touch up every couple of months. Looks like it's holding up well.

waynem wrote:I purchased my 640 last fall. So far I have been good about keeping it covered. But I am not afraid to cook on it in the rain. Maybe not a downpour because I don't like to stand in that. But I have never seen any issue with wet pellets. I haven't seen any issue with rust either. I wiped a good layer of flax seed oil all over when I first burned it in and give it a touch up every couple of months. Looks like it's holding up well.

flax seed oil <--- good idea

I assume the flax was applied on the exterior of the burn chamber?