I bought a YS640 on May 1 of this year. I already had a Fridge smoker that I built. The fridge smoker does good on those nice long slow smokes. Although it didn't cook the skin on chicken legs well, or get the bacon cooked crispy on bacon wrapped items. I also wanted to retire my 20+ year old weber grill.
I have been happy with the Yoder. It is a beast. I have grilled with it. smoked Bacon wrapped stuffed Poblanos , Chicken legs. Did a pork roast. It holds temps pretty well.
I did get several options, and I really like them.
1. 2 piece Heat diffuser with the door. Make clean up easier and really helps with searing.
2. Searing grates. Works well with the heat diffuser door being open.
3. 1/2 top shelf. It comes with a full shelf, but the half shelf is great with grilling and move stuff around. I have used the full shelf once when I was smoking a lot of meat.
4. Stainless steel front drip shield. This has saved me several times of making a mess of the front of the grill. stuff just wipes off and does not effect the paint.
5. Stainless Steel shelf covers. This really helps keep the junk off of the cement patio. Instead of grease dripping off the spatula on to the cement it just keeps it on the shelf and I don't get sauces on the patio.
Yoder support is fantastic. I broke the wifi antenna loading it up. They sent me a new antenna, no questions ask.
The only negative, I have is cleaning up the
grill grates. On a normal gas grill you just turn the heat up and it cleans it self. I didn't get rid of the old weber, she is now used to clean up my
grill grates from the yoder.
I saved for the grill for 1-1/2 years to be able to afford it, but I am glad I did. Hopefully it will last me for the remainder of my days.