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    Louisiana champion or yoder YS640

    Yep, I live about three hours from ATB (Yoder), if you ever get a chance to pop in there and look at their stick burners...they build some really solid smokers! I think you can have good and bad experiences with any pellet smoker...it comes down to what you want and how much patience you have...
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    Louisiana champion or yoder YS640

    Oh, one word of caution...on long cooks the auger tends to back burn which I'm sure could eventually catch the hopper on fire. I had a 22 hour cook with brisket, when I got up in the morning and looked things over I saw ever so slight smoke coming out of the hopper...got very lucky!!
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    Louisiana champion or yoder YS640

    I'm glad some real world reviews are getting out! My friends and family have just about every brand (not model) of pellet smoker ever sold and they all have an issue from time to time. I used my Yoder for 19 months and wasn't impressed but, the cabinet was very well built with the exception of...
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    Yoder 640 top vs bottom grate

    Hey there...former 640 owner. I noticed those temp readings in just about every smoker out there. I ended up pointing the stack nearly straight down...that helped some. I dont like the smoke profile near as much on a pellet grill so, a little trapped smoke actually helped in that regard as well...
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    Yoder 640 top vs bottom grate

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    First Pellet - need advice

    Hello, you can get a Yoder if you want but, I get much better results with less headache with a Pit Boss Austin XL. Money wasnt a factor when I got my 640, just got tired of fighting them every time something went wrong. All my buddies and several family members have pellet smokers from just...
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    Louisiana champion or yoder YS640

    Hello, I signed up just so I could respond to your post. First off, I am a stick burner guy and have been for many years... IMHO you simply cant beat the flavor etc. In March 2017, I decided to purchase a pellet smoker so I could free up my day, stick burners have to be somewhat watched the...
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