One of the reasons I bought this pellet smoker was it's ability to sear. So I see all this hype on Reverse seared steaks and figured I'd give it a try. I had 3 - 1" rib eyes in the fridge. I marinade one of them with Allegro original marinate (2 hours) and the other 2 I just prepped with olive oil and basic seasonings (salt, pepper, garlic salt, onion salt,) I put the steaks in the Yoder prepped for sear but set on 200 deg. It's temp ramps up and down but it settled down and actually got some smoke on the steaks. I was using Cookin Pellets Hickory pellets. I let the steaks stay in the smoker for about an hour. They reached a temps from 115 to 125 in that hour. Then I pulled them off and cranked up the Yoder to 475. Once it reached 465 I put the steaks on the searing plates. 1 minute - turn 90 deg - 1 min - flip - same on the other side and then pulled them after a total of 4 minutes on the searing plates. They were very good. I can say this procedure would probably be better used with a much thicker cut such as a 2" tomahawk rib eye so I'll try this again at some point with a much thicker cut. We loved the steaks and the allegro marinade has a very good flavor for a change up from the norm. Bon apatite.
So to answer the many questions about pellet grills and the ability to sear there are several on the market that can do this and I can say the Yoder YS640 does it and does it well.
So to answer the many questions about pellet grills and the ability to sear there are several on the market that can do this and I can say the Yoder YS640 does it and does it well.
