Yoder 101

Get to know your Yoder Smoker with easy tips, techniques, and care advice—made to help you feel confident, cook great food, and enjoy the process every step of the way.
Get to know your Yoder Smoker with easy tips, techniques, and care advice—made to help you feel confident, cook great food, and enjoy the process every step of the way.

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Yoder Smokers 3-Tier Rack

Increase The Cooking Capacity Of Your YS640 and YS480 With The Yoder Smokers 3-Tier Rack Whether you are cooking for...
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Enhancing Your YS640 or YS480 with Stainless Steel Shelf Sleeves

Let's explore one of the first upgrades that many Yoder Smoker owners make to their YS640 and YS480 grilling setup:...
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Yoder Smokers Half Depth Shelf

Chef Tom shows you one of our favorite accessories for our Yoder Smokers YS640 Pellet Grill, the half depth shelf.
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Yoder Smokers Thermal Jacket

Chef Tom gives you an overview of the Yoder Smokers Thermal Jacket, including how to install it on your pit...
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Yoder Smokers YS480/YS640 Cast Iron Griddle

The Yoder Smokers Cast Iron Griddle for your YS480 and YS640 is here, and Chef Tom gave it a thorough...
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How to replace the igniter on the Yoder Smoker Pellet Grills 480/640/1500 - Step-by-Step

Follow our guide step-by-step to replace your old igniter with the faster-ignition ceramic version.
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What do I do if my Yoder Smokers Pellet Grill won't start

You’re standing at the pellet grill, food in hand and friends around you. Everyone is anticipating some tasty barbecue. You...
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Troubleshooting 101: Diagnosing A Grill That Isn’t Working

People have said "A grill will never give you a problem until the moment you need it most." That's not...
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YS1500 Outlander Series: The Baddest Grill on the Block

The YS1500 has always had swagger. The Yoder Smokers YS1500 Outlander shows us it’s possible to maintain the same Yoder...
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Yoder Smokers YS480 Customer Restoration & Upgrade

After a couple of conversations with our sales & support team at ATBBQ, Mitch Layton decided it was time to...
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Yoder Smokers YS1500 Wood Fired Oven

The revolutionary Wood Fired Oven comes to the YS1500! Chef Tom demonstrates how your cooking options have multiplied in this...
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We Put the Wood-Fired Oven for the YS1500 to the Test

Since the day the Yoder Smokers Wood-Fired Oven (WFO) was released for the YS480 and YS640, YS1500 owners have been...