My New Yoder YS1500s Smoker - Assembly & Burn In 

I see you took the old bumper sticker of "He who dies with the most toys wins" to heart. LOL, great looking smoker Joe, congrats!

That smoker is a freaking beast

Very cool. Looking forward to seeing you use it

Great tip of the coating with the vegetable oil thanks 🙏

i been wanting a high quality smoker and i feel yoder is the next on for me . i start with a traeger 15 yrs ago but the new ones have alot of issues with them and quality is the main one .i want heavy gauge steel and a customer care team that is awesome to deal with . thanks for posting.

Very nice upgrade Joe. Thanks for the tip of oiling the outside. Can’t wait for the videos with this smoker. And how the tuning plates work out. Great video also.

Beautiful! Can’t wait to see your first cook. 🍻

Their stuff is amazing. What a beast!

Nice upgrade brother Joe!! Looking foward to your first cook on it👍 the tuning plate has my attention😁 thanks for sharing, have yourself a great one, you all stay safe!👍👊🍻🤘

Man every model Yoder puts out is awesome!

Nice smoker ! I had it in 2015 and I can say it’s fantastic !🔥🔥🔥

Wow! Now I have smoker envy! That is one sweet rig Joe. Congratulations!

I dont know how you just got to 100K subscribers. All your videos are excellent anyone who loves BBQ should check you out

She's a beauty, congratulations!!!

Great looking rig! And outstanding video as usual!

I appreciate your response and love your channel 🎅and hope you and yours have a merry Christmas

Beautiful smoker.

Great looking new Yoder Joe. Should be a lot of fun. So much quality ... makes almost everything else look cheap.

That thing is a BEAST! Congrats on that and 100k subs Joe 🤘🤘

WOW! What a beauty...nothing like that can be found here in Spain, Sir! A tool for an art!!!!!

Excited to see you cook on that bad boy Joe!

Congrats Joe! Awesome smoker and thanks for creating the video! Gonna be some awesome meats coming off that soon! 🔥🔥💯💯👏👏

love the tuning plates very old school. nice looking pit joe

Nice cooker and another great video!🔥

Merry Christmas Smokin Joe!

I'm trying to get my brother to get a YS640S instead of yet again another Traeger, and Considering how much Traeger wants for the new Timberline series the Yoder is kind of a deal now.

Id say lines are drawn. Yoder and Lonestar seem to be the top of the charts. Im way looking forward to some cooks on this bad boy! Cheers Joe.

That's a good looking pit! 😎🔥🍻

Hey Joe! How are you liking this Yoder. Been thinking about getting one. Thanks.

Great smoker!!

She’s pretty 😍😍😍can’t wait for the amazing cooks she’s going to produce. Cheers 🍻

I'm sure you will get many great years of cooks on this👍

What are the pros and cons of the ys1500 vs the ys640?I’ve been thinking about upgrading to the ys1500.

Very nice brother. My buddy has a 640 I think, and they're amazing.

Awesome!!

Nice looking smoker!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This was really awesome. In the future, I'd like to see your take on making kielbasa. Cheers, Joe! ✌️

Joe that looks awesome. I have the 640S and love it but that 1500S is just a beast!! Can't wait to see your cooks. You might cost me money in upgrading haha.

Cool video nice rig enjoy

Nice pit👍🏻

Great linking smoker. Now you can give me your YS640! 😃😃😃😃😃😃 I wish. Enjoy! I'm getting a new Pit Boss Pro 1150 on Wednesday from my wifeand kids for Christmas. Can't wait. Would have loved to get a YS640, but it's a bit out of their price range. Love your videos Joe.

BBQ party is at your house! I have the YS640 and love it.

I have this same smoker. I noticed your Temp probe isn’t behind the Aluminum Shield. What holds it in place? And why not behind the shield?

Joe what pellets you running with your new pellet smoker

Beautiful pit Joe! You're making me want to move back to El Paso!!

Congrats

That pit looks legit! 100K+ is lookin' good on you 👏

Awesome

Love your videos. Just curious to know if u prefer cooking on the 1500 pellet smoker or the frontiersman?

i hate videos like this because it always makes me want to buy new stuff lol. Nice review Joe!

Darn. I wish I was Neighbor Bill. I’d supply the beer and meat treats. 😊. Nice channel

Nice Rig!!

What a beautiful smoker congratulations. I was planning on ordering the Yoder 640s and now I'm debating about getting the lone star pellet grill any thoughts on the lone star pellet Joe vs the Yoder.

Could you do a video comparing the 640 and the 1500? Would be super awesome! (I'm in the market for one) That 1500 looks awesome!

Did you by chance cook at Lakewood campground myrtle beach south Carolina back during the summer at a charity cook off I thought I saw a trailer with your name onit

Congratulations Joe. Big fan of your channel. I am living in Saudi Arabia. I am using an old fashion offset smoker, with charcoal and large pieces of woods. Do you know in this Yoder will operate on 220 voltage? Also where you get your supply of smoking pellets? So I can order bulk of them and ship to Saudi

Looks awesome. Looking forward to your first smoke in it

Qwik question, I noticed a smoke leak around the chamber door. What u gonna do for that? Also, the smoke stack that you stuck in the hole and tighten down with screw on top, are you getting any smoke leakage from that hole?

If I were to get a pellet smoker this would likely be the one.

I don’t know the first thing about pellet smokers except what I’ve seen in stores, this looks like a really awesome pit, this is pretty cool that Yoder has designed this like the flow of an offset. My question is why wouldn’t they drop the the stack to grate level? Is this a design of all Yoders, or are there different thermodynamics and flow involved? I’m just curious as a stick burner.

Damn RU-vid must be paying you good! This smoker is over 4K. Almost 5K. How do you do it on an O Reilly Auto Parts salary?

What I would do……🤣🤣 Enjoy that beast!!

Congrats on new pit joe. What pellet brand you use

That is one SEXY grill!!!!

Sweet smoker Joe! I was going to get the same one but then I found out about Lone Star Grillz new pellet smoker. And after a lot of debate I decided it was the one for me. Don't get me wrong, Yoder makes a very nice smoker, the deciding factor for me that the Lone Star smokes CONSTANTLY! Just like an off-set and unlike any other pellet smoker I've ever used. Something with the programing in the Fireboard?

Congrats on the new pit. That looks one of the easiest assemblies I've seen for a pellet smoker.

I wonder if they fix the rest problem because this thing turns into a rust bucket if you don’t do constant cleaning and maintenance

What good does seasoning paint do? It doesn't carbonize on paint, like it does on bare metal.

How long does it take to get up to temp? Whats the pellet usage? Are the temps across the grates pretty close?

What’s the thickness of the metal on the yoder Joe?

Have you been able to sear steaks easily? I’m trying to decide on the ys640 or the ys1500.

😎👍🍺 NICE!

Is that your early Christmas present😉...✌️

Yoder does not say to coat the outside of the unit? Not sure why you would do it, you'll just get all the crap sticking to it? If Yoder thought it was a good idea they'd say to do so in the manual. But other then that what a slick looking grill!

I have owned one for 4 yrs now, if I was to do it again I wouldnt. The Smoker is pretty uneven temp wise, I think its too big for 1 burn pot out of the Box. I have modified mine 9Extensively to get it to be even temp wise. The Smoker also wants to catch the burn pot on fire, Mine did the first week. I actually sent mine back to the factory because it was so far off temp wise and even when walking me thru trying to calibrate the controller it was plus or minus 35 degrees. Now with all the issue's I mentioned Yoder did stand behind it and fixed the above issue's, Now onto the issues that they are not going to stand by. THE MAIN ISSUE I HAVE with this smoker is the exhaust port is in the wrong location, IMO this is why the temps are so far off, and why the smoke flavor is so light, why is located so high I dont know............This part drives me crazy! 1) I lost 2 igniters in the first 2 yrs 2) I lost 1 of the blower fans the 2nd yr 3) The cook chamber started to rust (And its under cover, No not a smoker cover its in my covered outdoor kitchen) 4) I lost the control board in yr 2 as well Its a well built unit, it looks good well in does now (I had pro cart powder coated, and the upper chamber I blasted and Ceramic Coated myself with NIC Cerakote) I dont use it much anymore, I use my Ceramic Cooker for Brisket and Beef Ribs, My Lone Star Vertical for Pork Butt, Pork Ribs, Pork Belly and Chicken..................I use the Yoder for Sausage, Candy Bacon, I also use it for cooler smoking on Tri-Tips and Steaks before Searing. It is soon to go away, to be replaced with a Offset, the Spot this is located in there is enough room for a Outlaw Patio Stick Burner. Now I am not dissing the Yoder it might serve well for many, it just has worn out its welcome for me.

Why is the 640 your “workhorse” and not the 1500?

Joe(Tim)haven't seen anyone else on you tube cook with this NICE.u need my address for the old one,OH and is it free shipping? lol

Joe, I want to move in with you! I’ll work for BBQ!!!

👍🏻😍🔥

Nice smoker but for almost $5k does the food taste any better than say any other pellet smoker? I don't own an expensive pellet smoker but from all the videos I've seen, it all depends on the type of pellets you use. I'm just an amateur smoker but I'd be interested if something this expensive makes any difference. Some of the food I've smoked on an expensive offset smoker tastes better than what we've eaten in a restaurant lol! I hope for that kind of money the food is absolutely awesome!

I thought you already owned a Yoder? Is this the updated model?

She's gorgeous

Are u from El Paso TX?

Joe isn't this an old video you already had this unit correct ????

costs more than my last car😂

Show off 😃

Don’t get me wrong, I have the money to plunk down on this smoker. I have cooked some amazing smoked bbq from a $1200 rectec 700 and my old Oklahoma joes offset that I just can’t justify to myself $4500. 😳

Why do you keep buying so many smokers ?