YODER YS640s RIBEYES, CAN IT SEAR??? 

It was only because the lack of fat I initially cut off. It couldn't get through the damn fat haha. Love, love this damn smoker!! Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!

I have watched so many videos on trimming, its not the same once you're doing it. The fat is extremely difficult to cut at least in my two experiences. I will get better though! Thanks for stopping by, stay safe

me too! i cringe when i see such a great steak cooked that long!

It was a monster!! With this smoker I'm gonna have a lot of practice haha. Thanks for stopping by and stay safe

It actually only took 1 bag, the Yoder didn't use excess pellets at the low and slow. I was really impressed! Thanks for stopping by, stay safe

Thanks, I just do it because I am always outside and it's sunny haha. So I started with a charcoal grill and I love it but nothing is like the smoked taste on ur meat. Lemme know what you decide. Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!

I've got one of each and a gasser. Decent pellet grills are very convenient and give excellent though *subtle* smoke flavor (it's real BBQ but never at hit you over the head levels). That said, with a little practice a decent charcoal grill can give a much better sear than even high-end pellet grills like this, i.e., the crust will tend to be deeper, more uniform, and it forms faster thereby allowing you to maintain a rare interior if you want it. Most pellet grills can't even sear as well as this $1500+ pellet grill, but a basic weber kettle, for example, is still much better at searing IMO. It'll also handily beat gas grills without dedicated ceramic infrared sear burners. Don't get me wrong. I see a lot of virtues in pellet grills. I'd just think of it more as an outdoor oven or smoker than as a grill (the term "pellet grill" is sort of a misnomer). As I said, they're very convenient and produce predictable results. They excel at indirect cooking and can be merely decent at direct cooking, especially searing, if you buy a few specific grills (usually more expensive) and/or perhaps modify to get better direct access to the flame. You can pick up a basic pellet grill that will do these indirect tasks very well for a few hundred bucks.... I just wouldn't count on them giving you a good sear. If you want to smoke ribs, brisket, pork shoulder/butt or grill chicken, fish, etc they're great. Charcoal can do all of that (if you have a bit of time and some experience), but the set it and forget in nature of pellet grills is great. The smoke flavor in charcoal grills is substantially more pronounced, which I often enjoy, but I think the smoke flavor of wood (pellets) is better ounce per ounce than charcoal. I intend to keep both because they're good in their own ways. If your budget or space is limited you may want to consider a charcoal grill plus the addition of a clip-on computerized thermometer/controller (PID or thermostatic) that'll maintain temperature by regulating airflow via fan. Depending on what you're most interested in, it's kind of the best of both worlds tho you need to still need to allow a bit more active time for setup/cleanup and get your hands dirtier (mostly saves you babysitting time and allows you to target exact temps). You can pick one of those up plus a blower for 150-200 bucks on Amazon or spend ~300 bucks for something like a Fireboard Drive 2 plus a blower. You can get a blower+adapter to fit pretty much any charcoal grill out there (some easier than others). Fireboard, for example, will let you remotely monitor the cook and food internal temp remotely over wifi/internet plus it's very sophisticated/robust software (some of the newer pellet smokers have similar features in theory, tho fireboard is considerably more advanced than most IMO). It's also nice because you can use the main thermometer component (without the blower) to monitor temps elsewhere in your house (oven, gas grill, stovetop, etc). A decent thermometer that'll let you monitor temps remotely is something you really want for bbq (low and slow) and in the kitchen anyways. Fireboard and Thermoworks produce excellent examples of both. Buying the fancier models with controller functionality plus a blower to fit your grill is ~100 bucks more. It's well worth it if you have a charcoal grill IMO. P.S., Thermoworks produces something similar (versatile thermometer+controller+blower) for similar money. They make good stuff (I own several of their thermometers) tho for this configuration I'd probably give the edge to fireboard 2 drive (better software and network stack).

They're unbelievable, the way they transfer the heat is amazing. Great buy 👍 thanks for stopping by, stay safe!!

Hahahahaha luckily not this time, just didn't trim well enough. Next time though, I got this! Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!!

yeah like why not ship with that standard. if you don't want to open the door, just throw some foil over it