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The YS640S is a heavy-duty pellet grill built in Kansas on a competition cart. Its 10-gauge cooking chamber and 14-gauge hopper and cart make it far heavier and sturdier than most pellet grills, and the two-piece diffuser lets it sear over direct heat as well as smoke low and slow. The Adaptive Control System adds Wi-Fi and Bluetooth through Fireboard, with two included food probes, so you can watch cooks from a phone. It suits serious backyard cooks and competitors who want one workhorse grill; it is a big, expensive machine compared with mainstream pellet grills, and its weight makes it a permanent fixture more than a portable one.
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Owners rate it very highly, with a perfect score across the ratings given. They treat it as a lifetime grill and praise the build and temperature control.
The Yoder Smokers YS640S is a pellet grill mounted on a competition cart. It is made in Kansas, USA. It can grill directly over the fire and smoke, and its variable displacement damper creates different heat zones on the main cooking grate.
The Adaptive Control System (ACS) connects over Bluetooth and home Wi-Fi, with cloud connectivity powered by FireBoard. In the YS Drive app (iOS and Android), you can control the grill's temperature and monitor meat with the two included food probes. You can also switch cooking programs to hold a set temperature once the meat reaches a chosen internal temperature.
The cooking chamber is 10 gauge steel, and the hopper and cart are 14 gauge steel. The grill has a ceramic igniter, a two-piece heat diffuser with an access door for cleaning, and a redesigned high-airflow burn grate. The hopper is insulated and has a probe port on its side. The cart has a high-temp painted finish with a clear coat and tie-down rings on the bottom for securing it during transport.
