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Hello @all,

after a lot of reading and discussions I decided to buy a Yoder YS640.
I had the chance to do some cooks on my Yoder, so far the Burgers, Chickens and so on turned out very good.

Today I started a long job... one Pulled Pork and one Pulled Beef, both are located on the upper level.

I started the Yoder 30 mins before pushing the meat to the Yoder.
I set the temp to about 160°F for one hour, just to make sure that the meat will hit some smoke.
After one hour I set the Yoder to 230°F. The Yoder went a bit above the set temp (I think that is normal), but then the temp dropped down to below 200°F, Yoder recognised the issue and stopped the maintain modus to heat again.
So, my question, is that the normal behaviour?
I mean if I set a new temp during cooking the temp overshoots a bit and will go well below the set temp?

attached there is a screenshot of the temp profile

Thanks for your thoughts...

This all depends on the environment, i.e., ambient temperature, etc., and the pellet fuel used.

Remember, you are cooking with wood, and as such, you are cooking to an overall average temperature from the duration of the cook. The fluctuations are normal as wood is burned and subsequently added.

Hi Herb,

thanks for your explanation.

Does it make sense to increase the temp when smoking on the upper level?
I experienced that night following:
Set Temp 240°F, average temp during 8 hours of cooking was 206°F.
What do you think?

Best regards

The cooker cooks from the bottom up, so the further away from the heat diffuser, the lower the heat. You can check your cooker, but if I cook only on the top shelf, I will increase the temperature by 20 to 25 degrees, and if I am using pans, another 20 to 25 degrees. So if I want to cook at 225 on the top shelf, and have meat in a pan, I will normally set the controller temperature to 260 to 275 to achieve 225 degrees in the pan.

When you take temperatures in the cooker with external probes, they must be a minimum of 6" away from anything that is cooking. To approximate the controller, the probe must be exactly centered from front to back and located 11" from the hopper wall, with nothing within 6" of it. Check this out: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=787