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Title: It's heeer!
Post by: PoppyBill on October 22, 2013, 08:12:17 PM
FedEx showed up at 3:15 yesterday afternoon and started unloading my baby. Once on the driveway I started taking the wrappings off and pulling the pallet apart. After an hour or two I managed to coax it up on the deck.

Started today by leveling it on my 'not so new' deck followed by a quick wipe down inside & out. Next I fired it up for a couple hour burn-in at 350°, followed by a cool down and oiling the grates. Then loaded up 3 pounds of cheap bacon from Wal-Mart and cooked at 275° to start getting it greasy.

By the time all that was done I was ready to call it a day, so on with the cover and a good night hug! After reading the posts on the '640 here and elsewhere I was prepared for the few little quirks in it's operation and ended up very pleased with the first day!   ;D

So far I agree with what other owners have said; you just push the start button and leave it to do it's thing. Now I need to figure out how to stay home and still have money for food & pellets!  ::)


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Post by: muebe on October 22, 2013, 08:26:43 PM
Very cool!

Welcome to the pellet world!

Your gonna love the ease of use and results you will get from your Yoder ;)
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Post by: hikerman on October 22, 2013, 08:31:16 PM
Bill she's a beauty!   Time to load her up with bacon!  :P
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Post by: PoppyBill on October 22, 2013, 08:55:09 PM
Thanks muebe, and hiker the Bacon's done and partially eaten! It took longer to stumble through editing this post to add pics that it did to cook the stuff.
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Post by: Keymaster on October 22, 2013, 09:04:57 PM
I'm so happy for you, That will last forever :)
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Post by: HighOnSmoke on October 22, 2013, 09:08:26 PM
Welcome to the pellet world! Awesome cooker!
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Post by: sparky on October 22, 2013, 09:11:56 PM
congrats.  very cool.   :)
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Post by: Pappymn on October 22, 2013, 09:32:46 PM
What a beauty. Congrats!
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Post by: ACW3 on October 22, 2013, 10:04:55 PM
Congrats on the new pellet pooper.  Once you start cooking low and slow on your new grill, you will probably have to buy a vacuum sealer, if you don't already have one.  You will have a lot of fine food to seal into future meals.  Enjoy the fun!

Art
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Post by: TMB on October 22, 2013, 10:39:13 PM
Congrats!  Neat looking grill
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Post by: drholly on October 22, 2013, 10:44:41 PM
That's one fine looking grill. I'm looking forward to reading about and seeing pictures of your cooks.
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Post by: CDN Smoker on October 22, 2013, 10:55:48 PM
That a beautiful looking smoker, congrats ;D
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Post by: pz on October 22, 2013, 10:58:39 PM
That's a beautiful machine; I know you'll get lots of good food off that one!
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Post by: fishingbouchman on October 23, 2013, 12:52:21 AM
Very cool
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Post by: sliding_billy on October 23, 2013, 05:31:08 AM
Very nice looking cooker.
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Post by: RAD on October 23, 2013, 05:42:05 AM
Great looking cooker
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Post by: Sam3 on October 23, 2013, 05:48:38 AM
Love it!
Now let's get her dirty!
 ;D
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Post by: TentHunteR on October 23, 2013, 07:18:31 AM
Yes, it's a great looking grill.  OK, enough congrats. Now get to cooking so we can see some food pics!  :P ;D
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Post by: Pam Gould on October 23, 2013, 07:22:48 AM
Very nice..I cooked on one once at the fall gathering 2012..it was Teesquares and it was great. I think I made a pizza on it. Anyway it was great. Congrats.  Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ
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Post by: smokeasaurus on October 23, 2013, 08:16:04 AM
Congratulations. That thermal jacket will make a big difference in pellet consumption.
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Post by: Scallywag on October 23, 2013, 08:52:45 AM
Very Cool!!!
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Post by: Hub on October 23, 2013, 11:02:24 AM
Welcome to the pellet cooking fraternity.  There are a lot of us here who have gotten bigger muscles from horsing one around  ;D

Hub
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Post by: sparky on October 23, 2013, 11:15:30 AM
lift her skirt up and lets see the inside of her.  I do have a question for ya.  why the ys640 and not the ys480?  just curious.   :)
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Post by: BAM1 on October 23, 2013, 01:02:02 PM
Congrats, I'd love to add one to my arsenal
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Post by: PoppyBill on October 23, 2013, 04:31:11 PM
Thanks everyone! I'm pretty tickled to have that thing on my deck. Why, just the daydreamin' about what to cook will make the work day go faster!

...you will probably have to buy a vacuum sealer...   Art

You're probably right Art. I'll be smoking way more than we can eat.


...OK, enough congrats. Now get to cooking so we can see some food pics!  :P ;D

My idea exactly  ;) .  Thinking about making a pocket in the cover for the camera... just to help me remember to use it.

...I cooked on one once at the fall gathering 2012...  Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ

I remember reading about that Pam, and your comments fit right in to my research! Thanks

Congratulations. That thermal jacket will make a big difference in pellet consumption.

That's what I was hoping. 'Course the return from pellet savings will take a long time to realize, but it may give me a little more nap time on long cooks  ;)

...There are a lot of us here who have gotten bigger muscles from horsing one around  ;D

Hub

I don't know if they're any bigger Hub, but they sure made their presence known the next morning!   ???  By the way, I've enjoyed reading your many posts and articles. It sure has helped me!

...why the ys640 and not the ys480?...   :)

It didn't seem like that much more money to get the bigger one ('least that's what I said to the wife). If I were to be honest though I'd have to admit that I just liked the bigger model. May need the extra room some day.

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Post by: dawrecknq on October 23, 2013, 05:51:05 PM
What took so long to get it unpalleted and cooking you slacker ;) :D!! It's a great grill and you are going to enjoy it for a long time. It kinda scary when you pay the bill, but man it's worth it.


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Post by: Nick7290 on October 23, 2013, 10:50:18 PM
Congrats!  Those things are built great.  I'm sure you are going to love it.