So I had some issues with my body warping on my ys480. I thought i could just hammer it out but Yoders customer service decided to send me a new body under warranty and didn't want the old body back. So I had to totally disassemble everything, and move it all to the new body. A couple of nights later I was up and running again but left with this old body that almost got tossed in the dumpster. But then the light bulb went off in my head.
First thing I needed to do was heat up and hammer out the warped areas. After a lot of sweat, I finally got it where I was happy. I ordered a new lid from Yoder for $160. So now I've got a body, a lid, a pile of scrap metal my father in law said i could go through and an idea to build a stick burner. For the firebox I wanted 1/4" steeI but settled for 3/16" because thats all he had and i didnt want to go buy any. We built a little charcoal rack and a searing rack for above the fire. We also made a new top shelf for inside the chamber. The only other thing I had to buy was the wheels, found on sale for $15 each. So I've got about $220 invested and a lot of sweat.
Did a burn in last night and just had to fire it up tonight for some burgers and boneless thighs the kids wanted. I gotta say it ran like a champ, was able to keep it solid at 250 for a couple of hours while testing then got it up to 325 to cook the burgers and chicken. Last night I had it up over 550 on the main chamber grate when doing some testing.
Well it's not the prettiest smoker in the world but its another tool for the belt and I think I'm really going to enjoy it. I think my fire was running clean because most of the time I could barely see any smoke
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First thing I needed to do was heat up and hammer out the warped areas. After a lot of sweat, I finally got it where I was happy. I ordered a new lid from Yoder for $160. So now I've got a body, a lid, a pile of scrap metal my father in law said i could go through and an idea to build a stick burner. For the firebox I wanted 1/4" steeI but settled for 3/16" because thats all he had and i didnt want to go buy any. We built a little charcoal rack and a searing rack for above the fire. We also made a new top shelf for inside the chamber. The only other thing I had to buy was the wheels, found on sale for $15 each. So I've got about $220 invested and a lot of sweat.
Did a burn in last night and just had to fire it up tonight for some burgers and boneless thighs the kids wanted. I gotta say it ran like a champ, was able to keep it solid at 250 for a couple of hours while testing then got it up to 325 to cook the burgers and chicken. Last night I had it up over 550 on the main chamber grate when doing some testing.
Well it's not the prettiest smoker in the world but its another tool for the belt and I think I'm really going to enjoy it. I think my fire was running clean because most of the time I could barely see any smoke
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