Yoder owners

[bbqmikey]

I noticed on thee yoder horizontal smoker the exhuast pipe is at the top of cooker so do you guys put an elbow on the inside of cooker to keep heat from rising. Just want to know because this seams to be the norm with cheaper offsets. If not then way. Thanks

 

[Shagdog]

Yoder builds a serious smoker. They put their stack where it works best. I would not modify a sweet cooker like a yoder. They know what they're doing.

 

[Pstores]

Yoder is one of the best..... I agree they know what they are doing..... I wouldn't touch it

 

[marbque]

I have not done any mods on our Kingman and it works like a dream. No elbow needed

 

[Big Swole]

Then why does everyone always say stack at grate level is where it should be??

I wondered this about some of the Yoders smokers as well and why they put the stack at the top of the cook chamber.

 

[Durangutan]

On my Durango it's irrelevant because of the vertical chamber but I was asked if I wanted the stack high or low when I ordered my Frontiersman. I asked what the difference was and was told that they mount the stack lower for those who cook hot & fast but that they do not recommend it. As it is, I can set the Frontiersman up to cook evenly across the pit at any temperature or create a hot zone and it maintains temperatures beautifully.

I'm sure Yoder can answer any questions you have about stack placement if you're considering one.

 

[bbqmikey]

Thanks for all the input. I was not suggesting that one should modify ther yoder but merely wanted to no why they don't have to. I have an Oklahoma Joe highland and that seem to be one of the mods everyone suggests.

 

[bbqmikey]

By the way I would love to have a yoder Wichita but my little boy is now playing hockey so not much money left over for dads toys.

 

[17mbpro]

I do know Aaron Franklin talks about his smokers having grate level exhausts in his book so maybe that's why guys are saying that. He is the king of cue!

I feel your pain on sports. My oldest boys plays competitive baseball so extra money is sparse. I've heard hockey is fairly expensive too!

 

[nucornhusker]

I'll give you the answer I got straight from the man at Yoder himself. Firebox intake and stack position are directly related to the airflow in a cooker. If you modify one or the other, you screw up the airflow and undo all of the engineering work behind the cooker. A lot of people say to lower the exhaust with an elbow and put it at great level to be more like a Jambo. Jambo intakes are higher and exhaust is lower, but this provides the airflow Jamie wants in his cookers.

I tried the elbow back before I knew better and I had a hard time keeping fires clean sometimes. Bottom line, keep the cooker as designed, especially a high end unit like a Yoder. They work as intended and engineered only if you leave them unaltered. No "improvements" are needed.

 

[txsmkmstr]

By the way I would love to have a yoder Wichita but my little boy is now playing hockey so not much money left over for dads toys.

Hmmm.. caught a thread on another forum discussing some issues with that exact model. The guy made some interesting observations.

 

[CILO]

When I first got my Brinkmann I did the elbow mod and all it did was hinder the airflow and made my meat taste like creosote . After yanking it out in putting in a deflector plate it ran like a champ and produced a nice clean smoke.