Yoder Smokers YS S Series - Page 45

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TEMPERATURE TEST TEMPERATURE TEST
1. This test requires that you first completely clean your cooker by vacuuming all ash from the burn
grate, firepot, and the entire body of the cooker. You also need to clean all cooking debris and
degrease all surfaces inside the cooker, including the heat diuser, thermocouple, grease
channel (including the drain hole), and inside the chimney.
2. Verify the silicone seals are not damaged or missing from around the firepot. Clean and repair all
silicone seals per the manual, if necessary, BEFORE continuing with the test.
3. Ensure that the burn grate fitment into the firepot is as specified on page 34 of this manual.
Correct the fitment prior to continuing the test, per the instructions in the manual, if required.
4. Unplug the power cord, wait 30 seconds, and plug the power cord back into the cooker.
5. Verify that you have the pellet hopper full, and if not, add pellets.
6. Open the lid to the cooker, press the “Power” button followed by the “Start” button.
7. Set your desired test temperature. DO NOT CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE AFTER SETTING IT.
8. After you see fire in the burn grate, close the door on the cooker.
9. From this point forward, for the duration of the test, DO NOT OPEN THE GRILL’S DOOR.
10. Once the test has concluded, please take the following pictures listed below and email them,
along with what session contains the test data AND the email address used for the FireBoard
app, to this address: customerservice@yodersmokers.com
• Inside the cooker showing the probe placement on the grates
• Inside the cooker with the cooking grates removed and heat diuser in place
• Inside the cooker showing the firebox with the burn grate installed
Because pellet cookers are burning wood, it is impossible to have a listing of data points that are
all the same as the temperature setting on the controller. There will be higher temperature readings
as pellets are fed into the burn grate and ignite, thus adding additional heat into the cooker (bigger
fire). There will also be lower temperature readings as the pellets are consumed and turned to ash,
allowing for the cooker to cool down (smaller fire). Also, the temperature shown on the display, unlike
any external temperature probes used, is not shown in “real time”. The temperature shown on the
display is a rolling 90 second average.
Should you choose to analyze the data yourself, calculate the average of all the readings from the
display, and optionally, do the same for the external temperature probe(s). Compare the average
readings from the display that you calculated, to the original temperature that you set on the controller
at the beginning of the test. If the average is within 35 degrees, high or low, of the controller set
temperature, your cooker is functioning as it should.