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The Yoder Smokers family of owners know that outdoor cooking is more than just a hobby – it's a lifestyle that brings people together. Our dedicated community of customers has embraced the art of grilling and smoking, creating unforgettable experiences ranging from backyard barbecues to Hollywood movie sets to local charity cooks. Here at Yoder Smokers, we believe in the power of sharing stories and celebrating the moments around the grill that make life extraordinary.

Community

The Yoder Smokers family of owners know that outdoor cooking is more than just a hobby – it's a lifestyle that brings people together. Our dedicated community of customers has embraced the art of grilling and smoking, creating unforgettable experiences ranging from backyard barbecues to Hollywood movie sets to local charity cooks. Here at Yoder Smokers, we believe in the power of sharing stories and celebrating the moments around the grill that make life extraordinary.

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SeriousEats.com 2025 Splurge Pick: YS640S

Many grills were reviewed for 2025, but the YS640S was everyone’s splurge pick! Many factors go into selecting a pellet…

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Father and Son Pitmasters

Meet Matt and Max Wydra. Father and son pitmasters cooking and creating homemade recipes on Matt’s Yoder Smokers YS640S pellet…

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Yoder Smokers Wood-fired Oven Reviewed

Michael Haas, President of Angry Barbecue and self-proclaimed Pitmaster, recently gave an in depth review of the Yoder Smokers Wood-fired…

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Award-winning ribs with Brian Misko

Award-winning ribs with Brian Misko After 15+ years cooking at BBQ pitmaster competitions across North America, there is one category…

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Medinah Country Club and Yoder Smokers

Yoder Smokers grills and smokers find themselves all over the world, not only in backyards or the competition circuit, but…

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Pizza Night. Redefined.

As you can imagine we receive input from Yoder Smokers customers quite often, but every once in a while we…

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Smokin’ Deal BBQ

Welcome to our first Yoder Smokers dealer story; a profile on dealers throughout the Yoder Smokers network. In this profile…

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Smokin’ Joe’s Pit BBQ

Looking for a few recipes to get rolling on your grill? We’ve got you, and then some! Meet Joe Martinez…

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Yoder Smokers and Inc. 5000

For the third time in five years, Yoder Smokers has found its way onto the Inc. 5000 List of America’s…

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Goose Season with Ricky Hart

Early season Canada Goose season has always been a great time to kick off the hunting season and bring friends…

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My Yoder Story

A custom Yoder Smokers trailer emblazoned with the American Family Insurance logo and phrase “This is my dream, what’s your dream?” is at the heart of Paul Hartman’s business and community life.

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My Yoder Story

A North Carolina man has found a Yoder Smokers pellet grill to be the perfect partner in his mission of…

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My Yoder Story

Coming face-to-face with “The Brute,” Russell Klase was a little intimidated. He hadn’t come across anything like the pure-steel, one-ton behemoth before him.

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Proud Souls BBQ

Tony Roberts, Dan Casey, and Chris Webb opened Proud Souls Barbecue & Provisions to introduce the Denver area to niche…

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Family BBQ & Three Pellets

A pair of Yoder Smokers pellet grills stoked an already-burning fire for a father and his two sons; the pursuit…

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A Rave Review

Since picking up his new Yoder Smokers YS640s on May 24, Denver Realtor Matt Thomas has been putting it to the test and can’t say enough about the pellet grill’s quality and ability to produce perfectly-cooked BBQ.

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My Yoder Story: Love at First Cook

If someone would have told award-winning BBQ competitor Randy Robinett two years ago that he’d primarily be cooking on a pellet grill, he would have laughed.

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Memories and moments with Joe Giuffria

Joe knew then, that his hobby was going to become a passion. He had deep roots in the love of food, his two grandmothers were exceptional cooks.

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Off the Grill – Mar 10, 2019

In this week's Off the Grill we've got a product review, three new recipes and Boomerang BBQ is again among the top competitors!

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Off the Grill – Feb 18, 2019

This is the first in our weekly series that will share some of the things you might have missed in the world of barbecue. For news, 'ques and more check it out . . .

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From Chicken Breast to Pork Loin

The beauty of the Yoder Smokers YS640 is that you can easily start with direct grilling chicken breasts to juicy perfection and then switch to smoking a pork loin. In this video, Brandon shows you how to do both!

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The Yoder Smokers Thermal Jacket

We can tell you a product is good, but it's another thing when Yoder Smokers owners tell you it's good. John Deary of Grubmasters got a few gifts for Christmas, one of them was the Yoder Smokers Thermal Jacket.

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Yoder Smokers YS640 Review

Ryan Wallace purchased a Yoder Smokers YS640 pellet grill in 2016. About a year later he stopped to reflect on…

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Playing Favorites

There are all kinds of Yoder Smokers fans and we have seen a lot of different requests for customizing and…

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The Biscuit Test

One of the main components of producing great BBQ is consistency in cooking temperature.It is said that every smoker will…

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Just how tough are Yoder Smokers?

We make it pretty clear that Yoder Smokers are built tough. We construct our line of competition-grade smoker pits to last…

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Classic Restoration

Dan Elder had been looking at Yoder Smokers for a long time. He first saw one in use at the…

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Winning Street Cred with Yoder

There’s nothing worse than ruining a surprise. Alex Deshowitz had been fantasizing about owning a Yoder Smoker for years. He…

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Operation BBQ Relief

In 2011, the city of Joplin MO was hit by an EF 5 tornado that would rank among the worst…

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BBQ combined with charity is Quetopia

Springtime in Minnesota is slow to arrive and barbecue lovers look forward to heating up by getting out their grills.…

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Cleaning & Maintenance for Your Yoder Smoker

Okay so the days are getting longer, the snow is melting away and Old Man Winter is finally loosening his…

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If You’re Lookin’ You ain’t Cookin’

Troy Smith loves to cook. So much so, he has his own channel on YouTube all about his cooking adventures.…

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Chance encounter leads to winning choice

When it comes to great BBQ, most people know what they prefer.  At the Smokin’ Red Dirt BBQ (RDB) contest,…

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We Keep Them Coming Back for More

Yoder Smokers has proudly provided several cookers for Cargill over the last several years so when it’s time for a new pellet grill, Cargill relies on Yoder. I

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Friends Tell Friends to Buy Yoder

Marlin Unruh is a friend to everyone he meets. He loves sharing food with friends and having great BBQ is…

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In it to Win it

There is a special relationship between man, meat and fire. Achieving a great BBQ meat flavor is the quest of…

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The Kind of People Who Buy Yoder’s

Chris Kossman was looking for a top of the line pellet grill. He had owned three previously and while they…

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Real Smoked BBQ, Fired Up With Yoder

These monster Yoder Smokers are getting ready for a west coast road trip. The 36″ X 108″ triple-door offset wood-fired…

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Steven Raichlen Brings #ProjectSmoke to Wichita

Yoder Smokers is proud to be a sponsor of Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke show on public television. We were thrilled…

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House of Q with BBQ Brian

ATBBQ's House Chef Tom Jackson, who creates the recipes for their blog The Sauce leads classes with the help of friends like pitmaster Andy Groneman of Smoke on Wheels BBQ and occasional guest instructors.

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Project Smoke Ep. 201: The ABCs of Smoke

The second season of Project Smoke premiered this weekend, featuring the national television debut of the Yoder Smokers Loaded Wichita…

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Smoked Deviled Eggs Recipe

Memorial Day is always a favorite holiday for barbecue lovers, since it marks the start of the outdoor grilling season.…

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Watch Ty on Food Network Kids BBQ Championship #TeamYoder

About this time last year, we told you about 13 year old Ty Machado taking the Texas BBQ competition world…

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Yoder Smokers on Set of Longmire

Our Customer Service/Forum Manager Herb McBride and his better half, Alice, got to spend some time in New Mexico recently…

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Loading Up the Loaded Wichita to Share with Others

Ken Walker loves his smoker and even wrote about how he decided to purchase a Yoder Smokers Wichita offset smoker…

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Yoder Smokers at Fiery Foods Show

Yoder Smokers is returning to Albuquerque, New Mexico this Spring as a sponsor of the National Fiery Foods & BBQ…

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Insomniacs BBQ | #TeamYoder Mexico

Barbecue brings people together, it’s the simple truth, and we are proud to be a part of that legacy. Yoder…

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Competition Cart Upgrade? Try This YS640 Cart DIY

You don’t hear much buyer’s remorse among Yoder Smokers owners in regards to cooking performance. One regret we DO hear…

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Public at the Brickyard | #WhyIYoder

Tucked away down a flight of stairs just off the square in Wichita’s Old Town district, Public at the Brickyard…

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A Yoder Smokers Birthday Surprise

Aaron and his wife recently traveled from Ohio to North Carolina to visit his parents and celebrate “Thanksmas” – Thanksgiving,…

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Central Texas Brisket on the YS640

Central Texas brisket is A THING, and the recipe here was posted by forum user Scott, who was on a…

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Meet Southern Krunk – #WhyIYoder

The Southern Krunk BBQ Society is a competition team based in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pitmasters Andy Allen and Randy Hill…

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Noah’s Customized YS640 Comp Cart

We see a lot of aftermarket customization on Yoder Smokers. It’s pretty great to see how people make them their…

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The Hungry Heart #WhyIYoder

The first thing you see when entering Wichita’s The Hungry Heart from the parking lot that separates it from InTrust…

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Andy Does Australia

One of the most recognizable ambassadors of Yoder Smokers is Smoke on Wheels BBQ‘s pitmaster Andy Groneman. He’s been cooking…

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BBQ Brian from House of Q

Brian Misko, a.k.a. BBQ Brian, is the pitmaster for House of Q. The Langley, British Columbia-based team has been cooking…

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Nebraskaland Bank #3

Not often do you get to build three, yes three, pits for one customer. Nebraskaland Bank is the kind of…

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