Texas Style BBQ Ribs On A Pellet Grill! | Chuds BBQ 

I’ve used the pellet tube last couple cooks, comes out just right on smoke flavor

11:06 🎼Meat down, bones up that's they way we like…

Did you turn your pellet grill on and off again? I just got a new pellet grill and turning it on and off or pulling the switch fixed any problem. It seems to be really finicky about igniting and turning off, it needs everything perfect for it continue the sequence. Bottom line, bad coding and error handling abilities, so if your hardware is fine, the ignitier, auger, fan, ash level look and work fine then its a software issue.

I like my ribs like I like my wings, overcooked and almost like jerky. I think I've had 2-3 flameouts on my Pit Boss the last 5 years. That's 2-3 too many to let me do an overnight cook on it while I sleep.

I pull mine 3/4 out otherwise all heat goes to one side. Also on my yoder I always use smoke tube and mix pellets and real wood chips in there and it's perfect.

My experience with my Yoder is clean it every time and unplug it every time. The more meat that’s in it the better it cooks. Put the baffle about 1/2 way. I use either B&B or Traeger pellets in hickory or mesquite. Good pellets ain’t cheap and cheap pellets ain’t good. Just my experience.

Baffle placement will matter here. 8 years on a ys640 and mine seems to be most consistent side to side/top bottom for smoking with the handle all the way out and then back in about 4-6inches. If you’re planning to leave it in, you end up getting a hot spot on both L & R sides where the middle (top or bottom) is 15-25 degree difference which severely reduces the real-estate on the pit with the amount of radiant heat that occurs on the lower grate on the Yoder.

Smoke tube is def needed on the Yoder to get a decent smoke profile – I suggest doing a blend of pellets and smaller wood chips in your tube and that adds a nice kiss of what you are missing from the offset. As great as the Yoder is, the LSG might be a better pit for your bbq style. I also have a LSG42 and there is a noticeable difference with the smoke profile to the Yoder on just pellets and where LSG pulls ahead is they allow you to run a blend of wood chips and pellets in the hopper which negates the smoke tube all together. If you’re considering keeping a pellet smoker in the fleet long term, that might be something to check in on. Love the pellet series! It’s not often a genuine pit master takes the time to run cooks on a pellet smoker and gives an honest review & I loved not editing the misfire out – these things happen but the show must go on!

I love my yoger 640. Clean the ash after or before every cook. also use a separate temp probe to confirm the temp is correct. yoder is notorious for being 25-30 degrees off from what the display reads.

On the startup issue, it's pretty easy to not put the firebox plate in correctly and when that happens, the ignitor isn't poking through the hole. I generally, just pull the plate and dump the ashes inside before each cook. Then vacuum when I have time/energy. One other comment, those grill grates radiate a lot of heat. I'd leave them out until you actually plan on using them. Good first rib cook! 🍻

My favorite way to smoke ribs is just salt and coarse pepper. When I wrap, in butcher paper, I add a couple scoops of bacon grease and that is all. The bacon grease just gives it that extra little mmm. with a great mouth feel. kinda like using beef tallow on brisket.

200 to start, follow with 225 rapped

yes add a smoke tube