Hi,

I've had my YS640 for about a month now, and I've done a couple of small, short cooks (burn-in, bacon, etc). Today I had planned on smoking a tri-tip for 2-3 hours, but then the weather started to roll in. I started up the YS640 and the outside temperature was about 33 degrees F. The smoker got up to 225 (my set temperature), I put the meat on, and then it started to snow lightly. Ever since then, the temperature has dropped to about 135 on the panel of the YS640, and it constantly has the three "up" dashes. I do not have any type of thermal blanket, but assumed that I would still be able to smoke and just consume more pellets. Is there something wrong with my smoker? The outside temperature is now a brisk 22F, is it just too cold outside for the YS640 to get up to temperature? I really thought I would be able to use it all winter, but I'm really concerned about my purchase now.

Any help will be apprecited.

I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.

References:
http://community.yodersmokers.com/viewtopic.php?p=3096
Construction solution Video

Thank you.