Smoked cheese on the WSM

[Harmony BBQ]

Christmas gifts for neighbors and friends. 10 pounds sharp cheddar, 5 pounds pepper jack and 1 pound Colby jack. Using small chunk of apple wood and a couple pieces of lump for smoke.

 

[Stingerhook]

Very nice.

 

[palmtreefrb]

Christmas gifts for neighbors and friends. 10 pounds sharp cheddar, 5 pounds pepper jack and 1 pound Colby jack. Using small chunk of apple wood and a couple pieces of lump for smoke.

How long do you smoke the cheese for?

 

[Harmony BBQ]

About 2.5 hours. Then vacuum bag and into the refrigerator to let the smoke mellow a bit for at least a week. Longer is better.

 

[jzadski]

Looks good! Tis the season, just did mine Friday :-D

 

[Itsdone]

About 2.5 hours. Then vacuum bag and into the refrigerator to let the smoke mellow a bit for at least a week. Longer is better.

I still haven't found a cold enough temp that doesn't melt the cheese and at the same time doesn't make the cheese smell like an ash tray. I noticed cigarette smokers don't notice this.

 

[Bluebird]

I love smoked cheese!

 

[Jbowie]

I use the SMOKE TUBE with apple or cherry pellets on my WSM . On a cool day my temps stay n the 90 range. Smoke for about 2 hours..

 

[TBASS]

I use the SMOKE TUBE with apple or cherry pellets on my WSM . On a cool day my temps stay n the 90 range. Smoke for about 2 hours..

Great looking cheese. Would you mind sharing the process that you use for smoking the cheese? I have an 18.5 and a 22.5 WSM and would like to give this a try.

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

The thing to remember with smoking cheese is that less is more. Take it easy on the smoke. 2 to 2 1/2 hours is good. I got pretty dumb one time and went a lot longer and just made a bunch of cheese inedible.

 

[Smoking Piney]

Awesome! :-D

It's time for me to plan my cheese smoke now that the weather is cold.

 

[Smoking Piney]

The thing to remember with smoking cheese is that less is more. Take it easy on the smoke. 2 to 2 1/2 hours is good. I got pretty dumb one time and went a lot longer and just made a bunch of cheese inedible.

Good advice and did that just once....was like trying to eat an ash tray. :shocked:

 

[thirdeye]

That is the PERFECT amount of smoke delivery for cheese. Just barely visible. Less is more better when it comes to cheese.

I use a mini WSM combined with a sawdust smoke generator, here is my outfit in action. If you look closely between 9:00 and 11:00, it appears the camera moved.... but that is the smoke trail. I can sample the entire 5 or 6 hours, and sometimes I'll go for round two the next day.

 

[bschoen]

Great looking cheese. Would you mind sharing the process that you use for smoking the cheese? I have an 18.5 and a 22.5 WSM and would like to give this a try.

I use one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LLIQRZW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
In my cheap OK Joe offset. Put the maze in the firebox elevated with a couple of bricks, all vents wide open, more draft more better. Use a light wood pellet or saw dust, alder, apple, cherry or other fruit wood. As others here have already suggested, less is more, 2.5 hours max and a long rest, a week or two in the fridge.

Looks like the Maze is not available on Amazon at this time, but any of these should get it done.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=smoke+tu...ix=smoke+tube,lawngarden,500&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

 

[ModelMaker]

I use one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LLIQRZW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
In my cheap OK Joe offset. Put the maze in the firebox elevated with a couple of bricks, all vents wide open, more draft more better. Use a light wood pellet or saw dust, alder, apple, cherry or other fruit wood. As others here have already suggested, less is more, 2.5 hours max and a long rest, a week or two in the fridge.

Looks like the Maze is not available on Amazon at this time, but any of these should get it done.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=smoke+tu...ix=smoke+tube,lawngarden,500&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

eBay has them.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...57.m570.l1313&_nkw=maze+pellet+smker&_sacat=0

Ed

 

[cowgirl]

Looks delicious!