OK....decided to try smoking some cheese....hopefully it'll turn out OK. I smoked them for about 4hrs outside in ~45-50* weather. Plans are to use the cheddars to make mac & cheese. For the Pepper Jack, I plan on smoking a brisket flat seasoned chipotle/Mexican style and making some seriously awesome nachos.
Got 3 Cabot block: seriously sharp white, sharp yellow, pepper jack.
Broke out the AMNPS w/ Pecan...
TBS:
All done up & vac sealed. I did flip the cheeses about 1/2 way through the time period. Just after returning from Thanksgiving in NC, these blocks should be right at the month mark.....its so stinkin' hard to wait....it's killing me and the gf. Don't have a fancy vac-seal system, so using the Ziploc one...gotta say, even after 2wks, it's still sealed tight. Every once in a while, i'll try to suction more out w/ the contraption, but doesn't do anything, so that tells me the seal is plenty strong still. No drying or anything visible at the 2wk mark.
Got 3 Cabot block: seriously sharp white, sharp yellow, pepper jack.
Broke out the AMNPS w/ Pecan...
TBS:
All done up & vac sealed. I did flip the cheeses about 1/2 way through the time period. Just after returning from Thanksgiving in NC, these blocks should be right at the month mark.....its so stinkin' hard to wait....it's killing me and the gf. Don't have a fancy vac-seal system, so using the Ziploc one...gotta say, even after 2wks, it's still sealed tight. Every once in a while, i'll try to suction more out w/ the contraption, but doesn't do anything, so that tells me the seal is plenty strong still. No drying or anything visible at the 2wk mark.
