Just wondering if it can be too cold to cold smoke cheese. It is currently 7° in Kansas. Last time I cold smoked it was 30-40 and it went perfect. I use a AMZ Tube smoker to smoke the cheese.
Last weekend I cold smoked BB bacon in my MES with the AMNPS. Ambient temp rose from 30F to 48F through the day. Temp inside the smoker gradually got above 100F, at which point I put in a jug of frozen water to lower the temp. I was actually surprised how much heat was generated by those little smoldering pellets.
Its currently a balmy -31*C , -39*C with the wind chill and I just took a block of cheddar out of my MES 40 running an AMNPS tube with no heat and the cheese turned out just fine. I just let the smoke warm up the smoker to above freezing then put the cheese in. The smoker was about 65*F each time I checked. This was a block of extra sharp white cheddar, now it's got a great color after 4 hours of smoke. Ive also got some Himalayan pink salt going overnight as well.View attachment 348851
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That salt looked like canned corned beef hash to me.Thanks for the idea..corned beef hash hot smoked in a CI DO or Pan is gonna happen!Its currently a balmy -31*C , -39*C with the wind chill and I just took a block of cheddar out of my MES 40 running an AMNPS tube with no heat and the cheese turned out just fine. I just let the smoke warm up the smoker to above freezing then put the cheese in. The smoker was about 65*F each time I checked. This was a block of extra sharp white cheddar, now it's got a great color after 4 hours of smoke. Ive also got some Himalayan pink salt going overnight as well.View attachment 348851
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Thanks.Wish it was that warm where I live!
Nice looking cheese.