Afternoon Folks,
I've been meaning to post some of my most recent smokes within the past few weeks ago, just seems like I always get distracted. Today's forecast has called for -5[sup]oF[/sup], with a windchill down to a pleasant -33[sup]o[/sup]F. At least mother nature was gracious enough to give us a few inches of snow to go along with that. Any who! It boils down to being the perfect day to reflect on some cold smoking magic, which I have become officially addicted to. Anyone want to take a gander at how many cheese sticks are in the smoker?
Oddly enough when I smoked these a couple Wednesday's ago I actually had to turn my MES 40 ON to make sure the cheese was THAWED OUT! It was also below 0 at that time.... Smoked them for 6 hours with Todd's Pitmaster's Choice & Pecan. Patted dry and put in ziplock bags, normally I'll vacuum seal if I know they won't be consumed too soon. This batch went to my buddy's back in my college town, who graduated this past weekend. While these cheese sticks are a pain to unwrap individually and take forever, they are so dang good and easy to pull out of the bag to eat on a daily basis! Best part about this mailbox mod is that I can have some cheese that night or the morning after, and it still tastes delicious! No wait/resting times!
Enjoy!
I've been meaning to post some of my most recent smokes within the past few weeks ago, just seems like I always get distracted. Today's forecast has called for -5[sup]oF[/sup], with a windchill down to a pleasant -33[sup]o[/sup]F. At least mother nature was gracious enough to give us a few inches of snow to go along with that. Any who! It boils down to being the perfect day to reflect on some cold smoking magic, which I have become officially addicted to. Anyone want to take a gander at how many cheese sticks are in the smoker?
Oddly enough when I smoked these a couple Wednesday's ago I actually had to turn my MES 40 ON to make sure the cheese was THAWED OUT! It was also below 0 at that time.... Smoked them for 6 hours with Todd's Pitmaster's Choice & Pecan. Patted dry and put in ziplock bags, normally I'll vacuum seal if I know they won't be consumed too soon. This batch went to my buddy's back in my college town, who graduated this past weekend. While these cheese sticks are a pain to unwrap individually and take forever, they are so dang good and easy to pull out of the bag to eat on a daily basis! Best part about this mailbox mod is that I can have some cheese that night or the morning after, and it still tastes delicious! No wait/resting times!
Enjoy!
