cold smoked cheese with amnps on a 22.5 weber kettle.

[themule69]

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• themule69
• Nov 24, 2012

  just before the one hour mark smoke

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• themule69
• Nov 24, 2012

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• themule69
• Nov 24, 2012

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• themule69
• Nov 24, 2012

cold smoked cheese on a 22.5" weber kettle using the amnps. 2 sides of the amnps lite using pitmast blend. 34 deg. outside when started. 40 deg when finished. 2 hours. total. checked and turned at 1 hour.

should have tented the amnps. had a little melting. cheese got to soft. has deep grill marks in the colby montery jack with a little melting

 mild chedder a little too soft.

pepper jack looks great.

all of the above were 8 oz. blocks.

large 3 pound block of sharp chedder. might need a little more time.

i would have never expected any melting with only the amnps with 40 deg. outside temp.

will have to try again. i was going to give these for christmas. oh well it will taste good.

just put on the weber with amnps. 34 deg.

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• themule69
• Nov 24, 2012

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• themule69
• Nov 24, 2012

amnps after 2 hour smoke. both sides almos burnt up. a couple of drops of melted cheese.

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• themule69
• Nov 24, 2012

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• themule69
• Nov 24, 2012

after 2 hour.

 

[smoke king]

Give them away for Christmas anyway! They will get past the looks once they taste it.

 

[themule69]

Give them away for Christmas anyway! They will get past the looks once they taste it.

i'm thinking eat them my self and serve them sliced. their is still time for a resmoke. only problem is i have to wait before i eat them. oh well i still have a few chunks left from the last smoke.

as always. keep on smoken.

 

[bama bbq]

I like your idea about a tent.  What about fitting some sort of baffle between the smoker and food?  Maybe put fire bricks on each side of the smoker and place a pizza pan on the bricks so the smoke rolls around the pan and onto the cheese.  That may reduce the direct heat a bit.

 

[tjohnson]

Nice Color!

TJ

 

[themule69]

ok 2 weeks later. i tasted the cheese.....yummy. smoked more cheese today....50 deg outside. still the weber 22.5 kettle...still the amnps....this time with 1 row lit. for 3 hours....with a tent over the amnps....wish i could remember who's tent design i worked with......sorry i can't give them credit for their design...looks great with good smoke color. now the wait.

this is the barrowed  tent.

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• themule69
• Dec 8, 2012

tent frame.

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• themule69
• Dec 8, 2012

cheese on the amnps.

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• themule69
• Dec 8, 2012

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• themule69
• Dec 8, 2012

amnps with tent.

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• themule69
• Dec 8, 2012

cheese after 3 hours smoke with pitmaster pellets.

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• themule69
• Dec 8, 2012

after 3 hours

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• themule69
• Dec 8, 2012

 

[roller]

Looks like a real nice cheese smoke..Now for the wait...smoking cheese is my new hobby...

 

[themule69]

CHRISMAS DAY WRAPPED THE CHEESE. I CAN'T BELEIVE I WAITED. WITHOUT A TASTE.

TURNED OUT GREAT.

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• themule69
• Dec 25, 2012

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• themule69
• Dec 25, 2012

 

[deltadude]

Congrats TheMule69, looks like you learned from your first experience and improved on your technique, the results look awesome.

Regarding temp, I just did about same amount of cheese in my MES 40 with only the AMNPS cold smoking, one end lit for 2 hours.  Outside temp was in the 48-50 deg range or slightly lower.  The temp in my MES climbed to 80º, I even used all ice in the water pan above the AMNPS, and my AMNPS has a very heavy duty cover.  The smoke for whatever reason was too strong with Hickory pellets, in fact I opened the smoker the next day, to put the cleaned racks back in, and the smell was the strongest almost creosote smell I have ever had in the smoker.  Normally when I open the door to my MES and if anyone is around they comment how wonderful it smells.  So I have to work on my method.

My cheese sweat very little, ( I read that if it sweats then you are losing flavor), so keeping the temp low is very important.  However I have put cheese in the smoker just so it could melt and the flavor is awesome, so have to experiment more to know for sure.

What did you use to seal each cheese packet?  Brand & Model #?  I don't have a food saver / vacuum packer yet.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[themule69]

Congrats TheMule69, looks like you learned from your first experience and improved on your technique, the results look awesome.

Regarding temp, I just did about same amount of cheese in my MES 40 with only the AMNPS cold smoking, one end lit for 2 hours.  Outside temp was in the 48-50 deg range or slightly lower.  The temp in my MES climbed to 80º, I even used all ice in the water pan above the AMNPS, and my AMNPS has a very heavy duty cover.  The smoke for whatever reason was too strong with Hickory pellets, in fact I opened the smoker the next day, to put the cleaned racks back in, and the smell was the strongest almost creosote smell I have ever had in the smoker.  Normally when I open the door to my MES and if anyone is around they comment how wonderful it smells.  So I have to work on my method.

My cheese sweat very little, ( I read that if it sweats then you are losing flavor), so keeping the temp low is very important.  However I have put cheese in the smoker just so it could melt and the flavor is awesome, so have to experiment more to know for sure.

What did you use to seal each cheese packet?  Brand & Model #?  I don't have a food saver / vacuum packer yet.

Thanks for sharing the pics

i have 2 vacuum sealer brand vacs not sue of model # .then i use the roll bags so i can cut to lenght. don't try to be cheap and cut the bags as small as you can or you will end up with one that is to short. so you waste some that way. i have found that ebay has better deals on bags. than i can get local.one of the sponsors of this site also sells them not sure about their bags. i will give them a try next time i need bags

 

[themule69]

smoked cheese with labels. yum yum great christmas gifts.

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• themule69
• Dec 28, 2012

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• themule69
• Dec 28, 2012

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• themule69
• Dec 28, 2012