First cheese smoke

[SKade]

I did my first cheese smoke today. A few pounds of cheddar of various types, a couple pounds of mozzarella, and a pound of pepper jack.

Smoked for three hours with apple pellets. Tasted like it had a good amount of smoke but it needs to mellow some. It's in the fridge till tomorrow when I will vac pack most and leave some in ziplocs to munch on. The smoke smelled different than I'm use to. It was my first time using pellets. Excited to see what it becomes.

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Cheese looks great! Looks like it took on some nice color too. You will be hooked and smoking more once that first batch mellows out! LIKE!

 

[Brokenhandle]

Good job for your first time! And now the hard part...waiting for it to mellow out. Then there's the harder part of not eating it all and trying to get some aged cheeses

Ryan

 

[smokerjim]

looks good from here, just in time for the big game sunday

 

[gmc2003]

Nice job on that cheese. I bet it won't be to long before another batch goes in the smoker.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[GATOR240]

Good looking cheese. Cabot Seriously Sharp is one of my favorites.

 

[tander28]

Looks great! I've only done cheese a few times and always came out too smoky. This "mellowing" process sounds like a missed step. How long does it usually take?

 

[Brokenhandle]

Depending on what type of wood or pellets you used and for how long... think a month would be a good start. Usually how long I start with

Ryan

 

[JBPilot]

I’ve always done a minimum or at least 2 weeks. Longer if I can stand to wait and let it age more but not before 2 weeks.

 

[gmc2003]

If you use dust and monitor the amount of smoke then your cheese is basically eatable the same day.

Chris

 

[SKade]

Good looking cheese. Cabot Seriously Sharp is one of my favorites.

Mine too. The price and how it takes smoke are amazing. I picked up 4 more pounds to smoke!

 

[SKade]

Nice job on that cheese. I bet it won't be to long before another batch goes in the smoker.

Point for sure
Chris

You were right. I’ve got another batch going today. Smoking cheese is highly addictive.