My First Cheese Smoke

[s2k9k]

I've been wanting to do this for awhile but I didn't have any way to make smoke without heat before, until I got my AMNPS and this thing is Amazen! I also got some Frogmats yesterday (early Fathers Day present, YEA!) and just had to try them out. We had a cold front come through this week and it was kind of chilly all day today, low 70's and only got up 77 this afternoon so I thought "what a great day to smoke some cheese". I stopped on the way home from work and picked up 2# Sharp Cheddar, 1# Colby/Jack, 1# Swiss and 1# Mozz. I filled up one row of the AMNPS with Pitmasters Choice pellets and lit it up and let it work it's magic. I pulled the Swiss after 2 hours, looked like it was taking on smoke faster than the rest which I let go another 45 minutes. It's resting right now and I'll vac/seal it in a little while. 

Ok, here it is

 

[scarbelly]

Congrats Dave - you are now a smoked cheesehead. Now comes the hard part, the 2 week wait. 

 

[s2k9k]

Congrats Dave - you are now a smoked cheesehead. Now comes the hard part, the 2 week wait. 

Well I have to go out of town next week so I'll only be tempted for 1 week! Thanks Man!

 

[rdknb]

looks good, the waiting is the hard part, but well worth it.

 

[africanmeat]

Congrats Dave - you are now a smoked cheesehead. Now comes the hard part, the 2 week wait. 

X2

 

[jrod62]

cheese looks great.

I got some I did 4 weeks ago. I'm smoking some summer sausage today.

I like to let the SS sit in the fridge for a week before eating some.

so next week , SS and smoke cheese.

 

[papagrizz]

Looks great...Now I will need to add cheese to my list...

 

[smokinhusker]

Don't know how I missed this. Looks great! The mozz is the only one that doesn't really have to mellow for 2 weeks.