Smoking cheese in the Jumbo Joe

[Fueling Around]

It was a crisp 43° this morning in central Florida and I was ready to smoke some cheese.




An 18" kettle doesn't have much room. Halved 3 bricks of cheese. Dang, I could have fit 1 more.
Cabot Pepper Jack & Habanero Cheddar
Wally world mozzarella


Filled the mini with apple pellets. Thanks Chris (@Chris_in_SoCal) That torch is the best for lighting up a tube.


Close it up and wait for the tube to burn out


2-1/2 hours of smoke and then let it cool for 45 minutes before transferring to a zip bag.
I took internal temp of the kettle a couple times and it got up to 120°
You can see the mozzarella (center blocks) got a little saggy.

These will got offered up at the S FL gathering in 2 weeks.

Thanks for looking

 

[Brokenhandle]

Nice batch of cheese!
Crisp 43? So you had shorts and a t-shirt on?

Ryan

 

[JckDanls 07]

Looking good...

Crisp 43? So you had shorts and a t-shirt on?

I actually do... I've been waiting all summer for this cooler weather...

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looking good...



I actually do... I've been waiting all summer for this cooler weather...

If you ever need more cooler weather feel free to come north!

Ryan

 

[yankee2bbq]

That cheese looks good!

 

[Fueling Around]

Thanks
I hope it ages well. May have gotten a bit smoky as I didn't rotate the blocks. Just flipped them once.

Nice batch of cheese!
Crisp 43? So you had shorts and a t-shirt on?

Ryan

I've had long pants and a sweatshirt on since Thursday. Mornings a bit cool, but daytime could be shorts, but too lazy to change. I don't want to look like a tourist

Looking good...
...

Thanks Keith. In vac bags to age and will be put on the table in a couple of weeks at the gathering.
I'll take some clear