Cheese and chops - a very cold smoke :)

[smoked alaskan]

Hey Everyone,

Hope y'all had awesome Christmas and New Years !  My hunny was a great Santa, got me an Amazn pellet smoker which I broke in today with a couple pounds of extra sharp cheddar and a pound of Swiss. 

First attempt at cold smoke and cheese. I know ya can't get above 90* F but had no idea if there was a bottom limit to how cold it could be when you smoke cheese.

When I started it was 16* outside and never got much warmer than that.  Anywho... I decided to give it a go.

Amazn pellet smoker did great. I elevated it off the bottom of my smoker on a smoker rack so it had lots of air flow, lit it off and thats all there was to it.

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• smoked alaskan
• Jan 10, 2016

I had some chops soaking in Teriyaki Sauce since last night so decided to give them an hour or so of pre smoke before throwing them on the barby

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• smoked alaskan
• Jan 10, 2016

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• Jan 10, 2016

Pullled the cheese after 4 hours of hickory smoke. Everything I read said 2-4 hours and with the temp as cold as it was I thought a little longer would be OK. Hope I was right !

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• smoked alaskan
• Jan 10, 2016

Now the hard part, waiting a few weeks for it to mesh nicely.  Should be ready just in time for my Hunny's birthday and the King Crab Feast

  Happy Smokin' Everyone !!!

 

[muralboy]

Awesome smoke. Way to do it right. Cheese look perfect. So do the chops. Try a 30-40 min cold smoke on steak before grilling. You won't be disappointed.

 

[b-one]

Nice looking smoke!

 

[ak1]

Looks good. Don't worry 4hrs is fine for the cheese. Heck I usually do mine for 12.

 

[driedstick]

Yep 4 is fine,, I just did some for 8hrs,,,,,been going for color lately instead of time... Yours looks great 

Nice job 

A full smoker is a happy smoker - stay happy happy happy 

DS
 

 

[worktogthr]

Looks really great!  just inspired me to smoke some cheese this week.   Also got a good price on rib eyes so I was thinking maybe I will cold smoke a few steaks for a few hours, partially freeze, slice thin and make some smokey cheese steaks.

 

[SmokinAl]

Cheese & chops both look awesome!

Great color!!

Al

 

[disco]

Great looking smoke on both those.

Points for not wasting smoke!

Disco

 

[redheelerdog]

Wonderful looking cheese!

Sounds like some great eats on that birthday party. Awesome!