Cold Smoked Cheeses?

[kcam1999]

I was talking to a friend of mine that has the popular smoker 'that shall not be named' he was telling me for Christmas he does a cold smoked cheese assortment for Christmas gifts, has anybody tried this in their SRG? If so could you please let me know, I'd love to try it.

[TMB]

I was talking to a friend of mine that has the popular smoker 'that shall not be named' he was telling me for Christmas he does a cold smoked cheese assortment for Christmas gifts, has anybody tried this in their SRG? If so could you please let me know, I'd love to try it.

I have,but you have to use the SRG as a cold smoker.  Meaning DO NOT LITE IT to hot.  I used an A-Maze-N smoker tube with hickory pellets set the tube on the bottom of the SRG chamber lit and set the cheese blocks on the grilling grate (again do not lite) the temp will be warm so keep and eye on temp if possible use a pie pan with ice in it in your basket to keep temps below 90 or wait till it's 50 or below to cold smoke the cheese

[Pam Gould]

what Tommy siad..plus I always let dry after smoking, a paper towel will help..then vacuum seal after, put the date on it for 1 month..then taste your cheeses.  Smoked cheese is killer..☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[Dave R.]

If using A-Maze-N tube (as TMB suggests) it doesn't matter what vessel you do the cheese in provided it is outdoors. It was cool enough here the other morning I cold smoked a block of medium cheddar using apple pellets on our MAK 2 Star. Placed the cheese in the warming / smoke box on the side and let it run using the smoke setting for about 2 1/2 hours. Placed on counter to bring to room temperature, dried with paper towel and vacuum packed and into the garage fridge it went. Sampled a chunk about a week later as we had guests and it was very good but waiting longer like a month would yield a better flavor IMHO. Not a good idea to try it this way if the ambient temperatures are warm. When it warms up I use a knock off A-Maze-N tube to cold smoke.

[kcam1999]

Thanks so much you guys, I'm very excited to try this! With the SRG (Not Lite) 2 1/2 hours is that the standard amount of time?

[TMB]

Thanks so much you guys, I'm very excited to try this! With the SRG (Not Lite) 2 1/2 hours is that the standard amount of time?

depends on how smoke you want in the cheese.  I normaly go 1 hr to 1.5

[Pam Gould]

Thanks so much you guys, I'm very excited to try this! With the SRG (Not Lite) 2 1/2 hours is that the standard amount of time?

depends on how smoke you want in the cheese.  I normaly go 1 hr to 1.5

I do 2 hours but then I smoke a bunch at one time and start now in time for xmas .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[Salmonsmoker]

Two hrs. of smoke is plenty for cheese IMO. A milder wood is also preferable for cheese IMO. 90F max temperature, but I think the best smoking temp. for cheese is 60F. Let the cheese temper for an hour after smoking-right in the smoking vessel is ideal, just take away the smoke source. Vac pack and stick it in the back of your fridge for a month. Eat.  Don't touch the cheese with your bare hands. Bacteria present even after washing good will eventually start your cheese to mold inside the vac packed bags. You can cold smoke in any container that fits your purpose. A wardrobe moving box with an amazen tube smoker standing in a metal can, and a way to hold the cheese racks will even work.