Cheese time!

[MichaelBratton]

I think the weather is gonna cool down just enough here this week in Southern California to get some cheese smoked on the 18 inch. It's the first time in years since I've smoked cheese. I'll be using a Z-Grills tube. Tomorrow is my target day. Wish me luck!

 

[Jon in DFW]

Looking forward to pics, this is something I would be interested in trying out. Best of luck

 

[MichaelBratton]

Coming soon!

 

[G Mouser]

Here's a couple of pics

 

[MichaelBratton]

Here's a couple of pics

Nice work.I'm hoping next cook will be more cheese like you have in these photos. Thanks!

 

[MichaelBratton]

Here's the cook from start to end. My first time smoking cheese in a long time, so I just laid a wedge of gouda and some good cheddar on to see how it would come out. Smoked it with applewood pellets in the Zgrills smoke tube for 2 hours. Wrapped up tight now and sitting in the refrigerator for a few weeks.
I'm pretty impressed with starting the pellets using my Milwaukee heat gun. Saw a video on YouTube and decided to try it. It was recommended to put the pellets in the microwave for about a minute and a half. That really helped dry them out and got them started heating. Applied the heat gun at full power for less than a minute and the pellets flashed!. Huston, we have ignition! Let them sit on the charcoal grate of the WSM for a few minutes to ensure they were smoldering well then laid them over for the duration. I will definitely use this method again.

 

[G Mouser]

Try smoking some Swiss cheese, I did a few weeks ago and I really liked Swiss smoked.

 

[MichaelBratton]

Swiss cheese sounds pretty good. Did you have any trouble with it melting?

 

[G Mouser]

Swiss cheese sounds pretty good. Did you have any trouble with it melting?

Instead of using sliced Swiss, I bought a chunk of Swiss and cut it into thick pieces. It is now my favorite, for now, smoked cheese.

 

[MichaelBratton]

That sounds great. You can bet I'll have some in my next batch. Thanks!