Smoked cheese

[RichardWhitmill]

Hi folks, been a little bit of time away. Ready to get smoking again.
Today had my first go at smoking cheese on the WSM. Took a little prep and a good few read throughs of @Chris Allingham's instructions and video. But all worked really well. Smoked for two hours. Luckily the British weather did what it does best and kept overcast which helped keep the temp down!
Did some cheddar, Gouda, gruyère, halloumi and paneer. Will see how it turns out in a few weeks time!
Not pictured was some hot smoked cream cheese I did on there kettle to snack on whilst we waited. It just went too fast! Was delicious.

 

[ChrisGariepy]

Looks great

 

[timothy]

I like that rack, looks like you can flip it over?

 

[RichardWhitmill]

I like that rack, looks like you can flip it over?

Yeah it's very versatile. Comes as part of a baking tray so very useful in the oven. From IKEA.

 

[timothy]

This one?

KONCIS roasting tin with grill rack, stainless steel, 40x32 cm - IKEA

KONCIS roasting tin with grill rack, stainless steel, 40x32 cm

www.ikea.com

 

[Josh H]

Looking good! I’m going to have to try this out.

 

[RichardWhitmill]

This one?

KONCIS roasting tin with grill rack, stainless steel, 40x32 cm - IKEA

KONCIS roasting tin with grill rack, stainless steel, 40x32 cm

www.ikea.com

Yes that's the one!

 

[ChuckO]

That's a tough thing to do. Did you use a smoke-tube, or did you actually have charcoal going?

 

[RichardWhitmill]

That's a tough thing to do. Did you use a smoke-tube, or did you actually have charcoal going?

Smoke tube. I'd done a dry run with the pit empty before. My main learnings were
More ice needed. I had to top up midway through. Should have filled the pan all the way.
Should invest in a longer smoke tube or a second of same size. The 6" tube went out after an hour and a half. Pretty good going but would have been good to ignite a second one when the smoke started to thin and then swap.

Still over a week to go to find out if it worked or not!