Smoking cheese AT work instead of FOR work.

thirdeye · 01-31-2013, 09:45 PM

Usually I smoke things on the weekend to take in to work, but one of the guys recently got a WSM and I asked him to bring it in so we could smoke some cheese for the guys. I brought my A-Maze-N smoke tray and 4 pounds of extra sharp cheddar, and we set it up in the shop. I sampled some about 3 hours in, he was going to pull it off later today. This should give us a few days of munchies.

It's funny.... because the rear shop is the Weld Shop, and despite exhaust fans and smoke eaters.... it's well,.....smokey. When the welders came up front they smelled the wood smoke immediately. This is the kind of smoke they are used to.

Mattmo · 01-31-2013, 09:50 PM

Sounds like a great day at work to me!

jrn · 01-31-2013, 09:55 PM

Smoking cheese is something I haven't tried yet. What temp were y'all running?

thirdeye · 01-31-2013, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jrn

Smoking cheese is something I haven't tried yet. What temp were y'all running?

The sawdust tray produces almost no heat.... it was 20° outside, so around 50° inside the building. The smoker was cool to the touch. Here is what the tray looks like.

martyleach · 01-31-2013, 10:11 PM

Nice! Gonna let that mellow out for a day or so?

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · 01-31-2013, 10:21 PM

Looking good. I just got the same little cold smoker but it has been too cold oot to use it so far.

What sawdust did you use?

bbqbull · 01-31-2013, 10:23 PM

That is gonna be some fine cheese Wayne!!!
You gonna smoke some meat to go with the cheese?

caseydog · 01-31-2013, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jrn

Smoking cheese is something I haven't tried yet. What temp were y'all running?

I smoke mine in a WSM in the winter months, as cold as I can. No more than 50 degrees, for me. My homemade smoke generator creates almost no heat.

CD

bigabyte · 01-31-2013, 10:31 PM

That is really something. Being able to cook inside at work like that. Very cool. I'm betting this may become a more regular thing!

caseydog · 01-31-2013, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by martyleach

Nice! Gonna let that mellow out for a day or so?

Same question from me. Smoked cheese can be pretty harsh fresh out of the smoker. I like to let mine chill for at least three days, and find that it is just right after a week or two.

BTW, I don't personally like smoking sharp cheddar. I tend to prefer smoking milder, creamier cheeses. But, to each his own.

I do recommend that brethren smoke a wide variety of cheeses. It is like a science project -- you get to taste stuff and be surprised. I love cheddar, but not smoked. Other cheeses that don't do anything for me, I love smoked.

CD

DubfromGA · 02-01-2013, 03:36 AM

That's a really nice thing to do for the guys at work.

SmokyWoodturner · 02-01-2013, 06:13 AM

That might change the old adage about work and fishing to-----a good day at work and smoking cheese is better than a bad day fishing. Looking good

chicagokp · 02-01-2013, 06:45 AM

Very cool, I'd love to fire up the smoker at work....that's a good benefit.

Pitmasterx · 02-01-2013, 07:06 AM

Great idea smoking in a welding shop. I could do that as well, wonder if I would need a hot work permit for steaks.:p

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Garyclaw · 02-01-2013, 07:32 AM

That looks like the perfect set-up for cheese right there, Thirdeye. Thanks!

01-31-2013, 09:45 PM	#1
thirdeye Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-14-06 Location: At home on the range in Wyoming Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Smoking cheese AT work instead of FOR work. Usually I smoke things on the weekend to take in to work, but one of the guys recently got a WSM and I asked him to bring it in so we could smoke some cheese for the guys. I brought my A-Maze-N smoke tray and 4 pounds of extra sharp cheddar, and we set it up in the shop. I sampled some about 3 hours in, he was going to pull it off later today. This should give us a few days of munchies. It's funny.... because the rear shop is the Weld Shop, and despite exhaust fans and smoke eaters.... it's well,.....smokey. When the welders came up front they smelled the wood smoke immediately. This is the kind of smoke they are used to. __________________ ~thirdeye~ I Play With Fire and Smoke *KCBS - CBJ* Big Green Eggs, Big Drum Smokers, Big Chiefs, Weber Smokey Joe "Custom Tall Boy" Oil Patch Horizontal Visit my Cookin' Site by clicking HERE Barbecue is not rocket surgery

01-31-2013, 09:55 PM	#3
jrn Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-30-12 Location: Quitman, Ms Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Smoking cheese is something I haven't tried yet. What temp were y'all running? __________________ UDS, mini wsm

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martyleach Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-17-10 Location: Pleasanton, Ca Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice! Gonna let that mellow out for a day or so? __________________ Large Big Green Egg, Cold smokehouse, UDS with hinged lid, Santa Maria pit 26.75" Weber OTG, Weber Performer, WGA MAK One Star General Pellet Pooper Hasty Bake Gourmet Custom wooden handles for BBQ's made by Marty Leach (oh, that's me) www.amlwoodart.com

01-31-2013, 10:21 PM	#6
HeSmellsLikeSmoke somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-02-07 Location: Warren, Vermont Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looking good. I just got the same little cold smoker but it has been too cold oot to use it so far. What sawdust did you use? __________________ Jim - Another transplanted Texan Former KCBS CBJ Large and Medium Big Green Eggs , Black 18.5" WSM, Blue Weber Performer - Stainless, Green Weber OTG Kettle , Brinkmann SnP Pro, and a Stainless UDS. One retired Portable Kitchen grill. Red Thermapen, Maverick ET-73, EdgePro Apex Sharpener. Avatar is the original 1951 Weber Kettle

01-31-2013, 10:23 PM	#7
bbqbull Moderator Join Date: 12-27-05 Location: Mid Michigan Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	That is gonna be some fine cheese Wayne!!! You gonna smoke some meat to go with the cheese? __________________ You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. KC I miss your advice. Heavily medicated for your protection. Klose Mobile Pit Klose Owners Reccomended Pit Cookshack Smokette Gasser Little Chief Smoker Large BGE Gifted to me my Pit Barrel Smoker

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Mattmo Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 12-30-12 Location: Sedalia, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sounds like a great day at work to me!

01-31-2013, 10:31 PM	#9
bigabyte somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-10-06 Location: Overland Fark, KS Downloads: 1 Uploads: 1	That is really something. Being able to cook inside at work like that. Very cool. I'm betting this may become a more regular thing! __________________ Chris Baker For great food and and an even better time join the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns *First ever recipient of the Silverfinger Award!* Yes, I own a whole bunch of BBQ crap also. *Certified MOINK Baller & IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball Judge #0003 - Get your MOINK Certification today!* The Secret Squirrel Society doesn't exist - Zero Club member

02-01-2013, 03:36 AM	#11
DubfromGA is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-08-13 Location: Georgia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's a really nice thing to do for the guys at work. __________________ Trusty-rusty Char-Griller offset, Char-Griller Akorn, Charbroil The Big Easy, Maverick ET-732

02-01-2013, 06:13 AM	#12
SmokyWoodturner Got Wood. Join Date: 04-25-12 Location: Pikeville, Tennessee Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That might change the old adage about work and fishing to-----a good day at work and smoking cheese is better than a bad day fishing. Looking good

02-01-2013, 06:45 AM	#13
chicagokp is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-17-11 Location: Chicago north 'burbs IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very cool, I'd love to fire up the smoker at work....that's a good benefit. __________________ UDS - Midi Me - Weber Performer - 22.5 Weber OTG - Weber Genesis - GOSM White Lightning Thermopen

02-01-2013, 07:06 AM	#14
Pitmasterx On the road to being a farker Join Date: 03-16-12 Location: The Netherlands Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great idea smoking in a welding shop. I could do that as well, wonder if I would need a hot work permit for steaks.:p Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9100 met Tapatalk __________________ Check out my youtube channel BBQpitmasterx!

02-01-2013, 07:32 AM	#15
Garyclaw Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-05-09 Location: NE OH-IO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That looks like the perfect set-up for cheese right there, Thirdeye. Thanks! __________________ Gary ____________________________________ Big BarBChef built in to the Outdoor Kitchen, Weber kettle, 1 UDS, Little Chief Electric, 2 Propane Fish Cookers/Turkey Fryers, a swinging grate over my Fire pit, Big Pig Cooker "Nice talkin' to ya"