Level Upped My Cheese Game! (pic heavy)

vb4677

I love it when a plan comes together!  I've cold smoked cheese with my A-Maze-N pellet box a couple of times now, but I had to borrow SWMBO's baker racks - which are rectangular.  Also, she's concerned about me ruining her stuff... so I

Ordered 2 of these bigger ones:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OKB512M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And 2 of these smaller ones: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OKB5PY6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So that I maximize the surface area to hold more food!  I plan on doing cheese and jerky with these things...

Last time they'll be shiny!


Testing the fit of the base 


Dry Fit


Testing the Load Capacity...


AAAAAAAAAND WE'RE OFF AND SMOKING!

Killit_and_Grillit

Smoked horseradish cheddar. 

Up'd your cheese game, indeed. Looks great. 

vb4677

I did 29 blocks of cheese and had room for more...
Love this approach!

Photo Egg

vb4677 said:

I did 29 blocks of cheese and had room for more...
Love this approach!

Way cool...
These cheesy little racks can't handle any real heat as the finish peels off easy but for smoking cheese and jerky they will be perfect.
Great photos of set up!

Brisket_Fanatic

Horseradish Cheddar is one of my fav's I do in the fall as well!

vb4677

Photo Egg said:

vb4677 said:

I did 29 blocks of cheese and had room for more...
Love this approach!

Way cool...
These cheesy little racks can't handle any real heat as the finish peels off easy but for smoking cheese and jerky they will be perfect.
Great photos of set up!

Yeah - they were touted as "steamer racks"... but I'm starting to notice a little rusting after a trip thru the dishwasher.  I'll report back later...May have to handwash and oil going forward...

deadlyfrog

@vb4677 Your setup is great.... Could you tell me how long you smoke your cheese for ..?

vb4677

3.5 hours on a 72F fall day...  over the A-Maze-N box pellet smoker of hickory pellets.  Pulled the KickAsh basket and platesetter out.  Had 1 cheddar block on the bottom rack take one for the team and got all melty... so I need to figure out a way to prevent that next time... May be as easy as using an aluminum pan...

Canugghead

This is how I do it. A pan of ice cubes on platesetter helps.
http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/765278/smoked-cheese-run-pic-heavy

vb4677

Can't see your Photobucket pics...

vb4677

But, I do have a spider I can us!  Great idea!

HeavyG

vb4677 said:

3.5 hours on a 72F fall day...  over the A-Maze-N box pellet smoker of hickory pellets.  Pulled the KickAsh basket and platesetter out.  Had 1 cheddar block on the bottom rack take one for the team and got all melty... so I need to figure out a way to prevent that next time... May be as easy as using an aluminum pan...

A little foil tent or a pan a couple of inches above the tray will do the trick. I had the same problem the first time I used my pellet tray in my Weber Kettle. 

Canugghead

Don't mean to thread-jack, might as well rescue those photos before photobucket purge them for non-payment of $399 ransom...

milesvdustin

Too late 

bluebird66

That cheese looks so good!

SmokingPiney

Awesome cheese rig, @vb4677.