The Problem My original smoke tube didn’t survive the garage fire, so this smoke started with a replacement — and a new problem. The whole point of a pellet tube is a slow smolder, not a flame, but this one kept doing the opposite. What Happened There’s a fine line between smoking and flaming. If…
Category: Cheese
Can You Over-Smoke Cheese? What I Learned
The Mistake I was running low on smoked cheese: white cheddar, sharp cheddar, Colby jack, and a wedge each of un-smoked Gouda and Swiss. It was cold outside, so I skipped the water pan full of ice I’d normally use — a shortcut I wouldn’t take again. I loaded the tube with hickory pellets and…
Cherry vs. Oak Pellets for Cold-Smoked Cheddar
Why Test Cherry Against Oak Most cold-smoked cheese advice tells you to reach for a “mild” wood and stop there. I wanted an actual answer, not a guess, so I ran the same cheese through the same process one week apart — the only variable was the pellet. This batch was a Cracker Barrel variety…