Smoked Cheese with the A-Maze-N-Smoker

I've had the A-Maze-N-Smoker on my radar for some time now so I could add cold smoking to my repertoire. For those of you who aren't familiar with the A-Maze-N-Smoker, it is simply a maze, manufactured out of perforated metal, that is filled with sawdust.  Once lighted, it gives off excellent smoke without adding any significant amount of heat.

The unit comes in two sizes.  A 6" x 6" unit and a 6" x 8" unit.  I received the 6" x 8" variety for a Christmas present and thought I would finally get around to cold smoking some cheese.  I cut up some blocks of medium cheddar and pepper jack cheeses into some smaller chunks and threw them on my Yoder Smokers pellet grill (turned off of course).  Then I filled up the A-Maze-N-Smoker half full with some of the hickory sawdust that came with the product, and lit one side of the sawdust to start the smoking.  Here's what it looked like.

Starting off the smoke.

Over half way done.  This was a little over 3 hours after lighting!

Almost done.  The cheese smoked for 6 hours!

Once the cheese was done smoking, it is very important to wrap the cheese tightly in plastic wrap or vacuum seal if you have one.  Let that cheese rest in the fridge for a week or more to let the smoke flavor mellow.

The A-Maze-N-Smoker is a very well built unit and simple to get a good, consistent smoke going.  If you're into smoked cheese or any other cold smoked product, I would highly recommend it.