Smoked Cheddar Cheese

Smoked cheddar cheese is tasty on burgers, in quesadillas, queso, and more.
Since cheddar’s melting point is 150 degrees, cold smoking is required. If you
want to learn how to cold smoke in your Z Grills Pellet Grill, you’re in luck
because we’re covering the process step-by-step. Grab a smoke tube, and let’s
get started!

Servings: 16

Author:

Prep Time
12 minutes

Total Time
2 hours, 9 minutes

Course:

Side Dish

Cuisine:

American

Keywords:

Smoked Quick & Easy

🧂 Ingredients

1 pound block of cheddar cheese

Instructions

1 Cut the cheese into 1-inch thick blocks. Arrange the blocks on a baking rack or
heat-safe cooling rack.
2 Fill the smoke tube with apple wood pellets and place it onto the grates.
3 Light the pellets in the tube and wait about 10 minutes. Ensure the pellets are
burning continuously and emit clean, steady smoke.
4 Transfer the rack with the cheese to the grill grates of your Z-Grill. This
recipe does not involve turning on the grill. Instead, it is used as a vessel to
cold smoke the cheese.
5 Close the grill’s lid and cold smoke for 1 hour.
6 Open the grill, flip the cheese, and close the grill again—cold smoke the
cheddar for another hour.
7 Remove the smoked cheddar cheese from the grill, let it sit at room temperature
for an hour, then use as desired or store it.