Smoked Cheddar Cheese

Cut cheddar into blocks the size of butter sticks

Pellet Smoker
Place cheese directly on grates
On shelf below cheese, place pans of ice directly underneath blocks
Fill 6" smoke cylinder with hickory pellets and place as low in smoker as possible.
Light pellets and seal door
Remove cheese when pellets are completely burned (Approx 3 hours)

Cool on wire racks, wrap in plastic wrap.
Age 3-5 days in the refrigerator.

Slice up for cheese and crackers