freaky cheap walk in fridge - cheese cave

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Kimmo, of at wits end homestead in victor, montana, shows off his cheese cave. This is a small, insulated room with an air conditioner that has been tricked into being a refrigeration unit. The contraption that pulls this off is called "the cool bot".

Great big wheels of cheese fill the room. And some squashes.

He has a big wheel of cheese that he turns over in a salt brine.

This is a poor man's walk in refrigerator / cool room.

You can make rooms that are much larger with the same contraption.

music by Jimmy Pardo

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[ThunderPreacher]

Cheese is unsustainable for your own body, the cows and the planet. It kills us!

[paulwheaton12]

@ThunderPreacher I ate cheese on pizza last night and survived! I had no idea that eating cheese was such an indiana jones adventure!

I've known cheese eaters to live past 100.

Many people regard me as something of an expert on sustainability - and I think dairy can be sustainable. Very sustainable. In fact, when done with paddock shift systems, dairy actually improves the land.

[jghitzert]

They should be lagering beer in there too.

[MsSilverkate]

I could see a series of rooms doing this from the cheese here, to a above ground root celler, to a fermenting room to a tofu and soy milk production and storage area.. Thank you for the vidio

[hifeyracer]

refrigeration is all about airflow control.....

[dogbone222]

@Jefferdaughter Thanks I'll look into it

[Jefferdaughter]

@dogbone222 - Get a good book on cheesemaking, like the one by R. Carrol. Or take a class. Enjoy!

[kevkfjksldd]

wow ... awesome

[dogbone222]

You make your own cheese? I just recently made some "farmer's cheese" and so far it came out great. I just salted it and put it in a fridge. I want to make cheese wheels like that. Do you have any suggestions?

[tg6537]

where did you get the cheese racks?

[pawnjp]

@tappakeggaday1

I'm with you Mr Keg.

my point is really just that Dairy isn't necessarily as bad as some people make it out to be,

but it's not all beer and skittles.

Harnessing methane, definitely a worthwhile endeavour.

[tappakeggaday1]

@pawnjp i can agree to some extent, cheese is good.but when it comes to methane, have you watched any of the you tube videos about burning lakes?basically if its organic, all of us and animals and nature we all produce methane gas.yes it hurts the ozone but some and cultures are now building home methane plants to burn it as a clean fuel.we need more of this free energy sustainability.and of course used the right way not to cause any more problems

[japierce15]

i'm just curious what the room costs to keep cool. is it worth it to have that extra space, or could you just run an old refrigerator or two...