Cleaver curing fridge

[michi]

I finally got myself a curing fridge. Made in Australia by Cleaver (small family business).

This one is suitable for salumi, cheese, and dry-aged meat. Temperature can be set between 0 ºC und 25 ºC; humidity can be set between 60 % and 85 %. For dry-aging, it maintains 80 % humidity at as low as 2 ºC (36 ºF). Also has a UV light to inhibit mold.

This is the smallest model they sell, with about 8 kg capacity. That's plenty enough for my needs

[Devo]

Actually not bad pricing but shipping here to Canada would kill me.
Nearest dealer is 8661.1 miles away

[michi]

Actually not bad pricing but shipping here to Canada would kill me.
Nearest dealer is 8661.1 miles away

Yeah, that's the usual problem with bulky niche products. You basically have to buy local, otherwise it becomes prohibitively expensive.

[Dave in AZ]

Nice!

[redzed]

Very nice unit Michi! lets's see what you can do with it!

[michi]

Very nice unit Michi! lets's see what you can do with it!

I only got around last week to actually doing something with this fridge. (I've been busy with other things.)

Made a bunch of saucisson sec, 5.7 kg worth. Casings are beef middles. I ran out of casings towards the end, so I used the remainder of the farce to make pitina-style salami (dip in red wine and roll in polenta). I have a separate temperature and humidity monitor in the fridge, so I don't have to rely on the built-in one exclusively.

So far, both temperature and humidity have been extremely stable. Temp is 13 ºC ±0.4 ºC, humidity is between 81.3 % and 84.4 %.

I inoculated with Mold 600. It's now one week since the salami went into the curing fridge, and the mold is growing nicely.

Now comes the long wait…

[michi]

Mold is coming along nicely. No more risk of infection by foreign molds at this point.