While I know this unit is made for wine, has anyone tried aging cheese in it? I've read most cheese can be aged in wine coolers. Has anyone tried?
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I bought mine solely for cheese aging, and it works GREAT. Constant 54-55 degrees, average relative humidity (I have a weather station monitor inside it for reference) is between 70%-75%. Putting a pan of water in the bottom with some type of wick (towel, humidifier wick) adds about 2-3% to that. Had to purchase wooden cutting boards to place on the wire racks, since the racks tend to cut into my wheels, and eventually have removed all but the bottom most rack (I have a LOT of cheese).
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This depends on the cheeses you use and how much they have been diluted with wine or something else. The water bath will keep the cheese from burning, so any temperature you want is fine. the higher the temperature the thinner the mixture. You decide what consistency you like and record that setting. If you always use the same cheeses and the same mixture, your recorded setting will work for you. Cooking is not a science, but is based on science. have some fun experimenting with different cheeses and mixtures. the Trudeau will keep you from the serious error of burning your cheese while you find out what you like best. Gene S.
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Sorry my answer was too late. We have ordered this basket many times for family and friends. We usually keep it in the pantry over night because it's to big to fit in our refrigerator. The cheese will go bad if left out in a hot room or car for extended amount of time.
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Actually people may find this hard to believe but if you follow directions exactly as i have , i have regularly had wine last for weeks...even a month, with this product and leaving the wine then either on the counter or inside the refrigerator if it's pretty hot in summer and the wine is always really really good. I wonder if it depends on the quality of the wine and the kind of wine. I mostly drink only oak barrelled red wine...Ruah, Cabernet, and Merlot usually and don't get anything less than a $20 bottle and usually better quality than that. I also don't drink much out of a bottle once open it, maybe one or two glasses and then sometimes not for weeks again , and i can tell you for over 4 years using this, never has a bottle of wine gone bad and always it tastes great (even guests say that and can't believe it)......sometimes better, smoother...but as i said i get good wine to start with. i have had one can last 3 to 4 years , sometimes share it and finish the bottle and a few nights later open another and have a glass or two only , other times with guests empty the bottle of course...sometimes drink only one glass out of same bottle a few times or more and preserve it for over a months' time before it's finished....and still great tasting wine and well preserved... So that is my experience. And i heard from others that a couple of weeks is pretty normal with this product but maybe more than that you might not be able to count on, but i always have and have never been disappointed. Hope that helps.
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Sure you can but there are not separate controls so I think the cheese would get too hot. Or the oil might be too cool. We haven't tried using oil yet. Maybe someone else has?
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Sorry, I don't know if it will keep shredded cheese fresh. I haven't put cheese in the container, but I don't see why it won't.
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I purchased this unit last year. Couldn't be happier with it. Not sure where are seeing the note you are referencing. We love this wine cooler. Worked perfectly with our 12 in opening we left in our kitchen layout. I believe you won't be disappointed with the purchase. We purchase through amazon, from Whynter. Easy to install. The only issue, you have to arrange the wine bottles in a particular way...wine bottles are different in dimension, some long and narrow, others shorter and larger in diameter. Once you figure out how to store them...it is great for the price!! We purchased straight from Whynter, I would suggest doing the same. I purchased this unit last year. Couldn't be happier with it. Not sure where are seeing the note you are referencing. We love this wine cooler. Worked perfectly with our 12 in opening we left in our kitchen layout. I believe you won't be disappointed with the purchase. We purchase through amazon, from Whynter. Easy to install. The only issue, you have to arrange the wine bottles in a particular way...wine bottles are different in dimension, some long and narrow, others shorter and larger in diameter. Once you figure out how to store them...it is great for the price!! We purchased straight... » Read More I purchased this unit last year. Couldn't be happier with it. Not sure where are seeing the note you are referencing. We love this wine cooler. Worked perfectly with our 12 in opening we left in our kitchen layout. I believe you won't be disappointed with the purchase. We purchase through amazon, from Whynter. Easy to install. The only issue, you have to arrange the wine bottles in a particular way...wine bottles are different in dimension, some long and narrow, others shorter and larger in diameter. Once you figure out how to store them...it is great for the price!! We purchased straight from Whynter, I would suggest doing the same. « Show Less
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I've only had this thing less than a year, but it seems very good quality to me. I'm sure you could leave it in milk/cheese with no problem, but couldn't predict for how long. It's not some cheap feeling thing, though, it's well made with good materials.
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It has a compressor. My 2 wine coolers are able to maintain a low of about 50 when the setting is on low. Cools fast. I have many of the expensive wines in these coolers and they have kept well. I also use one of them exclusively for the whites and they have kept cool. I keep both of mine at the low setting only because the medium gets the wines very cold. a half hour before opening transfer the whites to the regular refrigerator and serve. My oldest one is 7 or 8 years old and working good as new. Also consumes very little power at the low setting. Stacked creatively you can squeeze 18 bottles into it.
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The cooler has fans inside the unit. This is why the temp read-out will show a slight fluctuation in temperature for a few seconds (the fans intermittently will engage and create a breeze and shut off after brief moment) . The wine cooler has performed well for me during the past 6 months. Nothing is perfect. -- For the money ... this is a good purchase :-).
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Don't know. We keep our wines at 55 degrees Fahrenheit. (This is a cooler, not a refrigerator.)
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Hello Janet, You do not chill or freeze this container. Simply chill your bottle of wine and place it in the container. The container is simply designed to slow warming while on the dining table. It is not designed or meant to be a chilling device
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I purchased this unit last year. Couldn't be happier with it. Not sure where are seeing the note you are referencing. We love this wine cooler. Worked perfectly with our 12 in opening we left in our kitchen layout. I believe you won't be disappointed with the purchase. We purchase through amazon, from Whynter. Easy to install. The only issue, you have to arrange the wine bottles in a particular way...wine bottles are different in dimension, some long and narrow, others shorter and larger in diameter. Once you figure out how to store them...it is great for the price!! We purchased straight from Whynter, I would suggest doing the same.
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I would not recommend this unit to use where your cabinet was. The fan on this wine cooler is in the back and it needs cooler air to chill the inside of the wine fridge. So if the air behind the unit stays warm it will never cool low enough to properly store your wine. Solution: look for a wine fridge that circulates air from the bottom front.
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I've found if you have all four bottles in it, it keeps cold longer. However, I only have two in it and find it doesn't keep them as cold for as long. After 6 hours I find the milk is just cool, not cold. I think the cooler works best when right up against the bottles and there is obviously some room when you don't use all the bottles.
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wehave had our unit for about 1 month. If you look at the digital temp readout it changes constantly (although not more than +/- 2-3 degrees), but no evidence that the temp really is changing. Wine bottles seem to stay same coolness. Motor on unit is relatively quiet, but does seem to run all the time (c/t our much higher priced EuroCave unit), but it may just seem that way because you never hear the motor running on the Euro Cave.
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I gave it as a gift to my daughter. She loves it. She says that they put opened wine back in the cooler and it taste like freshly opened when they take it out again. It was actually smaller than I had thought, but I think I was thinking of the full sized wine coolers I've seen on tv. It holds six bottles of wine, so you can imagine that it's not huge.