Best place to buy Kadova molds

[DeejayDebi]

Can't beat the kadovas for pretty cheese but if price is an issue the stainless are nice.

[wharris]

Actually, my rig makes about 22-23lbs of cheese at a batch.  I am really coveting the 10kg kadovas....

Just wincing a bit at the price..

[Sailor Con Queso]

I love my Kadovas. Quick, easy, simple cleanup and yes a pretty cheese. If you're going to sell your cheese, the professional looking presentation is worth the price.

[sominus]

Wait... You can sell these things? 

And here my wife thought this was just another insane hobby...

[TroyG]

Wayne,

I can make 22 gallons per batch so I went with two 5kg molds. They will be here this week. I already have two of the 2kg molds, but wanted bigger. My new press is setup to handle the 10kg molds just in case. 

[linuxboy]

I've gotten in touch with the product manager of the kadova line at Sonoco. Need to ask for a final quote, have already asked for a standard price sheet. So far we have:

Scubagirlwonder: 1x 1kg and 1x 2kg
Nitai: 2 x 2Kg
Sailor: 3 x 2Kg and 2 x 4Kg
Amatolman: ? depends on price, size N/A
Deb: ? depends on price, size N/A
MarkShelton: ? depends on price, size N/A
sominus: ?
zenith1: 2x 2Kg

Anyone else? Kadova molds also come with non-rounded bottoms if anyone prefers a more traditional cylinder, like for a Tomme.

Also, I will be importing a bunch of the cheaper plastic molds from Alliance Pastorale. These are the ones for soft cheeses and tomme types (with follower). If someone wants just a few molds, please let me know soon.

[Amatolman]

I'm still interested I just have no idea bout size because I have never made a hard cheese before.
What are the dimensions of the cheese the come out of the 1,2 or 4 Kg Molds?

Also what quantity of milk would you need to fill each of those sizes? I Do understand that the yield will very depending on many factors but is there a general "rule of thumb" ?

[sominus]

Linuxboy:  What I'll want depends on price, of course...   

Amatolman:  1 kg = 2.2 lbs.  1 gallon of milk makes (approximately, due to a number of factors) 1 lb of cheese.  1 lb of cheese is approximately 5" in diameter and 2.5" in height for a simple cylindrical mould (in my experience).  1 lb will fill (more or less) the 450g (small) Kadova mould...

[Cheese Head]

Amatolan, final cheese yields here per type of milk, molds are rated in final cheese weight, not weight of curds. I'm guessing you are in US in which case ~2.2 US gallons of whole cow's milk will fill a 1 kg mold, same number as Sominus .

[zenith1]

count me in also 2- 2 kg of the regular mold's for me(not tomme variety)

[Amatolman]

This site is so great, so many helpful people!

@sominus Thanks, thats exactly what I needed.  A point of reference.

@John I'm in Canada but ya I have no problem with the conversions to metric I don't how I missed that yield page lol Thanks!


So I would probably take a 1KG and a 2 KG mold again depending on price.

[wharris]

i would  be interested in the price of a 10kg mould.

[DeejayDebi]

Any loaf type molds? A nice 3 to 4 kg loaf type mold would be nice if it doesn't cost more than my first car.  Or a long tube type for deli style provalones?   

[TroyG]

If anyone wants to save some money I have the baby kodova mold which makes about 1 pound of cheese for $20.00 each.

I not longer use them. I have the 2.2kg and 5kg molds now.

[DeejayDebi]

I almost got rid of mne then I used them to make little Reblochons. Nice sizr for that.