I'm looking for perhaps 5 molds for larger wheels of hard cheese, around 20lbs. Does anyone have a good source? I believe they are sometimes called Daisy Hoops or similar. Thank you!!
20 lbs all together or 20 lbs each mold? I use kadova molds with the nets there pricey but nice. There is also stainless block molds that work good.
20lbs per mold. So to make a cheese wheel that weighs 20lbs. I've found that there are many suppliers for molds for small cheese wheels (<10lbs) and many for Wilson/block style molds (40lbs). But I'm having trouble finding molds to make larger wheels, like Cabot's clothbound cheddar or similar.
Dairy connection has larger kadova molds probably have to call unless you have a business account.
Another place to try would be ullmers dairy equipment I know they have 20 lb Wilson style they might have have or can build what you want.
https://www.cstainlessllc.com/cheese-equipment (https://www.cstainlessllc.com/cheese-equipment)
This company has what they call a truckle mold which I've heard cheddar round called a truckle before so that might also be a place to check.
For my largest round molds I've cut the rim off a 5 gallon bucket and use it like a traditional alpine mold without the adjustment.
Hope your able to find what your looking for 5 molds 20 lbs a piece that's alot of cheese are you a comercial producer?
(Pictured are my bucket mold alpine style cheese)
Cheese Connection has large molds that can either be used with cheesecloth or netting liners. I like the liners.
https://cheeseconnection.net/product/tome-mold-follower-lid/
They're on sale right now. It says up to 18# but I think you could squeeze 20# in.
Otherwise your best bet is the Italian molds from Glengarry. I don't like them though as you need a full 20+ pounds (maybe even 25? Call them) for them to work. You need an extra mold as a follower for each stack of wheels (so if you stack 2-3 cheeses you will need 5+2 = 7 molds).
@Chetty Those cheeses look awesome! Thanks for the tips on suppliers, I'll follow up with them. I'm looking to perhaps go into commercial production, but still experimenting with some alterations.
@Bantams Thanks! Good finds!