Brats! Summer grilling.

[madguy30]

Johnsonville are great of course. A buddy grillled some Kirkland from Costco. They weee fabulous

The Kirkland ones are really good especially for the price.

I went to Johnsonville last summer.

It's a tiny run down town and it smells like sausage.

 

[Al_4_State]

I can’t believe there are self respecting Iowans stanning Johnsonville and Kirkland in this thread.

 

[madguy30]

I can’t believe there are self respecting Iowans stanning Johnsonville and Kirkland in this thread.

1. Cheap.

2. Tastes good.

Checks the boxes.

 

[Al_4_State]

1. Cheap.

2. Tastes good.

Checks the boxes.

Everything from Costco is quality. I’m just busting balls.

 

[MLawrence]

I can’t believe there are self respecting Iowans stanning Johnsonville and Kirkland in this thread.

Honestly I think Johnsonville makes a solid brat. At least they are juicer than Fareway’s or Hy-Vee’s.

 

[madguy30]

Honestly I think Johnsonville makes a solid brat. At least they are juicer than Fareway’s or Hy-Vee’s.

I'm still gonna eat brats in general, but after that visit to that town, my feelings about J-Ville brats are similar to being around the broasted chicken at Pizza Ranch after working in that kitchen.

I can respect J-Ville's HQ looking like something out of Knight Rider though.

 

[ketchupnmustard]

I bought some cheap Kirkland brats this weekend. Soaked some of them overnight in a mix of 1 bottle (real sugar)Dr. Pepper and one of those little $1 bottles of Blues Hog Tennessee Red. Grilled them tonight and they were really good.

 

[cycloneML]

I can’t believe there are self respecting Iowans stanning Johnsonville and Kirkland in this thread.

I live out of state. Which brands are from Iowa?

 

[IASTATE07]

Can't remember what my buddy soaked the brats in, but he made a Swiss cheese with chopped fugi apples. It was really good.

 

[JEFF420]

I bought some cheap Kirkland brats this weekend. Soaked some of them overnight in a mix of 1 bottle (real sugar)Dr. Pepper and one of those little $1 bottles of Blues Hog Tennessee Red. Grilled them tonight and they were really good.

but im already so fat. now i gotta soak my cancer ensuring meats in pop?

 

[CtownCyclone]

Ever notice how on Father’s Day dad is in charge of the cooking, but Mother’s Day is the complete opposite?

Funny how they works...

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

I can’t believe there are self respecting Iowans stanning Johnsonville and Kirkland in this thread.

The Costco brats are pretty solid. I've actually been pretty disappointed with HyVee and Fareway's fresh brats the last few times I bough them.

 

[JVAR]

I usually cook them on my Traeger, but yesterday I was smoking some pulled pork for work today. I made smash burgers on my griddle and decided to try brats too. i boiled them in beer and then threw them on the griddle and they were amazing. They were just Johnsonville cheddar. Definitely doing that again.

 

[BCClone]

I usually cook them on my Traeger, but yesterday I was smoking some pulled pork for work today. I made smash burgers on my griddle and decided to try brats too. i boiled them in beer and then threw them on the griddle and they were amazing. They were just Johnsonville cheddar. Definitely doing that again.

The beer boil will take out the excess grease that will be in them. It also allows you to finish them and not make them charcoal black if you like them well done.

 

[Al_4_State]

I live out of state. Which brands are from Iowa?

Lots of local lockers. Some will mail you brats. No national brands that you'll see in a grocery store.

 

[Al_4_State]

The beer boil will take out the excess grease that will be in them. It also allows you to finish them and not make them charcoal black if you like them well done.

The original owner of the Elma locker chewed my brother's ass for beer boiling the brats. He was adamant that you grill them, and that's how I've done it ever since.

 

[BCClone]

The original owner of the Elma locker chewed my brother's ass for beer boiling the brats. He was adamant that you grill them, and that's how I've done it ever since.

I've done both. If I just grill them, you have a fine line of keeping them from being dried out to having grease blasting the person who bites into them. Boiling them sucks that excess grease out and gives a wider range of keeping moisture and not flirting with drying them out.

 

[Al_4_State]

I've done both. If I just grill them, you have a fine line of keeping them from being dried out to having grease blasting the person who bites into them. Boiling them sucks that excess grease out and gives a wider range of keeping moisture and not flirting with drying them out.

I was always a beer boil/grill sear kind of guy, but ever since then I've been grilling at that medium heat range, which is a little like smoking them but not quite, and I rarely lose grease or moisture while still getting the sear you crave.

 

[hiltonisheaven]

Costco Brats on the pellet smoker today. Tried 225 for 30 mins and then increased to 350 to finish. Casings were too tough. I’ll just stick to 375 next time.

 

[MLawrence]

Hey @BCClone, I made some homemade links for the fourth. Since it was my first time, they could be terrible. We shall taste.