4th of July Brats, Burgers and Buns (Ray's Recipe!)

[tander28]

I'm way behind on posting, but we had a low key 4th. I did a hot and fast brisket the day before, so kept it simple for the 4th with burgers and brats.

All the meat came from the University dairy. The burgers are a ground pork/bacon blend that is just amazing, and the brats are a "special" blend is all they will say. I used some Meat Church Holy Voodoo on the burgers and cooked everything over high heat on my Camp Chef Woodwind. The meat turned out excellent, both blends are awesome. Not much for me to do really but that worked great for me.

The star of the show may have been @sawhorseray's burger bun recipe! Soft, great flavor, honestly can't recommend them enough. I even made some into hot dog buns. Hope everyone had a great 4th!

 

[TNJAKE]

Nice. I had brats last night. I really like voodoo burgers as well. Good stuff.

 

[Bearcarver]

Looks like some Great Eating, there, Tander!!
Nice Job!!
Like.

Bear

 

[chopsaw]

Nice cook . I just found some Philly brats in the freezer .
I just did a batch of Ray's bun recipe . Half for burger buns , and the other half I did a loaf . Try it as a loaf of bread . Fantastic .

Yup special blend . Those caught my eye . Look cured and smoked . It all looks good .

 

[flatbroke]

Most excellent and better late then never. All smokes count.

 

[Central PA Cowboy]

Holy Voodoo might be the best commercial rub. Great on everything including fries and pizza.

 

[sawhorseray]

Holy Moley Tander, thanks for the nod and your cook looks fantastic, Like! I'm thrilled you like the bun recipe, I went thru a ton of them that were always too dense before settling in on this one. I think I improved on them quite a bit when I took @chopsaw's advise and cut down on the time the dough worked, and went to AP flour. BTW, you do a far better job of forming the buns for sausage and dogs than I've ever been able to pull off, nice piece of work! RAY

 

[flatbroke]

Had to come back for another look. Man I’m hungry. Still looks good.

 

[Winterrider]

Nicely done. Gotta do some of Rays buns again. . .

 

[Sowsage]

Man thats a nice meal for the 4th! We did brats too! Although we didnt make our buns... @sawhorseray do you have the link to your bun recipe? I gotta give it a try!

 

[Brokenhandle]

Some good looking eats there! And I will also attest to Ray's burger buns...they are excellent!

Ryan

 

[Brokenhandle]

Burger Buns

 

[Brokenhandle]

Ooopppsss, screwed that up, will try again

Ryan

 

[Brokenhandle]

Sorry Travis, was gonna post the link to Ray's bun recipe but something not working right. Good chance it's operator error! But anyways it is posted in bread forum. Just read through the whole thing, he changes how long he mixes dough. Turns out excellent ! If I can do it anyone can.

Ryan

 

[sawhorseray]

Man thats a nice meal for the 4th! We did brats too! Although we didnt make our buns... @sawhorseray do you have the link to your bun recipe? I gotta give it a try!

You bet Travis, give it a shot and see if it's for you, seems like some folks like it quite a bit. Read the whole thing if you've got the time, like any good thing it's evolved a bit, and for the better. Fact is I had a burger on one of my home made buns a hour ago, dammed good! RAY

Burger Buns

I finally found a recipe for soft burger buns! My usual bun effort, posted here about five years back, led to a rather heavy finished product. https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/buns-burgers.171380/#post-1253749 I followed this recipe to a T and was rewarded with what I’ve been...

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[Sowsage]

Thanks

You bet Travis, give it a shot and see if it's for you, seems like some folks like it quite a bit. Read the whole thing if you've got the time, like any good thing it's evolved a bit, and for the better. Fact is I had a burger on one of my home made buns a hour ago, dammed good! RAY

Burger Buns

I finally found a recipe for soft burger buns! My usual bun effort, posted here about five years back, led to a rather heavy finished product. https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/buns-burgers.171380/#post-1253749 I followed this recipe to a T and was rewarded with what I’ve been...

www.smokingmeatforums.com

Thanks RAY! I'll give it a go!

 

[sawhorseray]

Sorry Travis, was gonna post the link to Ray's bun recipe but something not working right. Good chance it's operator error! But anyways it is posted in bread forum. Just read through the whole thing, he changes how long he mixes dough. Turns out excellent ! If I can do it anyone can. Ryan

Good grief Ryan, looks like you might drink whisky like I do every night! That's a good thing and you won't even be embarrassed, because you won't remember what you did when you wake up in the morning! It's all good, you only get to go around once, there's no guarantee's for how long. RAY

 

[Brokenhandle]

Good grief Ryan, looks like you might drink whisky like I do every night! That's a good thing and you won't even be embarrassed, because you won't remember what you did when you wake up in the morning! It's all good, you only get to go around once, there's no guarantee's for how long. RAY

Well that I do Ray! If having too many was the problem I sure would admit to it. Biggest problem is I'm still kind of a newbie for reposting threads, second, I almost always use my phone when on the site which probably makes it worse. Just did it a day or so ago and it worked but not tonight. Glad you were around to post it though, made it easier for Travis. Oh well, time for another drink!

Ryan

 

[Sowsage]

Well that I do Ray! If having too many was the problem I sure would admit to it. Biggest problem is I'm still kind of a newbie for reposting threads, second, I almost always use my phone when on the site which probably makes it worse. Just did it a day or so ago and it worked but not tonight. Glad you were around to post it though, made it easier for Travis. Oh well, time for another drink!

Ryan

Lol! Ryan pour one for me too! Been one of those weeks so far and the beers aren't cutting it!

 

[Brokenhandle]

Lol! Ryan pour one for me too! Been one of those weeks so far and the beers aren't cutting it!

Can do! Sad thing is I just got in the house about an hour ago and ate supper, gonna be my bedtime before I feel the results of them. But I hear ya...we all have weeks like that. Good news...it's hump day! Only two more days till the weekend!

Ryan