A quick question

[bret]

What does poach mean when you are talking about brats or sausage?

Thanks

 

[rjob]

Long read on methods to cook sausages. Poaching is described a ways down.

Cooking sausages

Sausages, hams and other pieces of meat are considered a raw product

www.meatsandsausages.com

 

[SmokinEdge]

A pot of water heated to about 170F
I don’t let it cool below my target IT of about 150 and I don’t let it go over the 170. So it’s on and off the burner, but the sausage comes to temp pretty fast, within 30 minutes usually.

 

[bret]

Thanks a lot!

 

[thirdeye]

And you can add a can of beer and some butter and maybe some sliced onions and/or a shake of hot sauce to your poaching liquid too.

 

[DougE]

Poaching is basically simmering something submerged in liquid below a full boil.

 

[DougE]

For sausage, other than the stovetop, you can set your sous vide cooker at 151° and drop them right in naked, until they hit temp.