The Best Sausages and the Wurst

[uncle eddie]

Where I live in central Missouri there used to be 3 choices to get some delicious sausages and wursts:

• Make it yourself,
• Order it from afar, or
• Load up a cooler when returning from a non-sausage/wurst deprived area.

NOW - One of our local restaurants has a butcher shop! It's not cheap, but the wife and I were thrilled that we now have some place local for our sausage and wurst desires.

Today I bought some Andouille sausage and 3 German sausages - Knackwurst, Weisswurst, and Kasekrainer sausage. My wife wanted some Kielbasa, so I have a store-bought version (Hillshire Farms) of that as well.

I fired up the old Brinkmann grill/smoker and got the temp up to around 400F. I used a little apple for smoke. Indirect heat the entire time. Pulled them when they hit 160F. It took about 20 minutes. I also made some soft pretzels and cheese dip to go with them and a big ole salad.

Bottom line in the taste test…

• Winners were the Kielbasa and the Weisswurst - will buy these again and often
• 2nd place goes to the Andioulle and the Kasekrainer sausage - The Andioulle is jambalaya worthy, but not grill-worthy. Kasekraner was just not my thing.
• Last place was the Knackwurst – didn’t care for this grilled…but it will go into a future batch of Jambalaya!

Pictures follow:

Here is todays purchase. Andioulle - on top, Kasekrainer - bottom left, Weisswurst - bottom center, Knackwurst - bottom right.

Prepped for the grill...

Getting close to done...

Time to eat!
Kielbasa - top left, Weisswurst - top center, Andioulle - top right, Kasekrainer - bottom left, Kackwurst - bottom right.

 

[Sowsage]

Oh yea! Sausage time! And served up with some mustard and pretzels! I'm in!

 

[shoebe]

Great looking plate...

 

[GATOR240]

Boy does that look tasty! Like

 

[thirdeye]

That is a good sausage connection to have! My only real complaint about specialty butcher shops is sometimes they go a little too heavy on the salt.

Too bad about their Knackwurst, I like veal in sausage better than beef and Knackwurst is similar to German and Polish sausages only with the addition of cloves and cumin.

 

[chopsaw]

Nice haul Eddie . Poach that Weisswurst and peel the casing .
Dip in mustard . Eat before noon , but anytime is ok . Thats one of my favorites .
Love the knackwurst to .

 

[uncle eddie]

Nice haul Eddie . Poach that Weisswurst and peel the casing .
Dip in mustard . Eat before noon , but anytime is ok . Thats one of my favorites .
Love the knackwurst to .

Thanks @chopsaw. I love weisswurst and was so stoked to find it! Haven’t had it in years...since my last trip to Germany. I mostly had it “poached” then but it was also good grilled. Good mustard and good beer is a must!

 

[Braz]

That's one hell of a taste test there. They all look mighty good.

 

[chopsaw]

last trip to Germany. I mostly had it “poached

Well heck , you got me beat by a mile . Lol . I made some last year . It came out good , but doesn't freeze well .
Swiss meats in Swiss Missouri has some great stuff . About an hour from me .
When you make another trip post up what you get .

 

[xray]

What a great looking and fun taste test. I’d try everything at least a few times and wash it down with a dark beer.

We have keilbasa all over the place here, lots of stores still make their own. There’s also a Keilbasa festival around here too...I guess that’s a good problem to have?

 

[uncle eddie]

Well heck , you got me beat by a mile . Lol . I made some last year . It came out good , but doesn't freeze well .
Swiss meats in Swiss Missouri has some great stuff . About an hour from me .
When you make another trip post up what you get .

@chopsaw - Swiss, MO is only an hour or so from here. I had no idea they made sausages and wursts. Maybe next time I head to Bay, MO I will take the long way through Hermann so I can stop at Swiss.

 

[chopsaw]

Hermann wurst haus in Hermann is good to . They have a thing you sign up for . Make 5 lbs of sausage . Swiss meats has been on food network and best thing I ever ate . We used to get Weisswust and a cooked mettwurst . Some brats of course .

 

[meskc]

Hermann Wurst haus in Hermann has a good selection as well. It has been years since I have been there.

 

[chopsaw]

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[jcam222]

Man that would be a great time taste testing. All looks great.

 

[sawhorseray]

Might be time to get a little gear and begin making your own sausage Eddie. It's a tremendously satisfying hobby, once on your way you'll never look back. RAY

 

[Steve H]

All the sausage looks good. Yeah, Knackwurst doesn't do well on the grill IMHO. While in Germany I damn near started WWIII putting those on a grill! My then future MIL. Had a fit when I did that. I thought the pot of water on the burner next to the grill was for the potato dumplings!
You poach those. Then put them on a hard roll with a good smear of sharp mustard.

 

[Bearcarver]

Looks Great, Unc!!!
Just right for Game time Snacking!!
A few slices of each would make Me Happy!!!
Like.

Bear

 

[Brokenhandle]

Tasty haul for sure! Pretzels looked good too!

Ryan

 

[Khrakk]

That is awesome! Great display there. I love German sausage. What kinds of mustards did you serve?