Where I live in central Missouri there used to be 3 choices to get some delicious sausages and wursts:
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…
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.
- Make it yourself,
- Order it from afar, or
- Load up a cooler when returning from a non-sausage/wurst deprived area.
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!
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.