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Brats: The simple things
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I like a bed of onions, some beer and low temps, <300ºF. They will steam and if you don't cover them up, they will start to brown without splitting. This is a personal size plate of a store bought brat.EDIT - that's taters au gratin under the brats.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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I read that earlier today. About how long did that take to cook in total?
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Skiddymarker said:I like a bed of onions, some beer and low temps, <300ºF. They will steam and if you don't cover them up, they will start to brown without splitting. This is a personal size plate of a store bought brat.EDIT - that's taters au gratin under the brats.
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I think I see that plate setter under there. Do you cook them indirect?
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If you are talking to me - yep, indirect, if not ignore......@cheeaa - butter in the pan with the onions and beer - if they need browning further, just baste and good to go.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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I like a little char my brotha. But they do get a decent browning regardless.
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I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority, but I've never found that beer or boiling of any kind enhances a REALLY GOOD brat. In fact, if you start with a great brat (Johnsonville Original is my favorite, but some of the local German places make some good brats as well) I think that cooking them in beer essentially just waters them down. This was reaffirmed for me last weekend at a friend's house. So, I like to cook them raised direct at 275 - 300. Any higher than that and they tend to burst. By exposing them to radiant heat while keeping the temp on the low side, they tend to brown nicely on the outside while cooking to doneness on the inside - without bursting if you take them off at the right time.
I am certainly not anti-beer or anti-onion in general, but I haven't seen them improve a good brat.
XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle
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Skiddymarker said:I like a bed of onions, some beer and low temps, <300ºF. They will steam and if you don't cover them up, they will start to brown without splitting. This is a personal size plate of a store bought brat.
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Foghorn said:
So, I like to cook them raised direct at 275 - 300. Any higher than that and they tend to burst. By exposing them to radiant heat while keeping the temp on the low side, they tend to brown nicely on the outside while cooking to doneness on the inside - without bursting if you take them off at the right time.
That's how I like to do them, but yeah, I never seem to get the timing right, burst-topia (I think I actually have better luck with briskets than I do brats)._____________"I hear you're free on Wednesdays..." - JB
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Try something different. Smoke em low and slow (about 235 - 250) with apple wood until they reach 185 degrees internal. Then eat tasty brats!LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI.
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Direct, raised grate, dome temp 300-350, turn often, NEVER poke and break the casing.
In my experience/opinion cooking in beer or other liquid gives them a nasty texture.
Serve on a Sheboygan Hardroll, with a nice spicy brown mustard, and thin sliced onions, maybe some kraut, with my mom's German Potato Salad...growing up this was just about a weekly dinner on Saturday night, some of my best memories of my childhood was being outside with my dad durning a snowstorm, me playing in the snow and him (I'm going to say it) fryin brat on the old Weber kettle in his big-ass parka drinking a Manhattan.
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lwrehm said:
Direct, raised grate, dome temp 300-350, turn often, NEVER poke and break the casing.
Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's -
johnkitchens said:lwrehm said:
Direct, raised grate, dome temp 300-350, turn often, NEVER poke and break the casing.
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I always hate to check mine because all of the juice that runs out when I do.Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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I like to do mine in a CI pan with sauerkraut. Maybe a bit o' beer if I have some handy. Grill 'em up a bit when they are almost done.
But then again, I also like to do them direct
But my favorite way to do them is to just make them myself.
Look how juicy!
=P~Rowlett, Texas
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