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Smoking Techniques => Sausage Making => Topic started by: sprightlyone on February 15, 2013, 11:42:40 PM

Title: brats & kransky sausages
Post by: sprightlyone on February 15, 2013, 11:42:40 PM
i have a couple of commercial kits
are brats & kransjy sausages pork or beef dominant in a blend     ie pork with sml beef added or beef with sml pork added
or doesn`t it matter with way you blend
what spice variations can i consider
lyle
Title: Re: brats & kransky sausages
Post by: Keymaster on February 16, 2013, 03:46:50 AM
My Brat recipe calls for 3 # Pork, 1# Beef and 1 # pork back fat.
Title: Re: brats & kransky sausages
Post by: ratherbboating on February 16, 2013, 07:12:51 AM
my last fresh brats, I used 4# pork and 1# pork fat.  Came out good.  About out so I will be looking to make some more before long.  But with no college football on, the demand for brats goes down.  They just taste better watching football on TV, eating a brat and drinking a cold one.
Title: Re: brats & kransky sausages
Post by: Tenpoint5 on February 16, 2013, 08:03:24 AM
Last commercial kit I had. I used 25 pounds of Boston Butts, 5 cans of beer and 3 pounds of shredded mozzarella cheese
Title: Re: brats & kransky sausages
Post by: beefmann on February 16, 2013, 02:44:01 PM
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on February 16, 2013, 08:03:24 AM
Last commercial kit I had. I used 25 pounds of Boston Butts, 5 cans of beer and 3 pounds of shredded mozzarella cheese

drunken brats??
Title: Re: brats & kransky sausages
Post by: OU812 on February 16, 2013, 04:32:15 PM
Quote from: beefmann on February 16, 2013, 02:44:01 PM
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on February 16, 2013, 08:03:24 AM
Last commercial kit I had. I used 25 pounds of Boston Butts, 5 cans of beer and 3 pounds of shredded mozzarella cheese

drunken brats??

I poach my brats in beer then finish on the grill  ;D

When makin brats I use the pork buts with the most fat on them,,,,,,,,100% pork
Title: Re: brats & kransky sausages
Post by: drano on February 16, 2013, 06:42:51 PM
I believe authentic brats are pork and veal.  But we can make them any way we want.
I make them with 100% bone-in pork butts.  I've found that boneless butts seem to have less fat on them. 
Pork is cheaper, so it helps with the cost. 
And we like em that way. ;)
Title: Re: brats & kransky sausages
Post by: sprightlyone on February 16, 2013, 07:03:02 PM
hi all
  is there any reason i can`t make beef instead of pork  kransky & brats     with beef the dominant & pork minor in blend
lyl e
Title: Re: brats & kransky sausages
Post by: Tenpoint5 on February 18, 2013, 07:52:32 AM
Quote from: sprightlyone on February 16, 2013, 07:03:02 PM
hi all
  is there any reason i can`t make beef instead of pork  kransky & brats     with beef the dominant & pork minor in blend
lyl e

Nope use what you like. I would suggest making smaller batch sizes just in case an all beef brat really doesn't float your boat.