Frozen Dogs and Brats

[Cary Kid]

Every time I just toss some frozen dogs or brats on the grill, they always seem a little dry when done, a little tough.........

I have recently switched to tossing them in boiling water first. Just enough to get them unfrozen, and soften up the skin a bit..

Then toss them on to a hot "Q" grill.......

They seem to be way juicer and way tastier.......

[Texas Lawdog]

Kid, Boiling them in Beer is good for dryness.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Beer's a tenderizing agent and can be used to baste steaks or chicken, as well. I never thought of boiling dogs in it but that's a good idea. Thanks, I'll try that next time I need to defrost some.

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[Russ T Chambers]

Boiling Brats in beer, before grilling, is almost a standard practice, in Wisconsin!     Wouldn't you say Slim.

[Cary Kid]

Gotta try the beer boil..........

Thanks Pards..............

[Marshal Will Wingam]

OK. I'm convinced. All of Wisconsin can't be wrong. Besides, it sounds like a good idea.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Boiling Brats in beer, before grilling, is almost a standard practice, in Wisconsin!     Wouldn't you say Slim.

Don't have beer in the house, but I know people that swear by it. I always boil brats in water before grilling or browning in a skillet.

Slim

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I've never boiled brats or such in anything before. Sounds like I've been missing something. That's OK. I can make up for it. Does the practice of boiling them in water or whatever plump them up or something? I seem to recall hot dogs get about twice their size that way.

[Cary Kid]

Pard........
Plumper is a difficult condition to define.......
I guess yes, It seems to me that they are plumper at serving time, If I boil those dogs and brats before grilling, in water.......
I don't see the gain in boiling them in beer, although lots of folks do................

I leave them on the grill only as long as it takes to get some grill marks........
They are really boiled......Way tastier..........

Be very cautious with the boiling..
If you boil them so hard that you have a fat scum on the water, you've blown it, boiled them too much.......
That scum on your boiling water is flavor lost...........

To Paraphrase a Popular tune............
"From the day I left Milwaukee, Pittsburg and Port O' Prince............."

I see no gain in beer instead of water.............Water seems to work fine.........

[Texas Lawdog]

I'm not from Wisc., We have German folks in the Texas Panhandle where I'm from and I learned it from being atound them.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I can either try it both ways or check with the litte German lady at the deli in Marina. I'll just try the beer first, probably. I use it for cooking in a number of things, anyway. Some things really come out superior with it.

[Arcey]

Experimentin’ with the bottle of Sam Adams I got stuck ice box no one here is gonna drink might be fun.

[Tensleep]

Bottle o' beer in Texas style chili always werks for me so gonna try boilin' my sausage an' brats in beer.

[Texas Lawdog]

Let's hear for the beer in TEXAS chili! Bro. Sleep.

[Tensleep]

Let's hear for the beer in TEXAS chili! Bro. Sleep.

WHOOOOOOOOP!

[Delmonico]

Bottle o' beer in Texas style chili always werks for me so gonna try boilin' my sausage an' brats in beer.

Lone Star, Peral or Texas Pride?

[Tensleep]

Lone Star, Peral or Texas Pride?

Shiner, the real Texas beer, brewed in Shiner, Texas!

[Delmonico]

Shiner, the real Texas beer, brewed in Shiner, Texas!

Never had that one, have had the other three.  Took a couple years to get rid of the 6 pack of Texas Pride, no one wanted a 2nd one.

[Texas Lawdog]

Shiner, Texas has a strong German Influence, so the Beer is good. It's hard to find outside Texas.  Their BOCK beer is what I like to boil the Brats in.    Bro.  Sleep,   A big HOWDY! and WHOOP! WHOOP! Right back at cha!

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I boiled some sausages (didn't have brats, but had some that were close) in beer tonight and grilled 'em after. They were really good. A little more tender than normal and better flavor. It wasn't a Texas beer, but they were still good.

As to beer in chili, I wouldn't make it any other way. Darn tootin'.