How do you grill your brats

[CYVADER]

Eat a tiefenthaler and come back and tell us what you think of johnsonville brats. I honestly wont eat anything besides tiefenthalers. They even make them with deer meat and they are friggin delicious.

ya buddy. got 15 pounds of deer brats in the freezer from tiefenthaler. jalepeno and cheddar. delicious.

[00clone]

I'd love to try some, hopefully they can be found somewhere in central Iowa. But even if they are the best thing I've ever ate, that won't change my opinion that Johnsonville brats taste good.

Hey, if anyone's ambitious, make your own, I do. You can do the no casing by forming, but I just can't imagine a brat without the snap of the casing, but that's only my opinion. Seriously, especially if you're not going to stuff in casings, brats are just meat with seasonings. Looks like the ones shown without casings are just formed bun-shaped and frozen. I generally get a couple of friends together and make 40-60 lbs, vacuum bag and freeze. End up with REALLY tasty brats for about what they cost at Hy-Vee. That's also using good meat.

[Clonefan94]

I do multiple ways, depending on the situation. If I'm doing them at home, for dinner for the family and there is no rush, I cook them on a lower heat without pre-boiling. The end texture I like a lot. Another way I like is to start them on the grill high and hot. Get em browned up, then throw them in a pot cover with beer and throw in some sour crout, onions and a little pickling spice and let that cook. Then if it's a big party, yes, a great way to do them is the pre boil. Watch out though, if you aren't careful I find that an easy way to over cook them.

[ken]

I had opportunity to try Tiefenthaler bacon and cheese skinless brats this past weekend. They were by far the best brats I've ever had. A friend of a friend is from the Holstein area, and gave us a pack. Did anyone have any luck finding them in central Iowa?

[4VR4CY]

I had Tiefenthaler's a few years ago, but can't remember if I like them more than ISU brats or not.

(BTW - you know you are from NW Iowa when you can pronounce Tiefenthaler. I didn't even think about it until a friend of mine was reading this and mispronounced it.)