Thank you

[Hectilles]

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributes to this site. I stumbled upon it a few months ago looking for some information on a getting a new grill after my gas died. I found a ton of information and decided on a pellet grill and specifically a Rec Tec.

That was just the start, then I found a bunch of great recipes and realized making my own burgers and sausage wasn't the nightmare I thought it would be. So now after purchasing a grill, grinder, and stuffer my family couldn't be happier. The food we make is ten times better than what we used to buy in the store and it saves us money.

This weekend I made some sweet italian sausage, beef brats with bacon and blue cheese, and a whole chicken.  Here are some pics and thank you again to everyone, besides the equipment purchase we have saved a bunch on grocery bills and our freezer is full of bulk meat waiting to be cooked.

[teesquare]

Your brats look awesome, and the chicken too! Looks like the Rec-Tec is getting a workout


I am glad you joined us! And, always keep in mind that if you are on another forum, or have friends and neighbors that like to cook outdoors - we grow this site mostly thru word of mouth.

So, if you know someone that you think would be a friendly , non-argumentative type, refer them to Lets Talk BBQ!

Thanks,
T

[sliding_billy]

Nice looking cook.

[ACW3]

Brats with bacon and blue cheese???  Sounds like a winner in my book!! 

Art

[Scott6049]

The sausages look fantastic, did u get the recipes off this forum? Or are they your own recipes? Nice looking bird to:)

[CDN Smoker]

Looks like it all turned out very well.

I like it here also

[deestafford]

Hectilles,  great post. That RecTec is a great grill.  Where do you live?  Dee

[Sam3]

Brats with bacon and blue cheese???  Sounds like a winner in my book!! 

Art

Heck yea!!

Nice job!!

[Keymaster]

Looks likes some nice sausage work. Perfect chicken too.

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[smokeasaurus]

We would like to thank you for joining our growing family and to repeat an old TV slogan from a grocery store chain from long ago  "Tell a Friend"   the more here the merrier 

[Hectilles]

The sausages look fantastic, did u get the recipes off this forum? Or are they your own recipes? Nice looking bird to:)

Actually the brat recipe was from "Complete Idiots Guide to Sausage Making", but that was just for the basic sausage. We added the bacon and blue cheese after the brat mixture was made. We found that the basic sausage mixtures are really good and then we add whatever we want to make it our own.

The Italian Sausage was wonderful, it was better than any sausage I have bought from the store and that was their basic recipe for sweet sausage. We are making chicken brats this weekend but are going to add muffuletta ingredients to the traditional german brat recipe. So  olive salad, mortadella, salami, mozzarella, ham, and provolone will be added to the brat mix before it is stuffed.

We are keeping our fingers crossed on that one. 

[Hectilles]

Hectilles,  great post. That RecTec is a great grill.  Where do you live?  Dee

St. Louis, MO.

[Hectilles]

One of the best parts of the grill that people overlook is that I cooked all of that at the same time. I set the temp at 350 degrees, threw 8 lbs of brats and a whole chicken on at the same time. Once the internal temps were reached the brats came off and then left the chicken on until it was ready (about 30 minutes later). I did some yard work and watched part of the Cardinals game and didn't have to check anything but the Maverick in my pocket to see where everything was at.

Too easy 

[fishingbouchman]

 

[Scott6049]

Man those are some great ideas, it all sounds really good. Thanks for the info