Sourcing burgers and sausages for BBQ

medical

we need lots of burgers and sausages for a bbq , where can i get good quality and bargain ones from
many thanks
medical

Debt_Free_Chick

Local butcher for good quality. They will usually "do a deal" for a decent quantity too.

MrsBartolozzi

Avoid the Iceland £5 BBQ packs - they are horrible quality.
I agree, try your local butcher.

ems2

Burgers are sooooo easy to make.

mince, bread torn into small pieces, and then ANY spice/s you want; chili, rosemary, basil, mustard, coriander, cumin etc then just hand pat them into shape. People will be impressed you made them yourself, you can have different flavours, and, they will (most of the time) be nicer and cheaper than bought ones.

ps if the mixture is too dry and they fall apart chuck in an egg

~~Diane~~

Homemade always taste nicer, but failing that Asda have their 3 for a tenner offer on meat including fresh burgers 10 in a pack so you could get 30 burgers for £10.

Cardamom

Agree with Ems2 - buy some mince and make your own. Add seasoning and throw in half a grated onion or potato to keep them from drying out.

You could ask your guests to bring something with them too

PasturesNew

Keep it simple and create 3 different flavoured burgers you make yourself + a veggie one or two. Then let your guests know "I'm cooking home made burgers, if you have any other preference, then feel free to bring your own meat and cook it yourself". Win:win.

Teahfc

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

Local butcher for good quality. They will usually "do a deal" for a decent quantity too.

best advice :beer:

If there are children there then maybe make a few smaller ones.

Debt_Free_Chick

Personally, I don't buy "mince" even from my trusted butcher. I buy chuck, skirt or any other thrifty cut of beef, with 15-20% fat content and put it in the food processor. Pulse, but be careful - don't over do it or you'll end up with a mush!

Add pepper, minced onion and maybe some herbs (thyme, rosemary, oregano/marjoram ... whatever's in the garden - but not salt, as that draws the juice out of the meat). Pat into shape and chill. Then BBQ as normal.

Enterprise_1701C

I agree with making them yourself - I regularly make meatballs myself and they stay together just fine, burgers are just a variation on this - be careful adding onions though, they need to be chopped really small or they stop everything sticking together.

I use really fine breadcrumbs (about one slice worth) and one large egg with about 550-600 grams minced beef and it works out really well. A little of the hot pepper sauce goes really well with this too! But you are free to add any flavourings you want, just make sure you pat them together well and chill them before you use them.

I made the mistake of using the frozen "freeflow" mince one time and they fell apart, so I would say do NOT use this!

freebiequennie

marks and spencer do a 8 pack of sausages for 99p and are very nice or they do some more speciality ones 6 in pack on 2 packs for £4 these include some organic ones.

and often have a twinpack of 4 quarterpounder burgers (so 8 burgers) for £4.