In a couple weeks, we are hosting a BBQ with about 20 adults and 10 kids. We've done these before and always throw something on the grill, which works fine.
This year, however, I thought I'd make BBQ beef sandwiches and serve the meat from a crock pot. I've had pulled pork/chicken this way, too. Seems like it would be so much less work (for me!) to avoid the grill during the party.
Anyone have other ideas besides what I've mentioned? I plan to cook whatever I make the day before. Oh, and I'm not a fried chicken person and don't want to put out a plate of lunch meat.
Can I grill brats/sausage the day before and then serve them from a crock pot?
Thanks!
You are having a party. A BBQ is a big cookout. Crock pot to me is a winter thing. Beef sandwiches are ok. I would digress from brats, sausage cooked day before and then put in crock pot. You can partially cook and then finish on grill. Throw on some hot dogs. I am a grill person Everything tastes better on the grill.
i'm glad you're still going to grill some things, i'd be bummed to come to a BBQ and not be able to get yummy grilled treats!
that being said, i think beef or pulled pork from the crock pot is a great addition. i'm not sure how the crock pot for grilled brats would work. could you just pre-cook them, then give 'em a quick sizzle on the grill before serving them?
if not, then maybe just put them in a roasting pan and reheat them in the oven.
have a great party!
:) khairete
S.
Throw hotdogs into a Crockpot with water for the kids. Works Great
We're going to a campout this coming up weekend. There will be about 15 kids and 25 or so adults. I'm making breakfast burritos, wrapped individually in foil. I freeze them before hand and throw them on the grill or coals and let them warm up that way. I make them with egg, cheese, salsa, crumbled bacon and sausage. You can also put various veggies in them. I mark the top of the burritos with Frank's Hot Sauce so that the ppl who do not want them hot can eat one of the others. They are always a hit! :)
Have fun!
Yes, you can smoke meat the day before and serve from a crock pot. You can make BBQ beef for sandwiches. You can smoke a beef brisket, slice it and serve it hot from a crock pot. You can smoke a boston butt roast (pork) and make pulled pork and serve it from a crock pot.
I smoked a boston butt (where they cut country style ribs from) and finished it in a crock pot, froze what I didn't use and served it days later. It was wonderful the day I smoked it and it was just as wonderful two weeks later after I thawed it. My favorite wood for smoking came from a wet Jim Beam whiskey barrel sold in a garden supply business. My second favorite wood for smoking is mesquite and my third is hickory. I never use chips. I use chunks or whole fireplace logs.
If you cook the meat in a crock pot, you and your guests, who know smoked meat, will know it didn't come from a smoker/grill. But it will be tasty and delicious.
Go to allrecipes.com for lots of recipes and instructions.
BTW, if you want to skip the bother all together, buy from "Famous Dave's". This restaurant is a franchise started by Dave Anderson. He has won many BBQ cooking contests and started his restaurant chain based on his BBQ competition experience and recipes. His restaurants (10 in the Chicago area) are the only ones I've tried that are as good or better than the way I BBQ/smoke meat. (That is both a little brag on my part and praise for his various meats.) You can find instructions and recipes on his website, famousdaves.com. and on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-3lRD4IQ8
Good luck to you and yours.
I'd do pulled pork on crusty rolls (served via crock pot)
Various salads (green, potato, cole slaw)
Baked beans - also from the crock pot (if u have two)
Grill up veggies the day before and serve room temp (eggplant, onions, zucchini - marinate with balsamic and a little oil, garlic and spices of choice).
Then grill up some hot dogs and sweet sausages - it's so easy to make those and toss them on a plate and serve.
Absolutely! Sounds great!
I also suggest hot dogs in the crock pot. Only put about an inch of water in....any more makes them nasty.
I also do rotisserie chicken in my crock pot. Slow cook the chicken all day, and then pull it out and put it on a pan in the oven under the broiler for 5 minutes to brown and crisp the skin. The only seasoning I use is Lawry's seasoning salt.
BBQ meatballs - then put tooth picks through them so they will be easily picked up...
Brats can be served from a crock pot - make sure you have Sauerkraut at the bottom....use beer as the marinade and add onions! A great German recipe for the slow cooker uses:
Brats
Brats with Sauerkraut Recipe
8 Brats
1 can (14 ounces) sauerkraut, rinsed and well drained
2 medium apples, peeled and finely chopped
3 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon ground mustard
mix well and let simmer in crock pot for 8 hours (so put it all together when you wake up in the AM and let it sit!)
make sure that you poke holes in the brats!!! tiny holes, nothing huge...
HAVE FUN!!!
Since there will be kids too, I would suggest that you get some hotdogs and just cook them in/serve them from a crockpot. Kids like hotdogs, you can put them in the crockpot and let them go (super easy for you), and that gives another meat option without grilling.
You could also do a crockpot w/ meatballs too. Whatever sauce you prefer works great (spaghetti, jelly and chili sauce, or barbeque).
