They call them bangers, snarlers and barbeque fodder but some butchers are taking New Zealand sausages to new culinary heights.
The best butchers plan and experiment for months before entering the annual Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition in the hope of landing the title for the country’s best sausage.
More than 450 butchers enter the awards which began in 1994. Here are the results of the 2016 competition.
The best sausages in the South Island
People’s Choice Award
Pork & Tasmanian Apple Cider
New World Rolleston, Christchurch
Gold Medals
Beef
Old English Beef
Harris Meats, Cheviot
Pork
Country Pork
PAK’nSAVE Riccarton, Christchurch
Pre-cooked
Pork, Lemon & Parsley
Peter Timbs Meats, Christchurch
Continental ready-to-eat
The Naked Banger, Pepperoni Bierstick
Ashby’s Butchery, Sydenham, Christchurch
Traditional flavour
Free Farmed Pork ‘n’ Fennel
New World Rangiora, Canterbury
Gourmet pork
Pork & Tasmanian Apple Cider
New World, Rolleston, Christchurch
Pork, Jalapeno & Cheese
Peter Timbs Meats, Christchurch
Gourmet varietal
Wild Venison & Black Plum
Peter Timbs Meats, Christchurch
Silver Medals
Beef
Old English Beef
PAK’nSAVE Riccarton, Christchurch
Traditional Beef
PAK’nSAVE Moorhouse, Sydenham, Christchurch
Boerewors
Raeward Fresh, Richmond
Traditional flavour
Free Farmed Pork & Bacon
Drycreekmeats, Methven
Gourmet beef
Bacon, Cheese & Tomato
PAK’nSAVE Riccarton, Christchurch
Creamy Blue Cheese & Beef
New World Bishopdale, Christchurch
Bronze medallists
Flavoured
Pork Flavoured
Countdown (National)
Pre-cooked
Original Cocktails
Hellers (National)
Continental ready-to-eat
Portuguese
Peter Timbs Meats, Christchurch
Black pudding/rounds category
Black Pudding
Fraser Park Butchery, Timaru
Burger’s Butchery, Timaru
Gourmet pork
Premium Pork & Mustard
PAK’nSAVE Rangiora, Rangiora, Canterbury
Source: Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition
