Devro Great NZ Sausage Competition

Devro Great NZ Sausage Competition – 2016 Winners

On Friday all of New Zealand’s eyes and taste buds focused on Auckland for the announcement of the winners of the Devro Great NZ Sausage Competition. With hundreds of sausages entered in the competition the battle for the supreme award was fiercely contested.

Mangawhai Meat Shop from Northland took home the supreme award with a chicken, lime and lemon grass snarler. This also had coconut added to accentuate the Thai flavours of the sausage. I purloined this image of the champion snarler.

 

Only two butchers from the Wellington region won golds, Waikanae Butchery and the Greytown Butcher. I will look forward to sampling these sausages.

Here is a link to a story that has a nice video clip of the final judging.

As summer approaches I look forward to snarlers on the barbie – if you are looking for a good one peruse the list below and find your local champion snarler – or go to the reviews section of this blog.

And here are the winners!

DEVRO GREAT NEW ZEALAND SAUSAGE COMPETITION 2016 RESULTS

 

Supreme Award: Mangawhai Meat Shop, Chicken, Lime & Lemongrass

 

People’s Choice Award: New World Rolleston, Pork & Tasmanian Apple Cider

 

Devro New Zealand Wildcard Winner: Col’s Butchery, Free Range Chicken & Parsley

 

Gold medallists:

 

Beef category: Harris Meats, Old English Beef

 

Pork category: PAK’nSAVE Riccarton, Country Pork

 

Flavoured category: Greytown Butcher, Beef Flavour

 

Poultry category: , Free Range Chicken & Parsley tied with Mangawhai Meat Shop Chicken, Lime & Lemongrass

 

Pre-Cooked category: Hellers, Classic Saveloys tied with Peter Timbs Meats, Pork, Lemon & Parsley

 

Continental Fresh category: New World Stonefields, Fresh Chorizo

 

Continental Ready-to-eat category: Ashby’s Butchery – The Naked Banger, Pepperoni Bierstick

 

Black Pudding / Rounds category: Waikanae Butchery, White Pudding

 

Traditional Flavour category: New World Rangiora, Free Farmed Pork ‘n’ Fennel

 

Gourmet Beef category: Aussie Butcher New Lynn – Reuben’s Made in Store, Beef, Mushroom & Parmesan

Gourmet Pork category: New World Rolleston, Pork & Tasmanian Apple Cider tied with Peter Timbs Meats, Pork, Jalapeno & Cheese

 

Gourmet Varietal category: Peter Timbs Meats, Wild Venison & Black Plum