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 New Zealand
Supreme Award
Chicken, Lime & Lemongrass
Mangawhai Meat Shop, Mangawhai
People’s Choice Award
Pork & Tasmanian Apple Cider
New World Rolleston, Christchurch
Devro New Zealand Wildcard Winner
Free Range Chicken & Parsley
Col’s Butchery, Mt Maunganui
Gold Medals
Beef
Old English Beef
Harris Meats, Cheviot
Pork
Country Pork
PAK’nSAVE Riccarton, Christchurch
Flavoured
Beef Flavour
Greytown Butcher, Greytown
Poultry
Free Range Chicken & Parsley
Col’s Butchery, Mt Maunganui
Chicken, Lime & Lemongrass
Mangawhai Meat Shop, Mangawhai
Pre-cooked
Classic Saveloys
Hellers
Pork, Lemon & Parsley
Peter Timbs Meats, Christchurch
Continental fresh
Fresh Chorizo
New World Stonefields, Auckland
Continental ready-to-eat
The Naked Banger, Pepperoni Bierstick
Ashby’s Butchery, Sydenham, Christchurch
Black Pudding/rounds
White Pudding
Waikanae Butchery, Kapiti Coast, Wellington
Traditional flavour
Free Farmed Pork ‘n’ Fennel
New World Rangiora,Canterbury
Gourmet beef
Reuben’s Made in Store, Beef, Mushroom & Parmesan
Aussie Butcher New Lynn, Auckland
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
Pork
Traditional Pork
Ellerslie Meats, Ellerslie, Auckland
Flavoured
Preston’s Beef Flavoured
Preston’s Master Butchers, Wellington, Palmerston North, Porirua
Continental fresh
Traditional Toulouse
L’Authentique
Auckland, Wellington, Katakana, Mt Maunganui, Hamilton, Napier, New Plymouth, Wanganui
Boerewors
Raeward Fresh, Richmond
Continental ready-to-eat
Smoked Romanian Pork & Garlic
Magills Butchery, Te Awamutu,
Black pudding/rounds
Black Pudding
Ellerslie Meats, Ellerslie, Auckland
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
Gourmet varietal
Lamb, Pumpkin, Feta & Chives
New World Stanmore, Stanmore Bay, Auckland
Bronze medallists
Pork
Reuben’s Made in Store, Free Farmed True Pork
Aussie Butcher New Lynn, Auckland
Flavoured
Pork Flavoured
Countdown (National)
Pre-cooked
Original Cocktails
Hellers (National)
Poultry
Chicken, Spinach & Pinenut
Elite Meats, Hamilton
Continental ready-to-eat
Portuguese
Peter Timbs Meats, Christchurch
Black pudding/rounds category
Black Pudding
Fraser Park Butchery, Timaru
Burger’s Butchery, Timaru
Traditional flavour
Reuben’s Made in Store, Pork, Sage & Onion
Aussie Butcher, New Lynn, Auckland
Gourmet pork
Premium Pork & Mustard
PAK’nSAVE Rangiora, Rangiora, Canterbury
Gourmet varietal
Duck & Orange
The Village Butchery, Waiheke Island, Auckland
Source: Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition
