This is the winner of the Great Grillworst Test 2023
The smartest butchers offer every customer a piece of warm grillworst. With or without cheese, bet you’ll immediately buy a piece to take home too? Just warm it up in the oven…. mmm! And would you like to know where to buy the very best grillworst, anywhere in the Netherlands? Then read on, because the winners of the Great Grillworst Test (a professional competition organized by the Royal Dutch Butchers) have been announced.
Not all the same
A poll among 104 butchers from the Royal Dutch Butchers (KNS) shows that more than 90% make their own grillworst, using good, fresh ingredients and their own spice blends. Every butcher has a personal recipe, which means that traditional grillworst is certainly not all the same. In Limburg, grillworst is often eaten in thin slices on bread, while in the west of the Netherlands people more often buy grillworst whole and cut thicker slices for a drinks platter. That doesn’t work for me, because I simply put such a warm sausage straight into my mouth.
Who makes the tastiest one?
Back to the crucial question: which butchers sell the very best grillworst? In first place is (again!) Keurslager Braamskamp; for the third time, he has been named the winner of the professional competition Great Grillworst Test. The traditional grillworst from Drenthe-based Keurslager Braamskamp in Rolde also came out on top in 2021 and 2018.
“The winning grillworst is a true technical masterpiece. The appearance, composition, texture, aroma, taste and bite. Everything is spot-on!”, the admiring jury said about the winning sausage.
Han Braamskamp was at least as enthusiastic: “We managed it for the third time! It’s fantastic that our traditional grillworst is appreciated so highly. Our team works hard for this. Once again, it’s a wonderful recognition of our work!”
More delicious grillworst
This year, second prize went to Slagerij Hegeman from Aarle-Rixtel. Keurslager Evert Tebak from Nuenen received third prize. Here too, the jury made no secret of its enthusiasm: “The grillworsts from the top three are of high quality. The products are beautifully evenly grilled and have a very good characteristic grilled flavor. They are tender and juicy and have a pleasant mouthfeel.”
The other finalists of the Great Grillworst Test 2023, in no particular order, are:
- Keurslager Antonis from Veldhoven
- Slagerij Stefan Haak from Capelle aan den IJssel
- Knobbout Slagerijen from Buren
- Slagerij Dennis van de Ven from Schijndel
- Keurslager Beverdam from Rijssen
- Slagerij Van de Weg from Oosterwolde
- Keurslager De Jong from Gilze
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Image: KNS
