Anyone have a suggestion on pre-grilling brats and burgers? My parents have a Nesco I can borrow but I am worried about the meat drying out. Would it be gross to add some water or other liquid to the pan?
Or does anyone have another suggestion on a meat/main dish we could make in advance? We did subs last year and while it worked great, I wanted to do something more substantial this year.
Re: How to keep brats/burgers warm for DD's party
I had to open this post, curious if someone outside of Wisconsin was serving brats at a LOs party...
We put grilled brats into a disposable tinfoil tray on the grill set to low heat (gas grill) and like PP suggested, use beer and water with onions to keep them from drying out. You don't need a lot of liquid (the brats shouldn't be submerged) and if you keep it covered with tinfoil or use the nesco it will trap the steam and keep them warm and moist.
If you pile the burgers on top of the brats they won't get as much beer taste as if they're in the beer but they will get a little beer taste. One option would be to pre-grill the brats but not the burgers.
Have fun!
We kept the brats warm in a crockpot with beer.
The hamburgers were in another crockpot. They didn't get dried out.