{"id":236252,"date":"2013-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/best-of-the-wurst\/"},"modified":"2013-06-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T07:00:00","slug":"best-of-the-wurst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/best-of-the-wurst\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Wurst’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local chefs compete for sausage king title<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Moy\u00e9 | Noticias del Centro<\/p>\n

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Chefs at last year’s competition focus on cooking their sausages perfectly for the judges. (Photos by Nicole Lazar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One thing you can say about an event called \u201cSausage Fest\u201d: Everyone\u2019s a wiener.<\/p>\n

Now in its second year, this year\u2019s Sausage Fest will heat up June 19 at LOUNGEsix, the rooftop terrace atop Kimpton\u2019s Hotel Solamar. The carne-centric competion pits chefs from 10 top local restaurants to see who will be the \u201cMaster of Meat,\u201d or, if you prefer, \u201cBest of the Wurst.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun, but chefs are competitive, no matter how you slice it,\u201d Saltbox chef Simon Dolinky said.<\/p>\n

Besides Saltbox and host restaurant JSix, Whisknladle, The Linkery, Carnitas\u2019 Snack Shack, Urban Solace, Burlap, Europa Sausage, Cowboy Star and Coronado Brewing Company will all be grilling each other in between grilling sausages made especially for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve run a couple of batches at Saltbox to get into sausage shape,\u201d Dolinky said. \u201cThe trick to this is doing something unique, whether it\u2019s in size, shape, or name. Whatever it is, you want people to be able to remember it after 12-15 sausages.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the winner last year did a curry in lamb sausage, but others might use fois gras,\u201d JSix chef Christian Graves said. \u201cThe cool thing about sausages is that it\u2019s beautiful peasant food. There are so many different ways you can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is an old joke that if you like politics or sausages, don\u2019t watch them being made, but Graves enjoys doing — watching sausages anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese sausages are all being made by people who are very into food and where it\u2019s sourced,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dolinky believes that sausages get a bad wrap.<\/p>\n

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Attendees of last year’s Sausage Fest toast with the one liter steins that are included in the price of admission.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAmerican hot dogs have ruined the rep of sausages,\u201d he said. \u201cMost good chefs have a theory that stockpots and sausages aren\u2019t the place to put garbage.\u201d<\/p>\n

A native of Milwaukee, Dolinky said that he\u2019s been preparing for Sausage Fest for nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up around bratwurst and Polish sausage and knew from a young age, that if I wanted to succeed, I\u2019d have to be good at making sausage,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I worked in New Orleans so I\u2019m torn between andouille and bratwurst.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides being a real \u201cmeat market,\u201d Sausage Fest should be an event that gets local beer geeks hopping because San Marcos brewery Lost Abbey will officially unveil their highly anticipated German lager, \u201cThe Road to Helles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSausages really go well with the hoppy craft beers that are popular [in the area],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Seeing the rise of San Diego\u2019s beer scene makes Dolinky think that a local sausage boom could also happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, you\u2019re getting a taste of that now,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been here since the opening of The Linkery, but there is an underground sausage scene here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sausage Fest tickets cost $10 for the sausage, while 1-liter take-home steins full of Lost Abbey beer will be available for $20. For more information, check out sdsausagefest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

San Diego native David Moye writes Weird News for the Huffington Post. You can learn more about him at huffingtonpost.com\/david-moye<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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