QUEENSLAND best butchers were on show at the Ekka for AMIC’s annual Sausage King and Best Butchers Burger Competition. Winners will next compete at the nationals in Melbourne in February.
Results
Traditional Australian beef: Gold. Clifton Beach Butchery, Clifton Beach. Silver. Circle T Meats, Raceview. Bronze. Mundubbera Butchering Co, Mundubbera.
Traditional Australian pork: Gold. Loveday’s Quality Meats, Burleigh Heads. Silver. Elite Meats, Boonah. Bronze. Aussie Smokehouse, Warana.
Poultry: Master Butchers Whitsunday, Airlie Beach (Chicken Margareta). Silver. Loveday’s Quality Meats, Burleigh Heads (Szechuan Chicken). Bronze. Gray’s Modern Meat Mart, Toowoomba (Tandoori Chicken).
Lamb/Open class: Gold. Circle T Meats, Raceview (Moroccan Lamb). Silver. Carina North Quality Meats, Carina (Smokey Maple & Bacon). Bronze. Master Butchers Whitsunday, Airlie Beach (Lamb, Herb, Cheese & Garlic).
Continental: Gold. Aussie Smokehouse, Warana (Bratwurst). Silver. Borgo Salumi, Holland Park (Fresh Italian Sausages). Bronze. Mackay Wholesale Meats, Mackay (Italian Style).
Gourmet/Open class: Gold. Parkhurst Quality Meats, Rockhampton (Beef & Cracked Pepper). Silver. Loveday’s Quality Meats, Burleigh Heads (Smokey Maple & Bacon). Bronze. Better Buy Meats, Yamanto (Honey Satay Beef).
Best Butchers Beef Burger: 1. Mt Pleasant Meat Specialist, Mount Pleasant (Gourmet Beef). 2. Loveday’s Quality Meats, Burleigh Heads (Dry Aged Angus Beef Burger). 3. Schulte’s Meat Tavern, Plainland (Beef, Tomato & Onion Burger).
Best Butchers Gourmet/Open Class Burger: 1. Carina North Quality Meats, Carina (Tuscan Italian Burger). 2. Elite Meats, Boonah (Roasted Chilli & Haloumi Burger). 3. Barrow Lane, Mitchelton (Lamb Burgers).
