The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

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skillet with melted butter or oil. Add the hot cooked
sausages and sauté them briefly, just until both sides are
browned. You should be able to do this in just a few
minutes, during which time the interior temperature of the
sausage will rise to around 160°F, resulting a sausages that
are perfectly cooked both inside and out.


Cooking Sausage Links   on  the Grill

How does this method translate to the grill? There are a
couple of options. The simplest is to build a two-zone
indirect fire with all the coals placed under half of the grill
(or half the burners shut off). Place the sausages on the
cooler side of the grill, cover it, and cook until the sausages
reach 140° to 150°F. Then transfer them over to the hotter
side for some last-minute browning.
An even better but slightly more involved method is to
partially fill an aluminum foil pan with moist, flavorful

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