COMPETITION CATEGORIES

Beef

Beef sausage must be standard beef not ‘beef flavoured’ and cannot contain any other major flavouring such as onion, chilli, cheese etc. Restricted to one entry per company.

Pork

Pork sausage must be standard pork not ‘pork flavoured’ and cannot contain any other major flavouring such as apple, fennel, garlic etc. Restricted to one entry per company.

Saveloy/Cocktail/Polony

This category includes saveloys, polonys and cocktails. Restricted to one saveloy, one polony and one cocktail entry per company. The saveloy, polony and cocktail entries must not contain any other major flavouring such as chilli, cheese etc.

Precooked/BBQ

Standard pre-cooked sausage. No special flavours such as garlic or mint or cheese will be allowed. This category is intended for the everyday BBQ market.

Flavoured Precooked/BBQ

Flavoured precooked sausage. Includes all flavoured pre-cooked sausages such as garlic and cheese. This category in intended for the everyday BBQ market. Restricted to two entries per company.

Flavoured

Standard fresh beef, pork or chicken flavoured sausage. No special flavours such as garlic or mint will be allowed. This category is intended for the everyday market.Restricted to three entries per company.

Traditional

This category is for all traditional combinations of ingredients and flavours and all English styles, including traditional coarse cut styles. For example: Cumberland, Lamb and Mint, Old English, Pork and Leek. It does not include Rounds such as Black Pudding and White pudding.

Frankfurters & Rounds (Precooked)

This category includes all pre-cooked sausages presented in a ‘Round or Horseshoe’ shape. For example: Black Pudding, Frankfurters, Haggis, Hunter, Polish, Rookwurst, White Pudding

International Bratwursts & Boerwors

This category is for all Bratwurst and Boerwors style sausages. For example: Boerwors, Bratwurst, Thuringer, Nurenberg

International Mild

Entries in this category must be a recognised style of mild sausage. For example: Boterhammenworst, Italian Fennel, Jaegar / Landjaegar, Knackwurst, Kransky, Lyon, Toulouse, Weisswurst

International Spicy

Entries in this category must be a recognised style of spicy sausage For example: Cabana, Cabanossi, Chorizo, Creole, Hungarian, Italian, Italian Beef, Kielbasa, Merguez, Mexican, Pepperoni, Pepper Sticks,

Gourmet

Imagination is the only limit for this category. Entries in this category Include unusual flavour combinations and ingredients that do not constitute a recognized style. For example: paua, satay, ostrich, nuts and chilli