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Union-Made Backyard BBQ

Fire up the grill for summer! We’ve got a line up of the best union-made/packaged hot dogs, beef, beer, grilling tools AND RECIPES to make your next BBQ the best ever! No backyard? No problem! Set up the grill on your patio, balcony, courtyard or driveway. Happy grilling!

Union-Made Backyard BBQ

 

Union-Made Grilling Recipes

Union-Made Hot Dogs

Al Pete Imperial
Armour John Morrell All Beef Hot Dogs
Ball Park Luther's Hot Dogs
Boar’s Head Oscar Meyer
Brummel & Brown Poultry, Inc.
Conti's Texas Brand Snappy's
Country Crock Sugardale Foods
Country Fair Sunnyland
Disney Beef Frank Swift
Farmland Ted's
Foster Farms Wardynski
Hormel Wenzel’s

 

Chicago-Style Hot Dogs
It’s not a barbeque without hot dogs! Of course ketchup, mustard and relish are the classics, but maybe mix it up with this fully-loaded Chicago-Style Hot Dog recipe from Martha Stewart.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
  • 2 teaspoons white-wine vinegar
  • Coarse salt and ground pepper (Colonial, Diamond Crystal, Monarch, Morton, Nifda, Red & White, Sterling, Sysco)
  • 1/4 sweet onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 Kirby cucumber, cut into thin strips
  • 1 tomato, halved, seeded, and thinly sliced (Sunripe)
  • 1/2 cup celery leaves
  • 2 tablespoons chopped sport pepper or peperoncini
  • 4 beef hot dogs
  • 4 hot dog buns, grilled (Arnold, Earthgrains, Nature’s Harvest, Oroweat, Stroehmann, Sara Lee)
  • 4 pickle spears (Anchor’s, Bicks, Cisco, Moore’s, Pickles in a Bag, Red Brand, Vlasic)
  • Relish (Claussen, Vlasic)

Directions

In a medium bowl, whisk together mustard and white-wine vinegar; season with salt and pepper. Add sweet onion, cucumber, tomato, celery leaves, and sport pepper; toss to combine. Grill hot dogs over medium-high heat until charred and heated through, 6 to 8 minutes. Serve hot dogs in grilled hot dog buns and top each with a pickle spear and relish.


Union-Packaged Beef

Better Beef Farmland Foods
Beef Products, Inc. Holten Meat Company
Chiappetti Kirshner
Daisyfield Raley’s
Elbee Meats Thumann’s
Ember Wispak
Excel  


Grilled Burgers
Try Ree Drummond’s simple and delicious Grilled Burger’s recipe. You only need a handful of ingredients and a hot grill to make these juicy burgers.

Ingredients

  • Vegetable oil, for the grill (Best O’ Veg, Dairy Fresh, Great Value, Western Family)
  • 3 pounds 80 percent lean ground beef
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper (Colonial, Diamond Crystal, Monarch, Morton, Nifda, Red & White, Sterling, Sysco)
  • Tabasco sauce, to taste
  • 6 Kaiser rolls (Arnold, Earthgrains, Nature’s Harvest, Oroweat, Stroehmann, Sara Lee)
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (Dairy Fresh, Hiland Dairy, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Land O’ Lakes Butter, Prairie Farms)

Directions

Preheat a grill to medium high and oil the grates. Place the ground beef in a medium mixing bowl. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 3/4 teaspoon pepper. Add a few dashes of Tabasco sauce, then with your hands, mix the meat and seasoning well. Form the meat into six 1-inch-thick patties and place on the grill. Cover and cook 3 minutes, then rotate, leaving them on the same side, and cook 3 more minutes. Flip and repeat on the other side. Meanwhile, slice the rolls in half and spread each cut side with 1/2 tablespoon butter. Grill the rolls, cut-side down, until lightly toasted. Build the burgers with assorted toppings.


Portobello Burgers
Sandra Lee’s Portobello Burgers recipe is veggie-friendly and super satisfying. The portobello mushrooms and veggies are great on the grill!

Ingredients

  • 4 portobello mushrooms, stems on (Monterey Mushrooms, Del Fresh)
  • 2 teaspoons grill seasoning (Watkins)
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil (Albertson’s, America’s Choice, Pop All Canola, Weis, Western Family)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup grated cheddar (Hiland Dairy)
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 4 hamburger buns, toasted (Arnold, Earthgrains, Nature’s Harvest, Oroweat, Stroehmann, Sara Lee)
  • 4 leaves romaine lettuce (Amaral Ranches, Andy Boy)
  • 1 tomato, sliced (Sunripe)

Directions

Rub the mushroom caps with a damp cloth to clean. Remove stems and reserve for Round 2 recipe "Stuffed Zucchini". In a small bowl combine the grill seasoning, oil, garlic, Worcestershire sauce and vinegar. Brush over the mushrooms making sure to coat completely. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the marinade for the aioli. Heat a grill pan or outdoor grill on medium heat.

Put the mushrooms, gill side down, onto the grill and grill about 4 to 5 minutes on each side. After you flip the mushrooms top each with 2 tablespoons of Cheddar. While the mushrooms are grilling, make the aioli sauce by combining the remaining 2 tablespoons of the marinade with the mayonnaise in a small bowl. Spread each hamburger bun with aioli sauce. Remove mushrooms from the grill and serve on the toasted buns with lettuce and tomato slices.

Summer Beers

Before you fire up the grill, stock the cooler up with light beers and summer ales. Pair your grilled burgers and hot dogs with these union-made beers.

Soda

There’s nothing more refreshing that a cold soda on a hot summer day. Check out this list of union-made sodas.

A&W Root Beer Orange Crush
Canada Dry Pepsi
Coca Cola RC Cola

 

Union-Made BBQ Supplies

Do you have the essentials for your BBQ party? Check out this list of union-made BBQ supplies.

Durex Maverick Barbeque Tools Solo cups, plates, and bowls
Igloo Cooler Thermador Grills
Rubbermaid coolers Weber Grills (Genesis, Summit and Q Series)