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NFT: Morning tailgate grill food ideas needed

davek3698 : 9/29/2022 7:17 am
The Big 10 decided to make UMD’s family weekend game vs Purdue a noon kickoff, so it looks like I’ll be providing a breakfast/brunch tailgate for my son, his buddies and their families in a few weekends. Any good ideas for grill food at that time of day for a decent sized group? We should have a few Weber Q series grills onsite. TIA.
If you feel like buying a couple of the portable stove burners  
bhill410 : 9/29/2022 7:35 am : link
Which imo are incredibly convenient for tailgates - that opens up eggs really easily and you can do bacon, sausage, burgers and everything you would normally do on the grill.

Alternative is make a couple of trays of French toast and some sort of egg quiche night before and just heat up on grill for 8-9 hour and then switch to normal stuff around 11.
I agree  
robbieballs2003 : 9/29/2022 7:44 am : link
French toast is easy and quick. Eggs and meats sound good. I would do steak and eggs.
You can also do a German breakfast theme  
johnnyb : 9/29/2022 7:57 am : link
and have a selection of wursts and sausages, maybe some potatoes pancakes (made ahead of time and reheated) and some good fresh crusty bread. Eggs and bagels to round it out.
Haha Dave I'm goin that weekend too  
Stu11 : 9/29/2022 8:25 am : link
My daughter is freshman and I'm an alum. I thought about tailgaiting at first but then was leaning against it do to having to schlep everything down from here. When they announced a noon start that was the clincher. Really looking forward to the weekend though. Good luck with the Tailgate. I've never even driven to a football game there, just basketball. I guess I have to figure out the parking.
For early kick off's, we usually do breakfast sandwiches.  
Section331 : 9/29/2022 8:37 am : link
Egg, cheese and/or sausage on an english muffin, prepare them ahead of time and warm them on the grill. We have a muffin top baking pan, and my wife uses that to bake the eggs, they come out in the perfect shape for that sandwich.

That and a container of coffee with sides of whiskey and Bailey's for those who want to accentuate their morning brew.
Buy some cream cheese  
I Love Clams Casino : 9/29/2022 8:46 am : link
shredded cheddar, bacon, panko, jalapenos, butter, scallions...

really easy prep......
Jalapeno Poppers - ( New Window )
I do this camping  
mattlawson : 9/29/2022 9:08 am : link
Breakfast burritos that are premade and you just warm on the grill or a very great move. Aldie makes these frozen hashbrowns that with butter salt and pepper on a grill griddle are phenomenal
And are super cheap
Whenever I tailgate for a 12pm game (college football)  
90.Cal : 9/29/2022 9:51 am : link
It's gotta be Eggs, Peppers (&onions) and Sausages.

Bring grilling sausages (long sausages), Green Peppers (slice'em up the night before) , Yellow Onions (slice'em up the night before), Eggs and a cast iron pan.

Put your cast iron pan directly on the grill and use it to cook the Eggs, Onions and Peppers. Grill the Sausages. Should be quick, easy and it's good food. Bring bread!
If you are going to have a few weber q grills  
bigblue1124 : 9/29/2022 10:57 am : link
Bring cast iron skillets and a Plancha plate or two both well-seasoned. You can cook just about anything from eggs, bacon, sausage, Taylor ham, Etc. And you can use the Plancha to toast the rolls as well.

If timing is an issue, you can always precook most of the meats and refrigerate them, so you only must worry about reheating some items.

Another option is making some casseroles ahead of time we have done a few like tater tot casserole with bacon, sausage, egg, and cheese. And strata’s or frittata's all different kinds that turned out well just need to reheat low and slow indirect heat.
I would definitely have the makings  
Section331 : 9/29/2022 11:03 am : link
of boilermakers at the ready - whiskey and beer. Drink the enemy!
i miss tailgating  
djm : 9/29/2022 11:25 am : link
need to get my ass out to a game and soon.

We always did bacon and eggs and all that stuff and then later we'd do either burgers dogs or sausages peppers. Sometimes steak. We usually link up with an even bigger tailgate party and just contribute what we make, including bloody mary's--no tailgate is complete without the bloody mary's.
Breakfast shots are a must  
BigBlue in Keys : 9/29/2022 11:31 am : link
Shot of Jameson, Small shot of buttershots, shot of OJ and a bite of bacon at the end. Tastes like pancakes.

For those 9:30am start London games we do waffle egg sandwiches with bacon, sausage, hash browns and eggs between 2 waffle. Hard to recreate on the grill though.
Sausage Cream Cheese Dip w Fritos - Amazing  
Blubleeder57 : 9/29/2022 6:41 pm : link
https://joyfoodsunshine.com/cheese-sausage-dip/
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