Sausage Sizzle Still Kiwi Favourite

Auckland, 3 February 2018. Not that you needed proof – but we thought we’d give you it anyway – 94% of Kiwis believe sausage sizzle is a real piece of Kiwi culture.

As some of us still bask in the near-record temperatures this summer has brought, nothing beats finishing off the day with a good old BBQ surrounded by family and friends. According to Canstar Blue, for 75% of Kiwis this is the main way we socialize over the summer.

“It really is an institution” comments Canstar Blue’s Emma Quantrill. “It’s just something we love to do and for four out of five New Zealanders, a BBQ is an essential home appliance.”

A nation of meat lovers
With BBQs proving so popular it’s no surprise that the most recent figures from the Farming and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations show that New Zealand has the sixth highest meat consumption in the world.

Quantrill continues:
“We’re one of the largest exporters in the world but we also like to chomp our way through 106.4kg of meat per person, per year. That’s the equivalent to around 1,700 sausages each. No wonder we like to BBQ!”

Top Ten Meat Consumption per capita


Satisfied customers
With so much sizzling going on, Canstar Blue asked people to rate their BBQs on a number of criteria which included cooking performance, durability and overall satisfaction. For 2018, the BBQs that really cut the mustard are Weber.

Taking a maximum five stars in five out of the seven categories, as well as five stars for overall customer satisfaction, Weber takes Canstar Blue’s Most Satisfied Customers Award for 2018

For further information regarding this survey, please click here.

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