How Long Do Sausages Take To Cook (And Why)?

Exact Answer: 20 Minutes To 30 Minutes

Sausages can take anywhere from about a minimum of 10 minutes to as long as 40 minutes to get cooked. But in most general conditions, it takes around 20 minutes to 30 minutes for sausages to get cooked.

How Long Do Sausages Take To Cook

How Long Do Sausages Take To Cook?

Method of cooking sausagesTime
On the grill10 to 15 minutes
On the stove15 to 25 minutes
In the oven25 to 35 minutes

Among several different factors, there is one major factor that determines the time for how long it takes to cook sausages. That major time determining factor is how the sausages are being cooked.

In simple words, it can be said that the cooking device in which the sausages are to be cooked play a vital role in determining the period for how long it would take for sausages to get cooked.

There are majorly three types of cooking methods in which sausages are most commonly cooked. Those three cooking devices are the stove, an oven or microwave, and lastly the grill. Depending upon the cooking device where sausages are meant to be cooked, the time it takes for sausages to get cooked depends.

In the first case, that is to say when the sausages are cooked on the grill, then it takes the shortest duration of time for sausages to get cooked. 

On average, it takes about a minimum of 10 minutes to a maximum of 15 minutes for sausages to get cooked on the grill.

In the second case, that is to say when the sausages are cooked on the stove, then it takes a longer duration of time for sausages to get cooked as compared to the time it takes for sausages to get cooked on the grill.

On average, it takes about a minimum of 15 minutes to a maximum of 25 minutes for sausages to get cooked on the stove.

Lastly, that is in the third case, that is to say when the sausages are cooked in the oven, then it takes the longest duration of time for sausages to get cooked. 

On average, it takes about a minimum of 25 minutes to a maximum of 35 minutes for sausages to get cooked in the oven.

Why Do Sausages Take That Long To Be Cooked?

In most cases, it takes the least amount of time for sausages to get cooked when they are being cooked on the grill. While on the other hand, it takes the maximum amount of them for sausages to get cooked when they are being cooked in the oven or the microwave.

The major reason behind that is because of the way and the amount of heat that is transmitted to the sausages to make them cooked.

In case the sausages are being cooked in the oven or the microwave, the heat is not directly imparted to the sausages. Instead, the temperature is increased and as a result, the sausages get heated up and consequently the sausages get cooked as well.

In simple words, it can be said that in the case of the oven or the microwave, the heat is not directly transmitted to the sausages. As a result, it takes a longer duration of time for sausages to get cooked as compared to the time it takes for sausages to get cooked on the stove or the grill.

While on the other hand, it takes a shorter duration of time for sausages to get cooked when they are cooked on the stove or the grill because the heat is directly imparted to the sausages through the pan or the surface, or the grill.

In other words, the sausages are in direct contact with the pan or the surface of the grill, as a result, the sausages get directly heated up. Consequently, the time it takes for sausages to get cooked on the stove or the grill is shorter.

Conclusion

Apart from the heating method, the time it takes for sausages to get cooked depends upon several different factors as well. 

Some of these factors could be the type of sausage to be cooked, that is to say, if the sausages are pre-cooked or raw, and the method of cooking sausages.

References

  1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0309174008001836
  2. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jfq/2017/9753894/

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