BEAST Meat Masters

Overview

This series of takeovers is entirely for the carnivores. Each month from July until November, a different Melbourne venue will create two meat-centred eats for both BEAST Brunswick and BEAST City. This will include one signature meat burger or sandwich, as well as a speciality meat dish sold per piece or by weight.

The Meat Masters series kicks off in July, as the team from Third Wave Cafe brings its signature slow-cooked US-style barbecue flavours to both BEAST venues. Get around slow-smoked American barbecue short ribs with chips and the Ribsy burger, which sees a brioche bun stuffed with deboned slow-smoked American barbecue short ribs, tomato relish, swiss cheese, streaky bacon, apple bourbon barbecue sauce and tomato. There's a lot going on in that beast.

In August, taco masters CDMX touch down in the BEAST kitchens. The chefs here have rejigged their famed birria tacos, reimagining them in sandwich form. The birria-braised beef short rib sandwich is filled with cheese, grilled onions, pickles and salsa. That same beef and filling combo is also served straight up without the bread for those who want to make a mess with their hands.

Next up is Bad Shepherd in September, with its Montréal Smoked Meat Sandwich. This comes loaded with cured, smoked and steamed beef brisket, Alabama white sauce, jack cheese and pickles. The thrice-treated brisket is also served separately but with a side of pickled vegetables.

Throughout October, Bluestone American BBQ is in charge of BEAST's Meat Master specials, serving a smoked Cuban-style pork burger with barbecued ham, Swiss cheese, cucumber pickles, mayo and sweet mustard. The same smoked Cuban-style pork is also being served out of the bun, with lime and crema mojo, creole slaw and cucumber pickles.

Last on the docket of Meat Master takeovers is Sonido Berbeos Bros. In November, the Colombian street food legends are slinging longaniza rolls, which consist of Colombian sausages stuffed into a bread roll with pickled red onions, citric acid, mayo, and perajo sauce. The longaniza sausages will also be sold sans bread roll, with Colombian plantain fritters and sauce.

Make no mistake – this is heavy, meaty and heartburn-inducing stuff. We can't wait for the food comas each takeover creates.