What's Kowalski (Hamtramck, MI) kielbasa like?

I remember Kowalski's when we used to visit ciocia and wujek in Hamtramck, but don't recall that we ever purchased anything there. However, I see that Kowalski's is still in business, and they sell via their website. They also provide a few recipes that look appealing: kowality.com

Anybody familiar with Kowalski's products?

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I don't know if it was Kowalski's but I purchased some fresh polish sausage from a Polish Deli in Hamtramck (on Jos campo) and it was gooood. The stuff was freshly made and not packaged like they show on the website. This was a couple of Christmas's ago.

Kowalski kiełbasa is OK, but it is made for the sake of broad American pubic appeal. A taste test conducted a few years ago showed Hamtramck natives preferred the kiełbasa from smaller family-owned places like Środek's or Polish Market. Kopytko's (a Ukrainian pork butcher) was excellent, but they went out of business a coupla years ago.

Ahem!! Just for the record Kowalski's Keilbasa has never appealed to my pubic.. maybe yours. not mine.

it ok like polish market or srodeks i live in hamtramck so i would know

Kowalski's smoked kielbasa (like their cold cuts) are the best of the best. Kowalski fresh kielbasa (pretty much like Srodek's and Polish market) are quite good, although I'm into a more garlicky sausage than any of them produce. Pypkowski once upon a time had the best fresh kielbasa but that outfit is long gone.

I just had some Kowalski Polish sausage this week.
It costs almost exactly twice as much as the commercial fat filled crap like Hillshire out of big box stores.
(About $6 - $7 a pound.)
You get what you pay for when it comes to a good meaty sausage with natural casings that has flavor besides garlic and smoke.
However like Pol3 stated, it doesn't compare with the smaller Mom & Pop Polish meat shops sausages and cold cuts.
Those get real expensive but damn are they good.
Maybe I will get some for St. Patrick's Day.

We're from Chicago. Saw the name Kowalski, and we were so excited that we could buy Polish food. We looked for anything resembling something Polish. We asked at the deli if they had pierogi. She had no clue at to what they were. I tried to explain them, and she sent us to the bakery aisle. Looked at the breads and the prices, looked at each other and never went back 🙄

@Gimmetheworks
Good quality has to cost.

Too cheap ??


Yes, Gimme was looking for top stuff.

Similarly here. I reject sausage which costs around 20 PLN. It must be 40 to be quality.

I was wondering what style/type/region is Kowalski smoked polish sausage? If I were to try and make my own, is there a good recipe that is close to Kowalski?

You mean Kowalski producer in the US???
Let`s be honest - only Poland-based producers, using local ingredients, are able to make original Polish food. In the US you have different everything so the taste of your products is more American than Polish.

In reality, you couldn't tell the difference in most cases. IMO
I live in Michigan (Home of Hamtramck) and have had Polish sausages from both Poland and Hamtramck.
Pawian hasn't.

They only told you it was from Poland while in fact it was produced locally. You are so naive........ :(:(:(:

Liar, I have friends who brought it back from Poland for me.
A waste of money as Kowalski's is just as good.
All you are paying for from Poland is bragging rights.

They cheated on you. Gullible like a child. Those Americans. Ha!

No, you are a lying again.
My family does not cheat me.
They brought it back from Poland for me.
It was nothing to write home about.
German sausage is much better than Polish sausage.

Don`t be stupid. You can`t bring meat products to the USA just like that due to USDA regulations. You need a license for that as a wholesale importer.


Yes, exactly, to Germans, it is. :):):)