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Friday, March 21. 2025

How to make the Perfect Burger at home

Everybody has their own method. I like a hard crust and rare inside.


What's your method?




Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 13:36 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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For a standard I like high fat, thin, smashed patties with onions cooked in. Lots of pickles. Mayonaise if it's grilled, mustard if it's greasy. If it has cheese it should be American.

With ground beef I always mix in a spoonful of baking powder dissolved in a couple spoonfuls of water. It helps with browning and not drying out.
#1 jack walter on 2025-03-21 14:26 (Reply)
baking soda, not powder.


The Hemingway burger sounds good. MSG makes everything taste better.
#1.1 jack walter on 2025-03-22 07:42 (Reply)
I marinate my hamburger (lean ground sirloin) with a mix of lemon juice and soy sauce, then sprinkle with garlic powder and black pepper, mash thin, cook, melt extra sharp cheddar (take notes, Schumer) and service on thin buns with kosher pickles, onions, and a fresh slice of tomato, German mustard as a condiment.
#2 RebeccaH on 2025-03-21 16:32 (Reply)
There is one burger worth the time and effort to properly prepare using the proper ingredients and that is the Hemingway Burger.

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/09/16/hemingways-hamburger/
#3 Tman on 2025-03-21 22:31 (Reply)
I smoke the burgers instead of grilling or frying
#4 Tallywhagger on 2025-03-22 00:04 (Reply)
I BBQ a lot of burgers. Nothing special though. I just make patties and grill 'em. Saves getting a skillet dirty and in the summer it helps keep the house cool by cooking outside.

I appreciate the effort that the commenters here put forth to make their burgers special, but I think mine are good enough the way I do it. Plus I am too lazy to go to all that effort and do the extra clean up.
#5 feeblemind on 2025-03-24 09:18 (Reply)

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