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Burgers? Hell Yeah!!

Hey y'all looking through the sacred THP scrolls it is apparent that most awesome of foods is sorely neglected. That's right chidren's, I'm talkin' about BURGERS!! Sliders. Pub burgers. Fast food style burgers. Gastro burgers. Cheffy burgers. CHEESEBURGERS!!! Single and double meat. Triple meat. Extreme burgers. Man vs. Food burgers....the list is endless but y'all get the idea.

We won't go into the endless arguments of who created the first hamburger (Fletcher Davis) or what meat qualifies as a burger. Nonetheless....here are the rules for posting in this soon to be awesome thread:

1. Any meat goes. Beef, chicken, pork, lamb, rat, fish. Whatever, hunt it down and kill it with a knife. Its all good and I've included the options other than the traditional beef so all the kids can play in the pool. If its ground and round, its all good.

2. The damn 'thang has to be between 2 slices of bread or bun. White bread. Brioche. Sourdough. English muffin. Whole wheat. Its got to be bready. No wrap crap or wild pizza dough like chingaderra's.

3. Any cooking method goes. Grilled. Broiled. Griddled. Steamed. Deep fried. Zippo lighter.

4. Because I love to ridicule to no end tree hugging granola wimps and hippy's.....
Veggie burgers are all good. Just be prepared for the woe and gnashing of teeth and smack talk that will soon come if you post it. It will be all in fun and all good.

5. You suck at cooking? The only thing that would suck more is if you posted pics of your restaurant burger. For the sake of keeping the comedy rolling...
Any burger you didn't cook or you bought is allowed and is all good. Warning: while allowed, posting pics of BK burgers or their ilk with a splash of tabasco will bring upon you the most ridicule and insults. Even more than a veggie burger!

6. Chile's and/or hotsauce is mandatory on the burger. ON the burger, no crap on the side.

7. Pics are mandatory. No posting about a burger you made or ate without pics. You will suffer extreme ridicule and experience much loathing. Just don't do it.

8. Include a list of condiments and toppings. Mayo. Mustard. Onions. Cheese. Extract of male baboon spermatazoa. Whatever. Post it.

There it is y'all. Can you get down brown with it? Allrighty then...

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

Here's mine. Sliders. 80/20 ground chuck from Matador Meat Market, Frisco, Tx. Cooked over fine diced yellow onions in cast iron using the smash technique. Toasted Pepperidge Farm slider buns with mustard, the onions, dill pickle and jalapeno pickle slices. Kraft brand American Plastic Cheese.

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Adult beverages are encouraged in the pics but not mandatory. Dig that awesome cast iron crust sear!

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So bring on your burgers. And that means those damn Aussie's and their stinkin' beet root too!!
 
Experimented with two pattie mixes, rice/chickpea/onion and herbs, work out real well, nice texture, tasted great. Second, Sweet potato/chickpea/onion and vindaloo spice. Used raw potato thast a mistake, almost falls apart so cooking them first would work better, other then that tasted good. Will add bean powder next time and I like the rice mix better.
Didnt have any fixings or bread so just naked :(
 
 
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Decided to try some burgers done on charcoal, we had mates from overseas visiting and my dad and our mate ended up with this bag of charcoal. We did a bbq yesterday, and the damn coals went out half way through lol! On tonight's attempt, it took 3 freaking tries to light properly, but when it did, the rest is history.  3 burgers with 3 different sauces. Taste and texture completely different than cooking burgers inside on a stove. Cooking over coal is the only way to cook...
 
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texas blues said:
Wait.
 
HK's burger has lettuce on it.
 
And ketchup.
 
 
I'll allow it.
 
Still rockin'.
 
 
hehe each had different sauces, a "burger sauce" which actually tastes pretty awesome, Ketchup+mustard, and BBQ sauce. C'mon man, ketchup and mustard is a great combo ;)
 
Gonna do a couple more tonight, just realised I don't have any hot sauce and bacon and am too many beers down to drive. Shit 
 
SmokenFire said:
Orange rocoto colby jack burger dressed with onion, pickles & dijon.
 
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Since we started buying fresh ground chuck from the butcher I won't order a burger if we're out at a restaurant because we can do better at home.  :)
 
 
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What kind of bread? It seems the bun is a commonly overlooked part of the burger but if the bun sucks, then it totally ruins the burger in my opinion. Looks great by the way.
 
The Hot Pepper said:
def brioche! one of the best
I love brioche. There's a chain burger joint around here that just opened not too long ago called slaters 50/50 (not sure if it's national) but they make their burgers with 50 percent beef and 50 percent bacon on brioche buns. One of the best burgers I've had but one of the times I went the bun was dry. Totally ruined it. I was a cook at a nice hotel back in the day so maybe i'm just too picky but a dry bun is a deal breaker for me. Send that shit back.
 
It dries out kinda fast. It's like a bagel. If you don't get it out of the oven or soon after, forget it. Bagels become bricks, brioche becomes dense and crubmy, as in, those dry crumbs that fall off. When fresh, actually moist and squishy!
 
Another side note, my local Italian store has fresh ciabatta. OMG it is an art like a good pizza dough, crusty outside, light and airy inside, and squishy. Never really liked this dense bread until I had super fresh.
 
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