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SLR · 02-14-2021, 08:53 AM

I’m looking to make better burgers so I need your advice. My usual burger mixture is 80\20 ground beef, cooked on a grill, medium, maybe a bit on the medium rare side. I spice it with generous amounts of salt, ground black pepper, and onion powder. I think I could be doing this better. How do you guys prepare the ground beef for your best burgers? Do you add other types of ground meat like pork, or turkey? Different spice mixes?

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BigO · 02-14-2021, 09:53 AM

The mix is important. I use 50-50 brisket and chuck. Salt and pepper to season. It's the fat that drives flavor. Steak and Shake uses brisket and sirloin. I ask the girls if they want to go out for burgers, the answer is always, "couldn't you just make burgers?"

BigJohn · 02-14-2021, 01:06 PM

Meat mixture is indeed crucial, but it's hard to find 'ground brisket'.
1 lb 80/20 ground chuck
1/2 cup grated parmesian cheese
2 TBS Worcestershire sauce
salt, black pepper, garlic powder.

crumble the ground beef into a bowl, sprinkle parm cheese, salt, pepper, garlic powder over the meat, and add the Worcestershire sauce. Let stand for 10-15 minutes, then mix gently but thorughly, divide into 3 equal size balls.
Press into round patties about 4.5-5" across.
Grill or fry to medium rare. Do not 'press' on the burgers while cooking...

Just my 2 cents.
You can add chipotle chili powder to give them a kick if you like to the mix.

BigO · 02-14-2021, 01:34 PM

I've never seen ground brisket for sale. When briskets are on sale I buy 2. One for the smoker and one for the grinder. Makes a greasy meatloaf, but for burgers it's divine. Maybe find one where the flat and point are separated. Useless for bbq, but good for either corned beef or the grinder.

Sancho Panza · 02-14-2021, 02:12 PM

73% for far more flavor.

hermit · 02-16-2021, 11:23 AM

When the Pandemacon began, we started buying Omaha Steaks.
Their burgers (and everything else) are pretty spendy, but great.
https://www.omahasteaks.com/product/...YGourmetCStage

mike s · 02-18-2021, 11:52 AM

HEB actually sells brisket burger patties! They are definitely worth the price. A little salt, pepper, and woshichestier....however
You spell and say it is all you need to add

SLR · 07-04-2021, 10:04 AM

Tried Schweitzer & Sons Signature brisket & chuck burgers. Ralph’s had the patties on sale for $4 a pound. Added salt and pepper, cooked them to medium on the grill. They came out fantastic. Big beef flavor. Added bacon and Swiss to my burger. MAGIC.

https://schweidandsons.com/product/signature-series/

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02-14-2021, 08:53 AM	#1
SLR Charter Member Moderator Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: OC/LA Area, CA USA Posts: 15,515	What is your favorite hamburger recipe? I’m looking to make better burgers so I need your advice. My usual burger mixture is 80\20 ground beef, cooked on a grill, medium, maybe a bit on the medium rare side. I spice it with generous amounts of salt, ground black pepper, and onion powder. I think I could be doing this better. How do you guys prepare the ground beef for your best burgers? Do you add other types of ground meat like pork, or turkey? Different spice mixes? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ Isaiah 53 LGBFJB BE AWAKE, NOT WOKE

02-14-2021, 09:53 AM	#2
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 55,756	The mix is important. I use 50-50 brisket and chuck. Salt and pepper to season. It's the fat that drives flavor. Steak and Shake uses brisket and sirloin. I ask the girls if they want to go out for burgers, the answer is always, "couldn't you just make burgers?" __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

02-14-2021, 01:06 PM	#3
BigJohn Chief Geek, @cigarweekly Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta (north burbs - Woodsto Posts: 14,173	Meat mixture is indeed crucial, but it's hard to find 'ground brisket'. 1 lb 80/20 ground chuck 1/2 cup grated parmesian cheese 2 TBS Worcestershire sauce salt, black pepper, garlic powder. crumble the ground beef into a bowl, sprinkle parm cheese, salt, pepper, garlic powder over the meat, and add the Worcestershire sauce. Let stand for 10-15 minutes, then mix gently but thorughly, divide into 3 equal size balls. Press into round patties about 4.5-5" across. Grill or fry to medium rare. Do not 'press' on the burgers while cooking... Just my 2 cents. You can add chipotle chili powder to give them a kick if you like to the mix. __________________ Government breaks our legs, then hands us a pair of crutches and says, "You see? If it wasn't for us you wouldn't be able to walk.".... Aren't we so lucky!? Need a website? Get one from a BOTL - > PM me! *"I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."* Help support the CigarWeekly webhost (me!) > Shop online? Start HERE: direct to Amazon.com Protect your computer from VIRUSES > Get Avast!

02-14-2021, 01:34 PM	#4
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 55,756	I've never seen ground brisket for sale. When briskets are on sale I buy 2. One for the smoker and one for the grinder. Makes a greasy meatloaf, but for burgers it's divine. Maybe find one where the flat and point are separated. Useless for bbq, but good for either corned beef or the grinder. __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

02-14-2021, 02:12 PM	#5
Sancho Panza Floridays Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: La Habaña, Cuba Posts: 19,755	73% for far more flavor. __________________ For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863... William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust 1948

02-16-2021, 11:23 AM	#6
hermit Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ascension Parish Posts: 3,857	When the Pandemacon began, we started buying Omaha Steaks. Their burgers (and everything else) are pretty spendy, but great. https://www.omahasteaks.com/product/...YGourmetCStage __________________ "Civility is an illusion; savagery is the default state of humanity." - Quinlan “Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.” Thomas Sowell

02-18-2021, 11:52 AM	#7
mike s Contributing Editor Club Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Tx / Cozumel Posts: 3,917	HEB actually sells brisket burger patties! They are definitely worth the price. A little salt, pepper, and woshichestier....however You spell and say it is all you need to add

07-04-2021, 10:04 AM	#8
SLR Charter Member Moderator Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: OC/LA Area, CA USA Posts: 15,515	Tried Schweitzer & Sons Signature brisket & chuck burgers. Ralph’s had the patties on sale for $4 a pound. Added salt and pepper, cooked them to medium on the grill. They came out fantastic. Big beef flavor. Added bacon and Swiss to my burger. MAGIC. https://schweidandsons.com/product/signature-series/ Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ Isaiah 53 LGBFJB BE AWAKE, NOT WOKE

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