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It’s been put into what I call triage testing. I’m re-testing it, and my revised version will go to my recipe testers. The recipe will return to the site only if it is 100% bulletproof. It must work; it must not be vague or confusing, or in any way open to misinterpretation. Because this is one hell of an expensive recipe, I refuse to let your July 4th celebration—or grilling session—be ruined.
If the recipe makes it through the gauntlet of triage testing, it will be back on the site by the end of July.
I hope you understand. In the meantime, you came here for burgers, well, here are burgers!
Chow,
Burger Mania
Crab Cake Burger
45 mins
Chili-Cheddar Burger
25 mins
Lamb Burger ~ Bifteki Arniou
45 mins
Barbecue Pork Burgers
30 mins
Do you grind the meat on the small or large grinder disk?
Kathy, I use the small disk on my KitchenAid stand mixer attachment. i like the finer texture.
My personal preference is the coarse grind. I found that with the fine grind it can make the burger tougher and tends to dry out easier because the pieces of fat are smaller. You need the pieces of fat to keep the burger moist much like the small pieces of butter make pie crust flakier. Also key to the grind is to have everything cold so the churning blade doesn’t heat up and melt the fat as it pushes it through the plate, another reason why I prefer the larger grind. Hope this help.
As an avid grind-my-own-meat mix at home kind of guy, and a follower of Kenji Alt from his days of ATK, I can tell you that a grinder isn’t necessary. A good, powerful food processor will make just the write “grind” of meats for your homemade burgers. The uber-fussiness of “meat columns”, plastic wrap, and slicing patties isn’t necessary. The ground meat should just be formed into loosely shaped piles on the griddle.
bkhuna, we appreciate your tip on the food processor. as for the meat columns, plastic wrap, and slicing, you know, we usually do loosely shaped patties, but we’re sorta intrigued by this tactic. i think it’s sorta a to-each-your-own type of thing…what can we say, we’re curious and always open to new techniques, at least trying them once, even if fussy, just because we figure you don’t know till you try…
Wow! I wish I had a meat grinder! I’ve been craving a great burger for weeks and mediocre just won’t do. This looks perfect!
DeidraJ, this just may be worth the slight investment that a meat grinder would be…
If you have a Kitchenaid mixer, the food grinding attachment is very inexpensive!
Thanks, Lynn!