How do you make your hamburgers?
 

Hi all - as the title says, how do you make your hamburgers? What seasonings do you use? Do you use frozen, or fresh bought?

Backstory - I've always been told I make a good hamburger, but I really want to take it up a notch today for the afternoon game since we are hosting some friends for an early bbq dinner.

My current recipe is salt/pepper/garlic powder/mustard/worchester sauce/horseradish. I take fresh ground beef and mash them into balls and then once on the grill I try my best to flatten them out as well as I can (big hamburgers tend to be a bit much on a general person's pallet, IMO).

Do you guys have any ideas to add/subtract from what I already do? And also, what sort of homemade sauce do you like to put on your burgers?

Any advice will be appreciate, I'll be running to the store in about 2-3 hours.

That sounds good. Usually some burger seasoning like weber and fresh onion but always fresh ground beef not frozen patty

Mustard? Piss off :)

Since I have a griddle in the backyard....I just make smashburgers. Salt and pepper only.

Odly enough, I don't use ham

I usually make my hamburgers by telling the person at Five Guys how I want it.

80/20 ground beef only. A little salt and ground pepper. A little garlic and onion powder maybe. I want the taste of the beef to come through. I flatten mine out before going on the grill to get consistent cook through.

My daughter likes for me to chop up some red onion and embed it in her burgers. It's a bit much but...

Simple Truth Organic Ketchup only.

Hidden Valley Ranch powder and Worchestershire mixed in with 80/20 beef, form into balls, smash into burgers on the Blackstone, and season with salt and pepper. Finish with mild cheddar cheese and a 50/50 mix of mayo and siracha.

All I can add is blue cheese is really good topping IMHO, let the beef become room temp before cooking and here's a little device I like to use:

https://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CSB...11&sr=8-5&th=1

Typically just season with salt n pepper, but once in a while I like to add a packet of onion soup mix in... the lightly crunchy onion bits and beef bullion really punches it up

If you need more than S and P....that's a problem

If you are needing to season your burgers or steak with anything more than salt and pepper then you have a shitty cut of meat.

Agree on the 80%. Tried 70 once and all the grease just made the grill flame up too much, which in turn tends to burn your burgers.

Also agree on the organic ketchup. :thumb:

I mean, hamburger is like a million little cuts of meat ya know?

Use home grown good hamburger