Well, I DO love a meatloaf sandwich now and then, with a little catsup/Worcestershire/molasses sauce. However, a "burger" doesn't have bread crumbs, eggs, soup mix, etc., unless you want a burger that tastes, well, like something other than a burger.

OK, not that I'm not on my phone....

The only real acceptable answer is 80/20 ground chuck (sirloin is actually the best flavor, but it's hard to get with that fat content unless you grind your own). Form into a 6 oz. patty being careful not to over-handle the meat, season with salt and pepper, grill to medium or medium rare. Dress it however you like, but use the best bun you can find. Do not underestimate what a good bun can do for a burger.

Skip all those spices, skip the bread crumbs and egg binders, skip it all. Good beef, salt and pepper, and a good bun. That's what you need.

There's a lot of nasty burgers up in here.

Unless you're dealing with huge patties, 5 minutes per side is going to give you a medium well burger. No thanks.

1/2 brisket, 1/2 chuck, salt, pepper. Hot coals and you're golden.

Speaking of good bun:

http://www.pretzilla.com/burgerbuns.html

Pretzel buns are awesome.

Salt, pepper, and maybe some cheese is all a good burger really needs. If you have to drown it in ketchup and other garbage for you to have it taste decent...Welp sorry.

I'm really pretty simple when it comes to making burgers. I take 2lbs of ground chuck and mix it with an egg. I season it with Worcestershire sauce, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. And I generally don't eat burgers out unless I'm far from home because I like mine better, know the contents, and they take no time to prepare and cook.

So you're saying you prefer meatloaf.

I'm with you buddy. Almost exclusively I just use season salt, Montreal Steak Seasoning, fire, and cheese.


We've had a cow butchered for some time now and the butcher makes patties for me. So I'm not getting all fancy and shit. A quality burger comes from the cow. The chef seeks to only not **** up what the cow gave him to work with.

LOL, I don't like bread crumbs in my burgers, but otherwise, pretty much I guess.

I dont care what anyone says, onion soup mix makes a damn tasty burger :harumph:

Just make onion soup if you want that taste. When you add it to burger, it completely dominates. Bleh... Add onion as a garnishment, not as the main flavor.

I agree. Usually make huge patties with the soup and fresh garlic and some pepper. Slow cook them on indirect heat. They turn out very well.

Onion soup, fresh garlic, slow cooked... sounds like a meatball.