How do you make your hamburgers?

[TripleThreat]

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.

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by BigBeauford

80/20 fresh (Steve's Meat Market in Desoto is my goto when I host)
Rolled into balls about 1/6 lb each
Use stick butter and apply liberally to my griddle
Egg Buns I apply face down on the grill in the butter to toast
Place hamburger ball on grill; use a piece of waxy cardboard (think of like a poptart box) set on top of ball and press on top with a potato masher
Sprinkle Freddy's seasoning
Flip after about 2-3 mins, slap on the cheese
Stack 2 cheesed patties on each other, place on bun bottoms that are plated, and place bun top on

Hard to beat this at home.

This is pretty similar to my process as well

[scho63]

When I lived back East and grilled a lot, I would mix minced chopped onions and red peppers to the burgers, some Worcester, salt /pepper and dijon then mixed and form. The key was making sure not to leave chunks of veggies or else burger fell apart.

Cheese added at the end for a light melt

I also loved to make lamb burgers with mint, oregano, cinnamon and feta pieces. Would do a yogurt dill sauce with cucumbers as a sauce.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by scho63

When I lived back East and grilled a lot, I would mix minced chopped onions and red peppers to the burgers, some Worcester, salt /pepper and dijon then mixed and form. The key was making sure not to leave chunks of veggies or else burger fell apart.

Cheese added at the end for a light melt

I also loved to make lamb burgers with mint, oregano, cinnamon and feta pieces. Would do a yogurt dill sauce with cucumbers as a sauce.

Sounds yummy

[scho63]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Sounds yummy

You have to be careful not to over add the other ingredients. I did the first one or two times and it didn't work.

Once I scaled back they came out great.

You probably also know not to over work the chopped meat.

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