how do you like your burger?
 

the Sonic thread really got me thinking.

what's your favorite type of burger? i don't care if you get it from a fast food place, sit downl diner, or if you slap that ground patty down and fry the sum bitch in a cast iron skillet while doing reverse cowboy with love of your life!!

i'll start:

I was recently at aldi's. found a ground brisket burger in the frozen section. i fried it up on the grill, threw on a double slice of colby-jack cheese and a slice on muenster. sliced red onion, sliced tomato from the garden and a light layer of mayo on a toasted onion roll (hamburger bun) from the local bakery.

DELISH!


what you got?!

I like them from Sonic.

I like a breakfast burger with bacon and egg if I eat out. If I cook at home I normally smoke my burgers on my ketel grill with a little bit of onion, Munster cheese, ketchup and mustard.

My favorite fast food burger is the Mushroom and Swiss from Hardees.

With cheese

I like mine with lettuce and tomato. Heinz 57 and French fried potatoes. Big kosher pickle.

Rare.

It doesn't matter to me if the person handing it off is black or white

cross-thread humor!! real life pain!!

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For a fast food burger, I like In-N-Out's Double Double, Animal Style with Chopped Chili's.

If I am making them at home, I usually buy ground beef with 20% fat content. Don't work the meat too much when forming the patties. On the Grill or Cast Iron. Lettuce, Tomato, Red Onion, Pickles, Hunts Ketchup, Mustard, and whatever cheese I have on hand. Cooked Medium to Medium Well.

Oddly enough, I get them from Sonic mayo only.

Either smoked burgers or smash burgers on the Blackstone, depending on the mood. Grilled jalapenos and American cheese. Maybe some bbq sauce or Heinz57.

I've reverted back to drive-in style burgers with thin, crispy patties with a little pink on the inside.

lmao

I generally like to smoke my burgers with a nice seasoning and a faint glaze of bbq sauce before I pull them off the grill.

I'd like to get into smash burgers more, but think the $450-500 it'll take the get the fancy griddle I've been looking at will stay on the backburner for now. Spending too much on collecting certs to justify the buy today.

Ok, to actually answer the question..

Rare with-
Ketchup, mustard, and pickles OR
Mushrooms and swiss OR
BBQ sauce and bacon (burgers are the ONLY thing I'll eat bacon on).

I also like the occasional sauteed onions.

Smash burger, lacy burger, however you call it. Thin patties mushed down onto cast iron for lots of char and crispy bits.

Yeasty bun, toasted.

Blue cheese crumbles

Duke's Mayo.

Those are the must-haves. Then I add the rabbit food, flat spinach or field greens, beefsteak tomato [with fresh ground pepper], raw sliced Vidalia rings, and a good garlicky pickle.

If it's available, I also enjoy a scoop of guacamole, maybe some slices of raw fresh jalapeno.

Crispy rendered bacon isn't out of the question but isn't necessary either. If it's there, I'll put it right on the blue cheese crumbles, thank you.

Medium rare. Bun. Lettuce, diced onion, avocado.

No condiments of any kind.

I must be a burger noob because I've never heard of a smash burger. I will be googling this seconds after hitting submit..

Two golf ball size balls of 70/30. You want the fat. Hot as hades stainless skillet. Do not use shitty teflon pan or you get no sear. Smash patties hard to get nice sear. White American on top of one, stack the patties, put an ice cube in pan and cover burger and ice cube with a stainless bowl (I put a knob on mine so it's easy to put on and take off), let the cheese steam and melt. These cook quick because they are thin. I butter the buns and give them a little toast in the pan. Add your favorite toppings. Eat at least two of these. Yummm.

Another vote for smash.. I must be burgering wrong

Ya, try it out. Get a good cooking surface to do it with and invest in a quality spatula for smashin'

This. Yes.

Bacon Cheeseburger with cheddar cheese and peanut butter. Sounds gross but its one of the best things on planet earth.

That's been my favorite fast food burger for years. I don't get them that often, but they're amazing.

Speaking of Hardees. Is it just me, or do they all seem to be randomly closing without hardly a mention until the signs are coming down?

I've been enjoying these on my homemade burgers lately:

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The crunch and the spice are just right.

Didn't they merge with Carl's Jr. or something? None around me.

.....And with me it's Mustard only. Go figure. :thumb:

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I don't know how the partnership with Carl's Jr works, but it's odd. They're pretty similar in general of course, but Carl's Jr seems to be pretty popular while I don't think anyone could give any sort of a **** about Hardees.

that sounds so insane, im gonna try it!!

A couple of years ago several Hardees opened near me (west suburbs of Chicago). Unfortunately, none of them survived. The last one closed a few months ago. Bummer.

Local kind of artsy fartsy burger joint has them and I love peanut butter so I gave it a shot and well, I have had more than few since then.

Don't screw around with lettuce and tomatoe etc...

Burger, bacon, cheese, PB. All you need.

Same company. They're called Hardees in the midwest, Carl's Jr. out west.

My burger has to be personally barbecued. Yep, heated up buns.

You have already chopped up...

tomato
onion
bell pepper

...into tiny little pieces.

Toss that into a bowel with a teaspoon of hot sauce, mix it all up.

Now pour some mustard lightly, same with the catsup. Pour you mix over the meat then add a cheese slice, toss in the microwave for about 20 seconds just enought to melt the cheese.

Yep, yummy!

I will eat a burger at a family owned restaurant but never a fast food joint....yuck!

Yup its Cooper.

The Wheel Inn, home of the goober burger, RIP.

I don't know the origin story, but Hardee's and Carl's Jr have been part of the same corporate family for a long time.

Whose bowel are you putting veggies and hot sauce in you sick ****?

Hardees was lit until they got married to Carl

Thank you guys for the smash burger edumacation. I'm inviting my mother and siblings over tomorrow for dinner and I'm going to be making us some :thumb:

Fur

There's only one way to be sure.

Hey did you know that Clay has some sweet-assed, first class property in a really good neighborhood? He does.

spoiler alert: it's cooper

Medium rare in the cast iron skillet

How weird is this...

Me....I like sex
poster....yep, Cooper
poster 2...COOPER IS BACK
poster 3...HI COPP
Poster 4....long time no see Coop
poster 5....wow, Cooper is back
poster 6....my main man is back, hey Cooper.
poster 7....welcome back Cooper

What's funny is I'm not Cooper.

Also the inventor of the curlicue fry.

Whataburger Jalapeno cheese burger # 4. Its also Mahomes favorite burger joint and has asked them to come to KC. Pat get what Pat wants. Its my favorite meal when I am in Oklahoma or Texas.

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Fresh ground beef.
Medium.
Lettuce.
Tomato.
American Cheese.
Ketchup.
Bun - Negotiable.

w/fries.

They opened a steak and shake in Millersville or Glen Burnie, MD a few years ago.

Some 18 years ago my father, brother, and I visited family in St Louis and St Charles. Having never heard of or eaten there, I was quite impressed. I finally got around to eating there (the one here in MD) a few months ago after an IME appointment and thought it was pretty damn good. I don't know your thoughts on the place, but it's a hell of a lot better than anything else we have around here as far as fast food burgers go.

I vaguely remember the one we went to in MO being a car-hop place, whereas the one here is dine in or drive thru only

Don't know if you noticed when you had it, but since you expressed interest, Steak-n-Shake is a smashburger.

Usually a pretty aggressive one. They use fresh [nonfrozen] beef, and mash it pretty aggressively into the cooktop with the back of the spatula. Multiple thin patties.

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That's why it was so good.. I do recall the patties being smaller (I got a double) but tasting like nothing else around here. I even bought their seasoning lol

I made some burgers the other day. A good bun is important, lettuce, tomato and mayo with cheddar or Havarti cheese and of course bacon.

Then I had some left overs, was out of buns and cut up the remaining burger and made a pretty good quesadilla with that.

What does this mean

Toasted onion bun, miracle whip and Dijon mustard mixes on the lower half, then a patty cooked medium well with a slice of havarti cheese, another patty and slice atop that, all topped with pickles sliced length wise, a few slices of yellow onion, some tomato and lettuce to top it all off.

Works equally well with ground pork, if you're avoiding the red meat.

This looks awesome. Can't wait to try.

from fast food places.

1. Double Double from In N Out animal style.
2. Western Bacon Cheesburger from Carl Jr.

Local joint. Double french burger from H&W from the town i live in.

Village Tavern's........

GASTROPUB BURGER
caramelized onions, Gruyere cheese, leaf lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise
$14.95

Their ground beef is fantastic and they also do a great meatloaf.
https://www.villagetavern.com/locations/scottsdale-az/

I am also a fan of many of Red Robin's burgers and their Steak Fries done extra crispy are the best in all the fast food/casual restaurant space.

Always heard the White Grill was first.

ROFL

Come to think of it this is correct and I am confused. I remember reading about it in a brochure in lobby of a motel in Nevada,Mo. He never did file for a patent on the potato cutter he designed. A google search say 1940's Dolores drive inn Oklahoma. I guess everyone claims it.

I do Know White Grill is awesome though.

I'm a medium guy for burger, then medium rare for steaks. I cook my burger a little more because a lot of the burger I eat is venison, and you normally add pork or beef fat to that burger.

Q39 taught me that burnt ends are the best condiment to put on a burger.

I recently had some buffalo burgers. I grilled them up with melted swiss on top, put them on a pretzel bun, and topped them with caramelized onions and mushrooms as well as a homemade garlic aioli. Delicious, the best burgers I've had in my life.

Honestly though it's hard to go wrong with meat and bread. I'm making Carolina style pulled chicken sliders tonight just with some pickle and barbeque sauce, it'll likely be delicious again.

plain...maybe cheese. american
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My favorites burger are they type that add the onion rings our onion straws (Tobacco onions). Even better if they have a chipolata mayo or aioli.

There is a place in Akron Ohio that serves my favorite of this style. Its called The Rail. And they, which I support, source all their meat locally.

THE BOOTLEGGER BURGER

Cheddar Cheese | Bourbon BBQ Sauce | Tobacco Onions

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Missouri needs some more restaurants proudly selling Missouri beef.

For home burgers I have changed my game since the flattop. I do a mix of 71 ground beef a ground pork. I work in anchohatch chilli powder, brown sugar, dried onion powder and worcheshire. Roll up in meatball sized balls and flash fry smash then turn and smash throw a slice american cheese to about medium well. Place on a Ball Park hamburger bun top with red onion, tomato, lettuce, sliced dill pickles and jalapeno slices. A squirt of yellow mustard and Gates extra hot and I dig in.

Crawl out of your basement once in a while you will find that many Missouri area restaurants offer locally sourced beef and other meats.

I grew up around Steak and Shakes. At one time, they were the "go to" place for really good burgers. Sadly, most have descended into greasy spoons.

Don't get me wrong - I still hit the Steak and Shake by me occasionally for "Chili 5 ways"which was always a favorite of mine.

best burger in the KC metro: the 'animal style' at 3rd St. Local in Lee's Summit. Don't try to argue.

Unless your going to burger's smokehouse, Jefferson City lacks any such establishment. Hell, even Central dairy sources a lot of their dairy from out of state now a days.

A new BBQ place open downtown and I asked them where they get their meat. The answer wasn't "from Missouri only", but more of the multi-state area. Hell, even Harter House in Springfield got their excellent quality meat from out state.

Which I truly don't understand because there a more than a few local slaughterhouses. One of the big reasons I miss Springfield. More local restaurants serving local products.

At least the vast majority of the beef I personally have in my freezer comes from a very local family farmed raise steer.

/notice I said more restaurants, not that they don't exist. Learn to read.

I was all prepared to come in and say medium.

Fast food burger, I've got to go with Braum's.
Not fast food, there are a few at a local place called Bair's that I like. I'd probably go with the burger with fried egg on it.

Best part of any burger is the sear, so 2 smash patties to maximize the seared surface area, 2 slices of American, dijonaise, quality pickle, and a Turano or other quality non-sesame seed bun. Acceptable add-ons being thick cut bacon and egg.

Medium rare, bacon, mushroom, swiss, onion.

I love Braum's another place I discovered in Oklahoma along with Whataburger. Best soft and hard serve ice cream desserts put DQ to shame. Another place I wish would locate near me.

Too hard for me to pick one style, or one burger. I can narrow it down though to two patties styles. Med. rare, seasoned only with salt and pepper. Sometimes black pepper, sometimes white pepper and feta stuffed Kafta.

Toppings and condiments are another story. Some condiments I have a couple rules on. Mayo and ketchup go on the bun. Mustard must be spread on the meat, not the bun. Toppings you can just forget it. Too numerous to list. Pick a letter, A-Z. I can find a topping I like on any one of them

I rarely use cheese though. If I do, I prefer havarti, muenster, or pepper jack. Bacon, is great on everything. Bun game can always be pumped a notch with toasting, grilling, or steaming. Even the cheapo buns.

Hell a burger is almost the perfect food. Even plain it can be rock star.

Wont argue because never tried and the animal has thousand island dressing I wont even do that on a salad. But the jalapeno bbq burger looks right down my alley. But damn its hard to justify 15 bucks for a burger,

My favorite burgers are at old lunch counter type diners such as Town Topic or Hayes Hamburgers and Chilli. Heck Ill put up Paul's Drive in in Grandview for a burger and rings with anyone.

What? No love for Grandstand burgers??? Best I've had in KC!!!

Single "Kelly Burger"! top to bottom....catsup, mustard, tomato, lettuce, pickles, bacon, cheese, thick beef patty, slice of ham... damn good!