The Burger Thread!

[Dion]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

stuffed burgers are AMAZING!!! i've been making my own forever.... but i usually also add diced up bacon into the stuffing... becuz... well... bacon!!!!


IMG_9122 by bc-chris, on Flickr

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

This frickin thing in Marlin's Resturant chain in the Dakotas.

I would give that a shot but how would you eat that without dismantling it into patties and eating it like salsbury steak? The bun/meat ratio is way off IMO.

[sureLoss]

IHOP is temporarily rebranding their stores as IHOB to promote their burgers.

Some of the shade being thrown is hilarious

https://twitter.com/user/status/1006195572590641152

https://twitter.com/user/status/1006195937839144961

https://twitter.com/user/status/1006180048993505280

[Northendzone]

if the world has devolved into a place where we have to justify adding bacon to anything, then it is a world i truly never want to live in.

Originally Posted by bc-chris

stuffed burgers are AMAZING!!! i've been making my own forever.... but i usually also add diced up bacon into the stuffing... becuz... well... bacon!!!!

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by troutman

Thanks to Nicker for telling me about the Jucy Lucy in Minneapolis:

I think I've mentioned it a few times in this thread, but I the Jucy Lucy I had in Minneapolis at Matt's Bar was pretty much the best burger I've ever had.

I wish there were more of them in Calgary. I'm not particularly enthralled with Naina's...their stuffed burgers are needlessly gimmicky (ie stuffing it with poutine or mac and cheese? yeah no thanks). The Jucy Lucy at Matt's has basic processed-cheese stuffed in there... and it was awesome.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

stuffed burgers are AMAZING!!! i've been making my own forever.... but i usually also add diced up bacon into the stuffing... becuz... well... bacon!!!!

How much do you cook the bacon before stuffing it? Completely raw, partly cooked, or fully cooked? I'm just thinking the inside would cook slower and maybe not enough time to fully cook the bacon.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by ken0042

How much do you cook the bacon before stuffing it? Completely raw, partly cooked, or fully cooked? I'm just thinking the inside would cook slower and maybe not enough time to fully cook the bacon.

I would have to think it's pre-cooked as I don't think you could get the internal temp hot enough to cook bacon without turning the patty into charcoal.

[tete]

If anyone wants a recipe for a Juicy Lucy burger, PM me and I'll send you a scan - America's test kitchen has one in their 2008 or 2009 "best of" magazine that is excellent.

[Wormius]

Was Dragons Lair any good? I might try to pick up their burger competition entry on Father’s Day.

[Resolute 14]

I haven't tried their competition burger, but for a place that operates out of Calgary's second-crappiest run-down mall, they are surprisingly good.

[Canehdianman]

Had a burger from Bernie and the Boys Bistro in Drumheller yesterday. (double bacon cheese burger)

Very tasty!! My buddy had a milkshake too, said it was amazing.

[bc-chris]

Originally Posted by ken0042

How much do you cook the bacon before stuffing it? Completely raw, partly cooked, or fully cooked? I'm just thinking the inside would cook slower and maybe not enough time to fully cook the bacon.

fully cooked - i wouldn't want to risk any food poisoning.

the burger patty is beef/pork (50/50) with a bunch of different spices. stuff with cheese/bacon/etc. and then either bbq or smoke the burgers.

smoked burgers are sooooo good - they just take a while. about 2 hours at 200F on the smoker (so just flip the burger over at the 1 hour mark)

[8sPOT]

Can confirm, did my first burgers on my new pellet grill yesterday. My theory was to let the smoker do the work. So all I added to the beef was salt and pepper. Easily the best burger I ever made. Like Chris said, you do need to be a bit patient.

I cooked them at 225F for about 30 mins slapped on some BBQ sauce, flipped them more BBQ sauce, and then cooked until they reached 155F. I did bump up the smoker temp to 300F at the end as I was getting hungry and impatient.

But man were they good. Any one on the fence regarding buying a pellet grill. DO IT!

I've made chicken, ribs, steak, pork tenderloin, prime rib, beef jerky, and now burgers.

[troutman]

The NY Spit Burger

https://thetakeout.com/mans-burger-r...content=Supper

After enjoying a Father’s Day meal at a beer and burger restaurant in Astoria, Queens, a man named Curtis Mays says he looked down at his receipt, which read: one cheddar cheeseburger, well done, toasted bun, “please spit in it, too.” Worst nightmare? Worst nightmare.

Mays tells New York’s ABC-11 that, because he’d already finished off the burger, he felt like he was going to throw up. Of course, he confronted his server, who he says had been pleasant up to that point. When Mays asked why she would add the um, special instructions to his order, the server said she didn’t do it. But she also admitted that she was the one who put in the order and printed the receipt.

The server was swiftly fired and the manager of The Bohemian Hall And Beer Garden comped the family’s meal.

[psyang]

Originally Posted by troutman

The NY Spit Burger

https://thetakeout.com/mans-burger-r...content=Supper

Ok, this is very off-topic, but this article reminded me of an article I read several years ago describing humans' innate sense of their body as a boundary to determine what is good or bad. Stuff inside our body is good, stuff outside is bad.

As an example, the article said "If you were told to swallow the spit in your mouth, you'd be able to comply without issue. But if you were told to spit in a cup, then drink it, it would cause you to gag". Somehow, having the saliva cross to the exterior of our boundary causes us to see it as bad.

Back to your regular programming.

[vanisleflamesfan]

I fear that this thread is about to go down a very dark and twisty road...

[Wormius]

We had the opportunity to try Sunterra’s burger competition entry. I wasn’t crazy about the patty. I am not sure if it’s just the nature of pork burgers, but it was kind of heavy / dense, like eating a burger made of sausage meat. Would have been better if it were beef, or a mix.

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by troutman

The NY Spit Burger

https://thetakeout.com/mans-burger-r...content=Supper

I can't say I've ever seen an order put through with that kind of instruction, but it's not unheard of in the industry to get an order for "d*ckhead at table 2" or something rude/vulgar as a way for servers to vent their frustration, and I've never seen one of them get caught by the customer asking for a receipt (those kinds of things would sometimes display on the printout) but I figured it's bound to happen at some point.

[troutman]

YYC Burger Battle, closed June 24th:

http://yycburgerbattle.com/

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by troutman

YYC Burger Battle, closed June 24th:

http://yycburgerbattle.com/

Terrible website / details. I still have no idea what this is. Do the participating restaurants each have a special burger you can buy where money goes to charity? That's my best guess.