Burger Master

[smokin fool]

Got this as a gift yesterday so giving it a try tomorrow.
Takes 2 lbs if any ground meat in mold then refrigerate.
Apparently there was some dissatisfaction with my handmade patties
by certain factions in this household
Ahh, my loving family....

[Donw]

Hexagon burgers. Cool gift.

[holehogg]

That makes a hex of a lot of patties at once.

[snowswamp]

Hex burgers? I love it! It reminds me of square headlights on a Jeep. It doesn’t change how good it is or how well it works, but I’ll be surprised if it takes hold. 😀

[Potkettleblack]

I’d be down. But that’s shady.

[fzxdoc]

Fun!

[jgreen]

Cool little toy. I am still hooked on smash burgers though, and I would ruin all that nice shaping.

[smokin fool]

I'm with you on the smash burgers, like I said a certain daughter who will go un-named doesn't like....
See what happens in a few hours when I fire up the grill, could be short lived solution

[mountainsmoker]

You might put the 'hex' on the flavor using that.

[smokin fool]

Well at the end of the day they didn't turn out all that badly, quite good actually.
It says you need 2 lbs of ground beef, I would go heavier, just not sure how much heavier yet, to make sure all the Hexs are jammed with meat.
I used lean ground beef so there was minimal shrinkage but the patties did loose the hex shape while cooking.
Its a coin flip whether its faster to fill all the hexes with ground meat or smash out 8 burgers.
If you want big honking burgers for a few people smash em, if your feeding a crowd hex em to make your meat go farther.
My daughter said she paid $8.00 for it from Amazon, its not going to break the bank so I'm giving this a passing grade.
For the record she didn't really like this burger either....you just can't please some daughters!!!!

[mountainsmoker]

You might want to try 80/20 beef. It is much more flavorful.

[smokin fool]

Agreed. With the health and nutrition thing going on stores only sell lean or extra lean ground beef now, I can't remember the last time I even saw med ground in the bunker.
Could grind my own but, like, that's going to happen....

[Mosca]

My daughter said she paid $8.00 for it from Amazon, its not going to break the bank so I'm giving this a passing grade.

I looked it up, $25 on Amazon now. For that money, I’ll press out the patties.

Supposedly it is freezer safe; you can fill it with beef, seal it, and freeze it, and remove frozen patties one at a time for use. I’d buy it for $8, too, but not for $25.

[ComfortablyNumb]

So here's one for the what-will-they-think-of-next category:

https://smile.amazon.com/Burger-Holder-Adjustable-Original-Restaurant/dp/B07RS4NJ6R/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Burger+Holder&qid=1565700706&s=gateway&sr=8-1

[ssandy_561]

I love how it says it went through one year of design trials. 😂

[Mosca]

Whaaaaa?

[klflowers]

Wow

[ssandy_561]

I’m sure this looks familiar to a lot of people.

I was gifted the Tupperware Burger press like 20 years ago. I don’t use it too often any more but when I first got it this was the only way I made burgers for the first 3 or 4 years.

[jfmorris]

I used to use a Tupperware burger press, mostly to get consistent size and shape on my patties - I don't think I have done that in a year, as all I've done the past year were smash burgers. I've gotten that down to a pretty quick process, and use a 1/3 cup measuring scoop to help make the meat balls all a uniform size.

Can't say I remember the last time I cooked only 8 hamburger patties, so a press like that would be hard to use in my household. Maybe if the kids aren't coming, and its just the wife and me, and we want some leftovers... . Most of the time I am smashing 30-40+ hamburgers on the grill

[smokin fool]

I've seen the Tupperware burger press usually after midnight on the tube, $9.99 plus shipping and handling....get a second for just shipping and handling. Thought about it, never bit.
I used to just crush a chunk of ground beef under a small plate until desired thickness, apparently that's frowned upon.
One thing I did not mention is you have to work the meat into the corners of the hex's so this is not a fast, labour saving device.
Anyway wife and daughter off to Malta for two weeks on Friday so I can go back to my barbaric ways of cooking.