More experience with the Chuds “smasher”

[Oak Smoke]

My son and I decided to put the Chuds smasher to the test yesterday to see if we thought it was worthwhile to make a few more of these for Christmas gifts. First up was a prime New York strip for a steak and eggs breakfast. It crusted it up nicely and brought it to an internal temp of 135 F in about 4 minutes. The only complaint we had was our fault , we should have seasoned it more before we put it on. We next cooked a pound of bacon for bacon cheese burgers for lunch. This thing will cook bacon in a hurry. The grease was running out fast enough that it was popping after it ran into the catch tray at the front. It was making a mess and of coarse burned when it hit my arm or face. That was remedied by turning the temp down. The last thing to be tried was smash burger patties. We tried 3 different versions. First were Okla. onion smash burgers, it sautéed the very thin sliced onions in no time at all and after we added the meat finished the patty in about a minute including flipping it half way through. The last two were just smash burger patties, one was 80-20 ground beef, the other was a product a local store had. It was a 50-50 mixture of ground beef and ground pork supposedly to make a product to be used as you would ground beef but could be sold at a lower price. Both the beef and beef pork mixture made good burger patties. The last take I had was that you can exert enough force to make a super thin patty. Oddly they didn’t break apart when I scraped them up but it took 3 of them to make a good burger. The next time I’m not going to press them that thin. All things considered this is a great tool for frying things. At the heat ranges we were using you can turn out quite a bit of food in a short time, just back off a bit when you cook bacon that popping grease was serious. I’m at least going to make one more so that my son and I can both have one.

[STEbbq]

Dang, I think I need to campaign for you to be my Secret Santa this year. That looks like a blast.

[HawkerXP]

Looks like you two are having lots of fun with the new toy!

[Oak Smoke]

We truly are, it’s such a multi-tasker that we keep coming up with more things to try. With being able to fine tune the temperature it will do a lot.

[jhapka]

I can’t believe you wrote that much and abbreviated Oklahoma

[Oak Smoke]

I was educated in Okla. so if I use it wrong it’s their fault. As my writing shows English was not my strong suit. Much more of a science guy.

[PNWsmoke]

I want one.

[CaptainMike]

What great father/son experience.

[58limited]

That is a neat adapter that you made. Expensive as it is I might just have to buy a Chud Press. Already have a lead on a commercial two burner countertop unit like Chud's

[Oak Smoke]

I have no idea what the commercial burner would cost but the 17 inch Blackstones on eBay are less than a hundred dollars if you look around a bit.

[58limited]

I've seen them on sale on Walmart.co for $97.00 in the past.

[Michael_in_TX]

That adaptor you made is indeed quite snazzy.

[Oak Smoke]

Thank you. The next one will be all welded and have considerably cleaner lines.