OK, so I'm not smart enough to find a thread from a week or so where folks were discussing smoking burgers and meatloaf. I want to try that with my Weber kettle and SnS combo, so, a few questions: Temp around 225°? Meat on the Weber grates or a flat surface like a GrillGrate (seems to me a regular grate would let the burger "sag" through the grates)? Rough time estimate for medium rare?
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Temp is just fine. The original Weber grates work just fine. The patty won't "sag", so you should be just fine. I've done it many times, and they never fall through. Can't say anything about time estimate. I know, I should, but I am lousy at checking the wall clock when I'm smoking. Then kettle and SnS will be a perfect match for this.
I'm pretty sure Huskee can chip in here. I know he's got his burger routine locked down.
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If you have some really thick hamburgers I would run 225 then reverse sear. Anything smaller than that I just grill it and make sure I get a good crust before it is done. I actually do a pre-sear with the thinner ones.
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I have smoked burgers a couple of times with good results. I cooked to internal temperature to rare/medium rare, using meat that I ground, boiling water heat treated (following Meatheads recipe). then sear on the direct side. The temperature you cook to depends if you use store bought ground meat or make your own.
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I do burgers that way all the time. Don't know what temp my Web is, do it about 12-14min, maybe longer, flipping every 2min or so & checking internal temp until they hit approx 140 then put them over SnS to sear. I like em not quite well, but cooked because of the ground meat thing. Maybe what I am describing is'nt a true smokin, but they sure taste mighty fine.
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Since we don't know the details for your burgers, no one will really be able to give you "THE" time. You should smoke to temp, and that temp should be about 10* below your desired finished temp. Then sear while flipping until it reaches your final temp.
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I've never timed a burger even though I do exactly what you want to do. I just stick a probe in them and pull them when they hit the right temp. However, I normally do steaks the same way and a 1.5" steak takes about 45 min from fridge to 130* F.
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That's how I do it when I cook burgers but it's probably more out of habit than anything. You'll get some smoke flavor but not much, they're not on the cool side long enough to really soak in the smoke. Maybe while the meat is cold start a wood only fire in the SnS, just a few chunks, expose them to that for a while then add the lit charcoal later to bring them up to searing temperature? Hmm, I might have to try that myself.
I'm not a meatloaf lover so I've never tried it but with the added meat volume I'd think it'd be on the cool side long enough where it would absorb a good amount of smoke.
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Agree with the previous folks. Love reverse seared burgers - smoked, then seared. One thing to note, ground beef picks up smoke flavor fast, so don't need too long, and I have seen a stronger smoke flavor turn off some of my guests that aren't used to the smoke flavor.
1/2" thick burgers, I go just over 10 minutes at 210-215, more important than time, is internal temp, I pull off about 115. Open up the vents, get the fire hot, and sear them to 130 for me, my family likes 140.
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