This hamburger was gooder

[deestafford]

For years I have been using 80/20 ground beef for my burgers because everything I read, heard and saw said the fat would give it more flavor.  Lately, my hamburgers have not been as good as I would like.  It could be  as a result of overmixing  or the meat or some other things.  Well, the other day I bought 1 1/2 pounds of 90/10, mixed in one strip of thick Wrights bacon chopped and some of Phil's Awake-a-Steak and LIGHTLY mixed them into about 3/4'' inch patties and then grilled them.  They were much better than my previous burgers.  I guess from now on I'll use 90/10 with some bacon chopped up in it.  I have also toyed with the idea of grinding my own meat but have not pulled the trigger on that yet.  Not sure how much I'd use a grinder.  I guess I could also use it for spaghetti, chili, and don't know what else.  Dee

[Barry CB Martin]

mixed in one strip of thick Wrights bacon

Dee ---- you kill me!

[sliding_billy]

[shakes head]

[TMB]

Well lets see 90-10 meat instead of 80-20 but add a strip of Writes bacon (my favorite by the way  ) 

That should equal 70-30 meat!!!           Saving on the fat Dee??

[deestafford]

I don't think it was saving on fat per se (that's something that Barry would say whilst he was saying sumptin') but just trying to change texture.  I think the fat in the bacon may add a better flavor than the fat in the beef.  Of course, everything with bacon in it tastes gooder than without it.  I think adding sausage is a really good idea also.  Jimmy Dean maybe the best out there that is widely available commercially.  I now also use the sandwich thins that I toast on the grill with my burgers and that gives me more tasting of what is inside of the sandwich/burger  rather than the bun.  I really can't think of a sandwich that is more versatile and has more potential variety in fixins than a hamburger.  Dee

[muebe]

I have also mixed some left over pulled pork into the meat before cooking and that made for one fantastic burger!

Dee you can almost never go wrong with bacon