...at a garage sale.
Old but new in box. I've never ground my own hamburger before, thought it would be fun to give it a whirl.
First, what meat? I went with beef short ribs, tri tip and bacon. I cubed the beef and cut the bacon into thirds.
OK. Lets grind! I expected it to be harder than it was. Crank turned easily.
Then I formed the patties. first, 1/4 balls...
Then I covered the balls with wax paper and flattened with a cookie sheet.
So of course I screwed up and didn't get any shots of the burgers actually cooking. But I DID remember to do this:
In retrospect, They ended up tasting pretty good. Not great, but good. I didn't use any binder....just the meat. The burgers were real loose, I'll use a binder next time. Any suggestions? Egg? Also, I think maybe I should have added a cut with less fat. There's probably a reason sirloin and chuck are popular burger meats.