My Best Burger

[Winz]

     I am not the best burger cooker around, but thanks to @SixZeroFour  's secret santa gift (Weber's big book on burgers), I am making steady improvements.  This one is an ad lib, but it worked out great.

Take about 1/2 to 3/4 lb burger, surround it with pepper bacon, and make a well in the middle:

     
Fill it with your choice of ingredients.  I used mushrooms sauted in bacon grease and Makers Mark, some roasted green chile, and a couple blocks of cheese:



    I know I am going to need something sweet to offset all the savory going into this burger, so I made one of those Apple Bomb things courtesy of  @Idahawk .  Filled mine with brown sugar, cinnamon, and topped it with good old Canadian maple syrup (the real kind)   



    Bisbee gets the call.  I made a snake and used two large pecan chunks.  Plan is to go indirect for about 1.5 hours or until the burger gets to about 160 internal:



     
Now we wait.  Dakota enjoys an apple wood smoked beef bone:



    Looking good.  I snuck a few green chile brauts on the grill as well:



The payoff:


The burger was super delicious.  With the well method, the sides of the burger hold all the toppings in place much better than slapping everything on top like I usually do.


Pecan wood is definitely one of my new favorites.  The wood smoke smell from this cook was killer.


Winz

[MacEggs]

Wow!  It's not quite 6AM here ... I need to fire up the fry pan.  That looks outstanding!

[1buckie]

It's 6:03 AM here Mark.......and I'm thinking the same !!!!!

Winz, you be careful down there.....don't be gettin' fat !!!!!

[Nate]

That is an AWSOME burger Winz!

[indy82z]

That looks delicious!!! I am going to have to take a swing at making that!!

[austin87]

I like that! Pecan is one of my favorites too.

[argentflame]

Fantastic cook Winz. That is a fancy burger.

[WNC]

That's taking burgers to a whole new level!

[jamesnomore]

Your on a roll Winz! That's looks really good, I'm seriously considering a different menu for tomorrow after seeing this.

[Stu Clary]

Thats ridiculous!  And when I say that, I mean it in the most complimentary way possible.

[SixZeroFour]

Yea that burger is downright inspiring... almost brings a tear to my eye it looks so good!!

Great looking cook as always Winz. How did you like the baked Apple? I used Gala apples and they came out great but wondered how granny smith or similar would compare.

Nice job!

[IQ2]

Can't do much to top that burger. Excellent cook!!

[MrHoss]

Ain't nothing wrong with Pecan or that burger method.

[1911Ron]

Yes Please!  I have that book, sounds like i need to do some readin an learnin!

[chuck s]

Gotta try that .... never thought of the "well"!  Great lookin' burger.....

Man another book to get - running outta room