Burger Throwdown - An American Classic

[jamesnomore]

I had the house to myself last night, perfect for a man size meal. Not the most creative burger, I was going for a classic which is my favorite way. Lots of pics, enjoy.

Go big or go home, 3/4 pound of fresh 80/20 Chuck from my local butcher


Heavily seasoned with my Green Salt blend


Square patty for square bread


A little soak in Worcestershire sauce while I prep the veggies and get the grill up to temp, two onion slices just in case one falls apart


The rest of the onions sliced thin with tons of pepper and butter.


Onions were finished with fresh Thyme and Sage from the garden, and a little splash of  beer


The firebricks strike again


Grilled onions first


The burger is on, a little Apricot wood in the corner for a little flavor


Those little charred bits are going to taste so good:


Off to the side to melt the cheese


Took a temp reading and was a little under goal so back on the fire for a few minutes, damn that looks tasty


If you've never done sandwich bread for a burger your missing out


Since i'm going for an American Classic I went with the most classic ingredients


Keeping it traditional


Shitballs! I almost ruined everything. That's a full pint all over everything. Amazingly none got onto any ingredients but it took forever to clean up.


Ok back to business, nice slather of Mayonnaise after toasting the bread


There is a piece of bread under there, I promise


Looks so good, I had to force myself to stop for pictures


The gooey is on


If you go upside down your bread will not get soggy as quick, and it looks cool. One of the best looking burgers I've ever made


Get in my belly!


Washed it down with a tasty beer

[iCARRY]

Looks great. Nice big burger. Also glad I am not the only one who likes to use fire bricks.


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[Davescprktl]

Love the way the cheese melted!  I'm hungry!

[WNC]

That burger looks great, I like 'em cook that way with a little pink in the middle.

[Saugust]

That's great work! I'll have to give the toasted bread a try.


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[Nate]

Nice burger! I like the bread option; that what I do when I don have buns.

[SmokenJoe]

That's one big bad-ass burger  ...  WoW, now I'm getting hungry.
SJ

[Travis]

Lookn good! I like how you didn't clean up the spill first so you could get a pic! Epic!!


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