/ck/ - Food & Cooking

i've been smashing burgers all my life.

>>9701835
You're right. A good burger should be brown.

i like mine thin.

On low heat, it basically becomes a griddle. You can cook anything on it that you'd find at Waffle House or any other place that utilizes one of those things.

My grocery store sells 73/27 ground beef. I form it into a loose ball, and then squeeze it flat between two pieces of parchment paper using the bottom of a heavy pot. Then I pre-heat a cast iron skillet on the lowest flame for about 10 minutes. Just as it starts to smoke, I put the burger in. Despite what some may tell you, you don't need a scorching hot skillet on the highest flame. That works for some things, but for a burger, do you really think your local burger place is doing that? As soon as the juices rise, flip it, and start getting your bun ready. It's just a few minutes out.

Making a burger always seemed like a lot of mess and trouble, but since I've been doing this method, I don't want to buy one at a restaurant ever again.