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Explain to me the craze over smash burgers
Posted on 8/17/24 at 11:23 pm
Posted on 8/17/24 at 11:23 pm
You’re basically making a well-done/well-well-done thin hamburger, right?
Are they for people who don’t really like the taste of beef, and they just want charred meat?
The equivalent of a thin well-done steak?
ETA: have done a little research since posting. Seems like smash burgers are very very easy to execute; anyone can do it but regular burgers are much harder. This makes sense. Ease and fad-hopping.
Are they for people who don’t really like the taste of beef, and they just want charred meat?
The equivalent of a thin well-done steak?
ETA: have done a little research since posting. Seems like smash burgers are very very easy to execute; anyone can do it but regular burgers are much harder. This makes sense. Ease and fad-hopping.
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 1:09 am
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Posted on 8/17/24 at 11:27 pm to TackySweater
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Posted on 8/17/24 at 11:30 pm to TackySweater
Absolutely not. A properly cooked smash burger is juicy and delicious while also maximizing the magic that is the maillard reaction.
If a place is serving what you described, the are just shitty cooks.
If a place is serving what you described, the are just shitty cooks.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 1:45 am to TackySweater
Bro, don’t come in here and trash a great American icon.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 4:57 am to Onyx Aggie
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maillard reaction
If you have ever eaten rare ground beef you know how little taste it has. The taste of a hamburger is all from the browning and the seasoning. I like a nice thick burger but also like a smash burger. Similar but different.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 5:40 am to TackySweater
Smash burgers have always been a thing. Mom and pop joints have been cooking burgers this way for 100 yrs.
Its the rise of the blackstone flat tops in every backyard that is shining a light on the smash burger.
Its the rise of the blackstone flat tops in every backyard that is shining a light on the smash burger.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 5:56 am to TackySweater
How is it you know so little about hamburgers?
Posted on 8/18/24 at 6:39 am to TackySweater
Even after your edit, nothing in your post is accurate.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 7:39 am to TackySweater
Did you just analogize ground beef and steak? My god.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 7:40 am to TackySweater
quote:
ETA: have done a little research since posting. Seems like smash burgers are very very easy to execute; anyone can do it but regular burgers are much harder. This makes sense. Ease and fad-hopping.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 7:54 am to TackySweater
Don't understand it either. Burgers cooked over charcoal are far superior.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:33 am to Jake88
In case you guys didn’t know the OP is a dipshit on all boards. It is a mix of dumbassery and trolling.
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 9:02 am
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:45 am to TackySweater
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have done a little research since posting. Seems like smash burgers are very very easy to execute;
Exactly, cooks faster and won’t be pink in the middle. You are paying people shite wages to cook this food. It’s safer to just cook everything well done. Most of theese people executing these menus are on drugs too.
Wanting pink in your burger makes you in the minority btw. The average customer doesn’t want to see any pink.
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 8:50 am
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:57 am to TackySweater
I had the Chilis version and I’d rather a Big Mac. It was a dry overcooked mess.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:06 am to Obtuse1
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If you have ever eaten rare ground beef you know how little taste it has. The taste of a hamburger is all from the browning and the seasoning. I like a nice thick burger but also like a smash burger. Similar but different.
The smash burger is being cooked on a flat top though. What’s happening is you are frying the burger in its own fat. A perfectly cooked patty on one is juicy and full of flavor. Smashing it just allows it to cook more evenly and quickly.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:17 am to TackySweater
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Ease and fad-hopping.
Isn't this essentially what Dearmans and other diners made their name on without calling it a smashburger? Dearmans has been around since the 1950's and hardly a "fad."
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:22 am to LSUballs
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How is it you know so little about hamburgers?
Explain it to me then
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:49 am to ELLSSUU
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Isn't this essentially what Dearmans and other diners made their name on without calling it a smashburger? Dearmans has been around since the 1950's and hardly a "fad."
Seems like most food fads existed long before they became fads.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:56 am to dgnx6
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Exactly, cooks faster and won’t be pink in the middle.
Yep, it was invented because a customer was in a hurry and kept bitching at a short order chef to hurry up at a small diner in Wichita, KS. Chef got pissed and flattened the ball of meat on the griddle. Saw how much the customer liked it and how quickly they cooked compared to the traditional way.
Started making his burgers that way which obviously was a hit. The chef, Billy Ingram, went on to start the first fast food chain . . . White Castle!
Posted on 8/18/24 at 10:04 am to TackySweater
Only freaks eat hamburgers that have way too thick patties. 1/4 inch thick patties are just flavorless globs of meat.
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