How to Avoid the 5 Most Common Burger Mistakes Every Amateur Makes
Best BBQ Grills – 5 Burger Mistakes to Avoid
Best BBQ Grills - Burgers
If you are like me, Summer isn’t Summer until you smell hamburgers grilling on a warm afternoon. And while many good things in life are difficult to create, these wonderful little Summer treats are quite easy to make. Grab a pound of ground chuck from the grocery or butcher’s and a pack of buns, pull off a few handfuls and form the patties, slap them on a grill and and wrap a bun around them and you are in high clover. However, even though they are super-easy, they are also super-easy to mess up. Be sure to avoid these 5 common burger mistakes.
The best part — These 5 mistakes are super-easy to avoid.
The Top 5 Mistakes Grillers Make With Burgers and How to Avoid Them
These are listed in order of the grilling process — from start to finish.
Mistake #1. Buying Low Quality Meat
Okay, I’ll start you off simple — the easy solution to this one is to skip the pre-packaged ground meat and grab the ground chuck instead. Better yet, choose a good looking chunk of chuck — or even steak, if you can afford it — and ask your butcher to grind it for you while you wait. That way you are 100% sure that you have top quality meat for your burger.
Mistake #2. Picking Meat That Doesn’t Have Enough Fat
We all want to eat healthier and consume less fat — But this is NOT the place to do it. Meat that is too lean will produce dry and tough burgers. Look for meat with 15 to 20% fat — or, as they like to say on the label, 80 to 85% lean meat.
Mistake #3. Playing with the Patties Too Much
The perfect burger should be loose and juicy. Working the meat too much while you are forming the patties will result in dry and hard burgers.
Mistake #4. Flipping the Burgers Too Often on the Grill
You should only turn the patties ONE time. That’s it. Cook the first side — Flip — Cook the second side — Done. Enjoy the results.
Mistake #5. The Absolute Worst and Most Common Mistake of Them All — Smashing Down the Burgers While They are on the Grill
Here’s an idea — if you like dry, tough burgers, go ahead and press you spatula down on them while they are grilling . That will press out all the juice — what we like to call “flavor” — and you’ll be left with your perfect dry, tough burger.
Just don’t do it.
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