Burger Test Lab

[Replay]

Never will I do that!

Never franchise it out or never bring it to Cape Town?

 

[Noseworthy]

Never franchise it out or never bring it to Cape Town?

Never will I forget about the people down at the bottom of the mountain

 

[Noseworthy]

How so?
Here are eatout.co.za top 21 SA food trucks:
http://www.eatout.co.za/article/21-food-trucks-to-follow/

Yes, that is true, but they are parked, festival style, they don't drive around and park outside say Greenside on a Friday night.

 

[Replay]

Never will I forget about the people down at the bottom of the mountain

Yeah!!! Whoop whoop

 

[Noseworthy]

4 x 100g short rib patties. Going into the fridge to firm up ahead of double cheese burger tonight

 

[bwana]

Pretzel rolls on the rise ahead of tonight's bacon cheese burger night.

 

[Noseworthy]

Game on. Post pics without a comment and let the public vote.

 

[Noseworthy]

Secret revealed. Pork belly slices. Sous vide for 48 hours. In the oven now to crisp up

 

[bwana]

And then there is this

http://www.chefsteps.com/activities/beef-burger-patties

lol - I actually tried this tonight - though I cooked then seared (rather than the way they suggested) as per http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives...er-sous-vide-without-a-sous-vide-machine.html

It was pretty good - it wouldn't be my first choice if I was only cooking half a dozen burgers but for larger numbers, a'la 4th of July, then I'd definitely consider it.

I cooked if for half an hour, give or take, in a cooler box at about 130-135°f. I would have preferred to have used a hotter grill to brown it at the end but I had everyone else's food to consider.

 

[biometrics]

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Wow, work of art. Buy why so raw?

 

[bwana]

Wow, work of art. Buy why so raw?

Medium rare in my books - bad lighting and an old iphone to blame I think - but definitely not raw.

What you can't see unfortunately is the bacon and cheese lattice work and the caramelised onion and chilis. A work in progress, albeit a tasty one.

 

[Noseworthy]

Take that

 

[Noseworthy]

Another view

 

[bwana]

Take that

Looking good.

Another view:

 

[biometrics]

Oh boy.

 

[Noseworthy]

Oh boy.

To which?

 

[Keeper]

Medium rare in my books

Ugh... for steaks, maybe... but NEVER with ground meat. that will make you sick man.

With solid meat the bacteria cannot penetrate deep enough and so medium rare is actually fine - but when the meat is ground up it's a whole other ballgame mate.
Cook your patties properly!

 

[biometrics]

To which?

Both.

 

[Noseworthy]

All my patties are cooked to medium unless asked for something else

 

[bwana]

Ugh... for steaks, maybe... but NEVER with ground meat. that will make you sick man.

With solid meat the bacteria cannot penetrate deep enough and so medium rare is actually fine - but when the meat is ground up it's a whole other ballgame mate.
Cook your patties properly!

It's how I like my burgers. Always have and probably always will.