Hope these burger tips leave you feeling inspired for your next session my friends!! If you've got any golden burger tips of your own drop them down in the comments for everyone to see and as always HAPPY COOKING!!
@@andew3873 No but as somebody who already knows a lot about making burgers and is looking to learn more, it's disappointing to waste 15 minutes watching a video with quite frankly basic tips. Also that wasn't a drop-kick.
Quick tip on the mayo - if you're not making enough for an army, you can do it with an immersion blender. Bonus points if you find a glass jar the stick fits in so you don't even have to move it once you blend it. Totally agree that homemade is a game changer, and it elevates a BLT to the next level as well. I'll never go back to the goopy store bought stuff.
Wide mouth mason jar and immersion blender. You can put all the of ingredients in a once as long as you: (1) put the immersion blender all the way to the bottom to "capture" the egg yolk; (2) blend for a bit and then slowly raise the immersion blender as needed to get the entirety blended together smoothly. Keeping the immersion blender on the bottom only allows a little oil to mix with the yolk at first basically replicating slowly pouring the oil into a food processor, etc. And when you are done, you already have it in a mason jar... add the top and pop in the fridge. Tip: You can pasteurize your egg (in shell) with sous vide if you want make it last longer. Or, you can add some fermented food/liquid and let it sit out for a couple of hours to start fermenting... and then put it in the fridge. The internet has pretty easy to find instructions on both. Edit: Only ingredient I wouldn't put in at the beginning is olive oil. If you want to add olive oil, hold back a portion of the neutral oil and make the mayo. Then add the olive oil and mix just enough to incorporate the olive oil. EVVO will go bitter if you use a blender on it for too long.
this is a masterclass your probably the best culinary teacher on youtube ... you teach food theory and facts that apply across a spectrum ... your special ... thank you
Caramelized onions and sautéed mushrooms are my favorite burger toppings. Don't even need lettuce and tomatoes, even though those are the classic toppings. Caramelized onions and mushrooms takes every burger up 2 notches.
Twenty years in a diner kitchen here. Excellent tips! Three other keys are griddle temp, not crowding, and resisting the temptation of smashing with the spatula after the flip. Griddle must be hot enough for the browning/caramelization (Maillard reaction), but not so hot as to blacken. Not crowding helps aid that browning and prevents your burgers from getting steamed (yuk!). And smashing/smooshing achieves nothing but a dry burger. Don't smoosh!!!! 😉 Thanks again for an excellent video, chef. P.S. Love how you let that beauty rest a bit before digging in. 👍😎
Only this guy here can take 20 plus years of professional cooking experience and translate it into easy to remember and apply techniques that people who really want solidly good Food can then incorporate into their everyday use. Another masterpiece for the books! Thank you so much.
There are a few others, in fact. I found a lot of amazing recipes i.e. from Chef John *food wishes* and Pailin Chongchitnant *Pailins kitchen* or *Hot Thai kitchen*. Or look at *Ethan Chlebowsky* 's "braising 101": it's never been explained to me this fundamental. If you can see the channels i'm subscribed to: I try to learn from the best.
A tip if I may... lettuce on the bun then tomato. Even though your bun is so slowly and lovely toasted, it still gets soggy from the tomato. Made your shawarma recipe yesterday, it was the bomb! Thanks man, greetings from Germany 👍🍻
i don't like cooking and i'm not good at it but i love watching people cook. it's crazy how they make something so awesome from lame bland items. i love when people can cook, i admire it. it's pretty dope, so i really appreciate your videos. maybe someday i'll learn but for now, i'll just enjoy these videos
I've had good luck using my food processor and very slightly frozen chunks of beef. Cut the beef into chunks, freeze until just stiff, then pulse in batches in the food pro until the beef is the consistency you want. This helps keep the fat from breaking down during grinding (since many of our home kitchen grinders aren't as sharp as they should be). Brisket makes great burgers, whenever it goes on sale I'll buy some for the smoker, and grind some for burgers.
Thumbs up for the butter lettuce. Should be used and advocated much more. Nothing wrong with the "standard", iceberg lettuce, but butter lettuce is king.
I’m kind of ashamed that I’ve never invested in a meat grinder or pasta maker for the KitchenAid my fiancée owns. Fantastic feature, my fancy follicle free fellow!
No point in making that investment until after the wedding. Just being prudent. If the worst happens, you'll feel like an idiot with a pasta roller and meat grinder with no mixer to attach them to. And NO, they DON'T get the attachments after what they did! They can buy store-bought pasta and ground beef, which is all betrayers deserve. _(Just kidding. Happy nuptials!)_
Some good tips....I would blanche the red onion or preferably drop some slices on the griddle for 1 minute at the end. I just think raw onion is too strong.
1 thing i would add to the list is experiment with the order you stack your burgers. I was blown away by the differences it made by just stacking the stuff in in defferent orders.
Looks great! And, i saw a neat little hack for that poor fridge today. A lady took the door shelves out of her dads dead fridge and hung them up in her mom's craft room for holding spools of thread etc. Made everything easy to see and get. Would work for spices , etc as well. Not the whole doors, just the part you keep your ketsup, dressings, etc contained so they dont fall when you open the door.
Enjoyed the video. Although been an avid cook for 40 years, I love picking up tips like yours. Can't wait to try the mayo recipe. I'm a mayo and garlic freak! Also, many people like to toast the Buns with mayo so anxious to try your mayo that way. Also like the tips on not adding EVO too early/much to mayo. And not adding salt too early to tomatoes. It's these small things that separate good cooks from great cooks.
Been making mayo for some years now. I’m using an immersion blender in a small diameter, tall vessel.I skip the water, ‘cause I want my mayo to be quite firm. Everything goes in! The oil will float on top. Blender to the bottom! After about 30 sec, you can slowly start lifting it up. Mayo done. Then I can mix in other ingredients, like in Sonny’s secret burger sauce.
Bro, I'm a pro sous and I LOVE your channel. Not only do you really know how to cook, but you're hilarious too. I've been a pro for several years and that learning process never ends. I've learned a ton from you, which is one of the reasons I keep coming back. Thank you for what you do, please never stop! Much
All great tips. When I started grinding my own meat, it was game changing. I use the same attachment, and always freeze it. Your onions, butter lettuce, and griddle cooking... This is essentially the same burger you would get at my house.
Definitely agree on the grinding your own beef thing. It cannot be overstated how much better it makes the burger. I did it for the first time with a combination of Chuck, boneless short rib, and I through in a few slices of fatty bacon to shore up the fat percentage to about 25 to 30. The resulting burger was orders of magnitude better than store-bought ground beef. It was like a completely different food. It was incomparable.
*+Gray:* I agree. You never know WHAT they're putting into the pre-packaged ground meat at the grocery store these days. And the butchers won't grind roasts & such for you anymore. Having a decent grinder and grinding your own burger & sausage meat is so satisfying.
@@ginawiggles918 yeah it's a shame. Butchery is nearly dead. They're nothing but glorified meat salesman now. I went to in the store butcher at our local high-end supermarket and tried to get them to cut me four one and a half inch pork chops and they just couldn't understand what I was asking. It's like they had no comprehension of actually cutting a piece of meat to order, to the point where I might as well have been speaking a different language. Not joking. The guy I asked even went talk to another one in the department and they were speaking and hushed tones back and forth about what I was asking and glancing over at me. It's like I was some kind of alien or something. What I was asking was really that foreign of a concept. So I guess it's up to us to do it ourselves.
This is probably my favorite fridge attack that I've ever seen! It was truly beautiful. Also I'm def gonna try some of these tips, at the very least making my own mayo cause that seems ridiculously easy for how much better it is
This is such a great compilation of some of my favorite tips I've gleaned from many videos. And that burger looked incredible. I just had a silly smile on my face at the end. Definitely considering the Made In cookware, too. We bought Saladmaster stuff years ago, but this stuff looks great.
I watched a video from a couple years ago the other day and that refrigerator was with you up in Colorado and it already had a few dents. I don't know the story, but it must have been an LG or Samsung refrigerator. Also, your dance moves are half-time worthy. For the high school on Friday night in TX.
I love all your videos. You're always straight forward and not afraid to share honest chef information. As far as the Made In pans. I bought a 10" carbon steel pan. I was so excited to get it, but I absolutely hate it. Absolutely everything I cook in it stick like crazy. I have seasoned it multiple times with the seasoning wax they sell, exactly how their videos show. I literally think water would stick in it. Unfortunately, I would probably never buy another Made In product. But I will continue to watch your channel!!
Hey man, no comment on made in, but specifically on carbon steel..I struggled at first as well. First thing, make sure you're using enough oil while cooking. You'll need to use more than you think at first. Don't heat it too fast. Start off medium low and then go up if you need more heat. Let it heat, then add the oil and let it heat. When you're done cooking, quickly clean the pan. Water or not. Heat to get rid of all water. Let it cool. Then add a very small amount of oil. Like quarter tea spoon. Spread itb with paper towels. Keep wiping. Put pan away. You do that with your cooking and it'll become better and better. It takes a lot of care to go fully non stick, but this will get you great results. Check out uncle Scott's kitchen here on UA-cam. It's a bit kitschy at times, but he has great tips are seasoning, care, etc. around carbon steel. Reddit /r/carbonsteel is also a great resource. It took me a month to get it. The made in wax sounds like junk, just use canola or something like that.
@@mattymattffs Thank you so much for your information. I will check out the channel you suggested and give the pan another shot. Gonna re season it with canola instead of the wax. I use flaxseed oil in my iron skillets and they are virtually non stick, eggs are a breeze. That's why I was excited about the carbon steel, basically an iron skillet just not the weight. Thanks again!!
@@SilverFoxCooking carbon steel is carbon steel, and cast iron is cast iron. one brand is different from another in like size and shape but the metal itself is the same. this is to say that if you already have a seasoning method that works on your cast iron just use it on your carbon steel too
@@SilverFoxCooking I would caution about using flaxseed oil at all, even keeping it at room temperature. It's going to rapidly oxidise when heated and will become a poison to the body, if it's not a poison to start with (cold pressed, fresh flaxseed oil is something that can be quite healthy). Even in the fridge, it will turn rancid in months.
I mostly use my Lodge cast iron griddle to cook hamburgers. I love the little crispies it makes! I dice my onions and put them around the burgers so it all cooks together. Love grinding my own beef!!
hi i'm testing auto-generating chapters hope it's not too annoying :) 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:18 Ground Beef Preparation 00:02:38 Preparing and Grinding Meat for Burgers 00:03:55 Cooking Beef Patties 00:05:23 Preparing Onions for a Burger 00:06:35 Seasoning Tomatoes for Burgers 00:07:22 Making Homemade Mayonnaise 00:08:36 Cooking with Clarified Butter 00:09:25 Burgers and the Importance of Fat and Acid in Cooking. 00:10:36 Cookware Review 00:12:00 Cooking and Toasting Buns and Burger 00:13:25 Burger Review and Recommendations
Not me, I absolutely love it :) To me, that's the real onion flavor. But then it's just my opinion. And Lord knows I've got an infinite number of opinions :)
Hey Sonny, i gotta say, It's so incredible that you're still able to show so much energy in your videos while having Chemotherapy treatments. I hope everything works out my man.
it is worth mentioning that it's important to have the size of the raw meat bigger only when you use high fat (70/30 or 80/20), if you use 90/10 it doesn't shrink as much. so the size of the bun is fine, or slightly bigger.
@@PumpedChef: Grinding your own meat is the answer. Plus when you personally inspect every piece of meat that goes into your burger. No "mystery" meat or scraps going into your burgers. 🍔
After years of struggling with cheap meat grinders (including the attachment for my KA bowl-lift stand mixer ) I finally treated myself to the L.E.M. BiG Bite #8 meat grinder. (Amazon sells the complete line) It's changed my life. Grinding my own meat gives me the assurance that only MY choice of cuts (and no weird stuff) is going into my burger and pork sausage. I usually process less than 100 lbs of meat a year so the #8 was perfect for my needs. There are several good videos on YT to watch it in action.
I wasn't either, at least the dancing part of it I wasn't ready for. That part I found to be vulgar and disgusting with flakes of nausea sprinkled on top! :) But in spite of that I believe he's a good cook and produces quality videos minus the dance moves.
Love all your videos mate and that new non hair cut is on point but this mayo looks way too runny. Don't know if it is a country thing but in France if the mayo is not set we consider it failed.
I've done the onions-in-water thing, and it does work, but I also like using a huge pan, plopping the burger(s) in it with quite a bit of oil, then laying down some onion-slices in the free area that's also oiled up. Takes the edge off by lightly frying them, plus lets them soak up some beefy goodness at the same time. I take them out when still firm.
Thanks! Perfect timing, I recently decided to start grinding our own beef and pork. Just one more step away from processed foods with unknown contents! Buying the meet from quality suppliers from humanely pastured animals free of hormones and antibiotics, etc. A world of difference!
I make a steakhouse burger occasionally but requires some commitment...i start off by pickling a medium red onion Then pan sear a ribeye and use the fond to make a bordelaise sauce with shallot and a good red like malbec, shiraz, chianti work well but use what you like I start there burger process by prepping, baking and candying the thick cut smoked bacon I use a stainless fry pan or saute pan for all of the cooking aside from the bacon After the burger has been fried on both sides i stack it on top of a mound of red onion right out of the Mason jar... on top of the burger, i pour a teaspoon of the bordelaise sauce, sauteed portabella typically comes finished in the sauce when i make it and even if you don't like mushrooms I'd encourage you to take a leap of faith Gorgonzola is layered on top followed by the bottom bun and then layer the top bun making an onion steam burger tower... the onions only need a couple mins to caramelize so you can remove the top bun onto a plate and your hand and a burger flipper to flip the rest onto your plate Layer the strip(s) of candied bacon Top with fresh arugula and the top bun...a girl once broke up with me and said that was the best burger she's ever had and she'd miss that the most
A thing I’ve been doing instead of creating a dimple is leaving the parchment on one side for a little bit while the first side cooks it slows down the shrinking
What I like to do is make the ground beef outside in the winter when it’s -40 here in Canada. I also usually steep all my utensils and hands in a vat of liquid nitrogen overnight to keep everything extra cold before grinding the beef. If I am feeling real spicy I will move to the South Pole and repeat the process next winter.
TDCC, you inspired me to make homemade mayo for the first time. Now I make this recipe at least twice a month, and sometimes with chipotle and lime. Thanks!
You turned me on to the Made-in nonstick pans and I bought the set of 3 about a year ago. I absolutely love them! When I placed my order I mentioned that you promoted them on one of your videos. 👍🏼👍🏼
I don't like a pink burger. No hate for anyone who does, I know it's not popular, I just don't like it. If pink meat is what I want, I'll get a steak. I want my burger at least medium-well. I like to take some caramelized onions and/or mushrooms (I know mushrooms don't really caramelize but you get the point) and mix them right into the ground beef. One onion per pound of beef is about right for me. With those in the mix, your burger will not be dry no matter how well you done it. And half your toppings are already taken care of.
Hi, I love burgers and eat one just about every time I go out to eat. When I make my own burgers, I use 80-20 ground beef and use an electronic scale to get patties that are 5.3 to 5.5 oz. Then I use a Weber press to make uniform patties 4-5/8" diameter. I like a good bun toasted in butter, but then I differ, I do not like mayo on a hot sandwich. I like pickles, sweet onions and ketchup on my burgers. One of my favorite burgers is at TGI Fridays with Jack Daniels sauce.
A major reason you should make your own mayonnaise is also because it's the base for so many good sauces. You can add more garlic, you can add smoked garlic, you can add fresh herbs or peppers. I love making mine with Chipotle peppers and lime juice.
Bro, you nailed it, marinating patties in Lea & Perrins. I use it and some garlic/herb/black pepper seasoning, and I get it real cold. Put it in the freezer even. W sauce is so strong, they don't need to marinate for long. This seems to help the patties not fall apart on the grill. Also, good old fashioned American cheese will glue any crumbling patties back together. The flavor from doing this is unreal.
I live close by to the Lodge main factory and outlet store in S. Pittsburg, Tennessee so I've got a lot of cast iron cookware......it's fun to use, fun to collect, cook outside on the fire or in the oven or rangetop
Great tip about freezing the grinder. I agree the chamber vacuum sealer is good to have, I think it saves me money, as well as taking minced meat to another level. Plus I often sous vide the meat that was vacuum sealed, using the same bag.
Enjoyed your tips for Burger making. I gotta try the home ground meat sometime. Speaking of gotta trys.... you gotta try this. 8oz 80/20 Beef Aged Cheddar Crispy Bacon Saute'd fresh jalaplenos slices Peanut Butter (pre warmed, put on bottom bun. Add enough so that it combines with the burger juice and drips from the bun) Brioche Bun This is the best burger I have ever had. Hands down. I owe my friend Brian for making me try it. Would have never thought this combinations would be so good.
I am a total burger snob, so I will give honest feedback for anything that is particularly good, or bad. Good luck. I watched the video. Nothing earth shattering on this list, but I did appreciate the attention to detail. These are all excellent tips for making a great burger experience. I'll have to try the butter lettuce and the ice bath onions. Kudos for using clarified butter--that's ambitious. I slice my tomatoes thin and season them always, and that is a touch that most people miss.
"And it's completely and totally unnecessary to have one of these... but it puts a big ol' grin on my face" I'm gonna use this excuse as much as POSSIBLE.
On a burger, I do like the sharp onion from a fresh cut. In something like a salad, I like the softened flavor of the soaked onion. These days since I'm no carb it is just a meat and cheese stacked on the plate. 😋
Being a low carb carnivore was the best thing that's ever happened to me. It cured my type 2 diabetes and so much more. It was Ken Berry and Anthony Chaffee, both M.D.'s, where I heard about this way of eating.
Nice! A few observations: I´m making mayonaise myself, did it maybe a hundred times. I only use the yolk of the egg and use a hand whisk. It always turned out great. Only 3 or 4 times I used a blender, it never worked, don´t know why. Using a whisk doesn´t take any longer. Also adding a little bit of mustard at the beginning. I use clarified butter a lot for cooking, it has as high a smoking point as the higher plant based oils. Here I can buy it at the grocery store, it´s cheaper and less complicated than making it yourself. However, for toasting the buns (or any other kind of bread, or when doing sth like scrambled eggs) I use regular butter, just keep the heat low to medium so it doesn´t burn, ie making it brown not black. It gives even more buttery taste. I know it´s a different thing shooting videos for YT, BUT: You took the patty off on a cold plate even before you started toasting the buns for several minutes, then seasoning the tomatoes, putting cold mayonaise on the buns - By the time the burger was ready I´m sure it was ice cold.
Absolutely the best video I've seen of all that I have watched on making homemade burgers. It is also the best of your videos I have watched. Please excuse me on what I am about to ask. I have watched a few videos, but clearly not enough to understand the thing about the fridge at the end. Maybe it's your way of having fun. It's a dude thing or more meaning. However, it's such a contrast to watching you educate about food, equipment/tools, and techniques in this great manner, which keeps me engaged, and then the fridge. It looks nuts, man. Anyhoo, you're a great teacher, and I love your passion. Thank you!
Sonny, thanks for all of the tips! Excellent information and I will be ordering a meat grinder for my food stand.I am also going to try making the Mayo.
When I was younger I preferred cheeseburgers as I’ve gotten older that grilled burger with lettuce or spinach with tomato ketchup or bq sauce hot sauce just makes my day
Still utterly obsessed with your version of the oklahoma onion burger. I've made them for everyone I can invite over. Honestly I've not had a recipe from this channel that hasn't been a 9+ out of 10. Do you like Ethiopian food? Because a proper doro wot may make you atomise the fridge in the back garden.
I use the onion in iced water all the time. If you have left over onion, it will keep a few days and stay crunchy. It's a real good tip. Don't forget to rinse your onions before use. It will get rid of the sulphur that's now in the water.
About seasoning the tomatos i was taught to season with black pepper early and adding Vegeta seasoning salt just before assembling the burger. This was back in the early 1990's when i worked in a uk gastro pub and we used vegeta on 90% of what we cooked, rather than straight salt. I always see straight salt not seasoning salt like vegeta or kucharek being used to season sliced tomato's in videos but no pepper, thanks for using pepper you are the only video i have every seen a chef do that in. Making your own mayo is a great and really shows how poor commerical mayo is across the board, the better the eggs the better the Mayo. We use mayo rather than ghee for toasting buns, ghee which we normally is for indian recipes, curries, naan bread etc, but we'll give it a try Thanks for the tips and tricks, Take care, God bless one and all.
I just made this burger. I added some chilled “sho yu” sauce from the sho yu chicken video to the burger sauce and made a quick red onion pickle for acidity. No lie, it was the best thing I have ever eaten. I feel like every other burger I’ve ever eaten has been a waste of chewing energy.
When you build/Assemble a Burger, does the order or placement of the condiments and veggies matter? (Example: Mayo on the bottom, then burger, then cheese, then lettuce, then tomato, then ketchup...)
As a burger obsessive, who's also made 10,000 and experimented with every type of burger possible, and slight change to try and make the perfect burger... the fat content thing I've found most of all nonsense. The higher the fat, the more it shrinks; the whole thing about taste?... I do not notice any improved taste from higher fat; that's why it shrinks, because the fat runs out of it... so it's not annything to do with taste... it fries out anyway! I use 5% fat mince for at home in general burgers and it's absolutely delicious and the patties aren't dry or taste any different. All how you make them, most people make patties way too big for one.
Hey Dude! Pickles are great but Cole Slaw is even greater, IMO! Try a homemade recipe that includes pineapple chunks! Your guests will be pleasantly surprised. I enjoy watching the look on their mayonnaise coated faces (especially on the facial hair!), as they discover the pineapple chunks! BTW, I have discovered that most meat markets will grind the meat for you if you ask them politely and give them enough time. A 50-50 mix of short rib and chuck roast works for me, ground twice, but skirt steak can be useful if there is not enough short rib available. I have also used bottom round. Thanks for sharing your "tips" with us! Happy Cooking.
Hope these burger tips leave you feeling inspired for your next session my friends!! If you've got any golden burger tips of your own drop them down in the comments for everyone to see and as always HAPPY COOKING!!
i cant cook lol
Smash burger good
Lol love the 80s montage music
Another banger of a video my dude.
How is it that "cause if ya know, ya know" isn't on merch? I'm out!
32 Seconds in & I already *KNOW* the fridge is about to get it
When doesn't it Einstein?
It got it alright.... it got a hip thrust dance battle
The ref declaring The Fridge the winner of the dance off was obviously home cooking.
@@turkeydoctor5546 You seem fun to be around
@@thatdudecancook for some reason, your little hip thrust dance made me think of the video for Big Bad Wolf, by Duck Sauce
1) 0:40 buy 80/20 beef
2) 1:05 grind your own mix
3) 4:23 account for shrinkage
4) 4:55 dimple the middle
5) 5:25 relax them onions fool!
6) 6:20 good lettuce
7) 6:40 season yo tomatoes sucka!
8) 7:30 mayonnaise from scritchy scratch!
9) 8:44 BUTTA BUNS
10) 9:25 fat and acid
14:00 fridge drop-kick
Great job 💯
Thanks, you saved precious minutes of my life. No point in watching this
@@OfficialAnarchyz No one’s forcing you
@@andew3873 No but as somebody who already knows a lot about making burgers and is looking to learn more, it's disappointing to waste 15 minutes watching a video with quite frankly basic tips.
Also that wasn't a drop-kick.
13:34 Grotesque twerking
Quick tip on the mayo - if you're not making enough for an army, you can do it with an immersion blender. Bonus points if you find a glass jar the stick fits in so you don't even have to move it once you blend it. Totally agree that homemade is a game changer, and it elevates a BLT to the next level as well. I'll never go back to the goopy store bought stuff.
Great tip! that definitely works and saves time on clean up as well
I made mayo for the 1st time not long ago. So easy!
army invades your fridge
Wide mouth mason jar and immersion blender. You can put all the of ingredients in a once as long as you: (1) put the immersion blender all the way to the bottom to "capture" the egg yolk; (2) blend for a bit and then slowly raise the immersion blender as needed to get the entirety blended together smoothly. Keeping the immersion blender on the bottom only allows a little oil to mix with the yolk at first basically replicating slowly pouring the oil into a food processor, etc. And when you are done, you already have it in a mason jar... add the top and pop in the fridge.
Tip: You can pasteurize your egg (in shell) with sous vide if you want make it last longer. Or, you can add some fermented food/liquid and let it sit out for a couple of hours to start fermenting... and then put it in the fridge. The internet has pretty easy to find instructions on both.
Edit: Only ingredient I wouldn't put in at the beginning is olive oil. If you want to add olive oil, hold back a portion of the neutral oil and make the mayo. Then add the olive oil and mix just enough to incorporate the olive oil. EVVO will go bitter if you use a blender on it for too long.
@@littlepotato2741 nice i made few jars of mayo
this is a masterclass
your probably the best culinary teacher on youtube ... you teach food theory and facts that apply across a spectrum ... your special ... thank you
Caramelized onions and sautéed mushrooms are my favorite burger toppings. Don't even need lettuce and tomatoes, even though those are the classic toppings. Caramelized onions and mushrooms takes every burger up 2 notches.
Twenty years in a diner kitchen here. Excellent tips!
Three other keys are griddle temp, not crowding, and resisting the temptation of smashing with the spatula after the flip. Griddle must be hot enough for the browning/caramelization (Maillard reaction), but not so hot as to blacken. Not crowding helps aid that browning and prevents your burgers from getting steamed (yuk!). And smashing/smooshing achieves nothing but a dry burger. Don't smoosh!!!! 😉
Thanks again for an excellent video, chef.
P.S. Love how you let that beauty rest a bit before digging in. 👍😎
Only this guy here can take 20 plus years of professional cooking experience and translate it into easy to remember and apply techniques that people who really want solidly good Food can then incorporate into their everyday use. Another masterpiece for the books! Thank you so much.
Chef Jean-Pierre, AKA Chef Onyo is way better than this clown.
There are a few others, in fact. I found a lot of amazing recipes i.e. from Chef John *food wishes* and Pailin Chongchitnant *Pailins kitchen* or *Hot Thai kitchen*.
Or look at *Ethan Chlebowsky* 's "braising 101": it's never been explained to me this fundamental. If you can see the channels i'm subscribed to: I try to learn from the best.
A tip if I may... lettuce on the bun then tomato. Even though your bun is so slowly and lovely toasted, it still gets soggy from the tomato. Made your shawarma recipe yesterday, it was the bomb! Thanks man, greetings from Germany 👍🍻
or mayo! Any fattty sauce will protect the bun and that's what he did here.
I made it two days in a row hahaha
Sorry.....no lettuce or tomato on a burger.Doesnt add anything more than something for t eye.
@@mikakivela68 texture 🤪
@@mikakivela68 simply untrue
i don't like cooking and i'm not good at it but i love watching people cook. it's crazy how they make something so awesome from lame bland items. i love when people can cook, i admire it. it's pretty dope, so i really appreciate your videos. maybe someday i'll learn but for now, i'll just enjoy these videos
I've had good luck using my food processor and very slightly frozen chunks of beef. Cut the beef into chunks, freeze until just stiff, then pulse in batches in the food pro until the beef is the consistency you want. This helps keep the fat from breaking down during grinding (since many of our home kitchen grinders aren't as sharp as they should be). Brisket makes great burgers, whenever it goes on sale I'll buy some for the smoker, and grind some for burgers.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Thumbs up for the butter lettuce. Should be used and advocated much more.
Nothing wrong with the "standard", iceberg lettuce, but butter lettuce is king.
Thanks!
Thanks!
I would love to hear the discussions your neighbors have regarding the fridge in the backyard of your place
Hopefully his neighbors are of the type that mind their own business.
Other than that 1 sad slice of cheese, that burger looks amazing! Thanks for the tips Sonny!
Right? 😄
@@TobychaserTobychaser haha totally. That juicy burger deserved better. 😆
I agree, it needed two
THREE slice minimum. 2 American 1 spicy jack/provolone
@@iprey4surf couldn’t agree more!
I’m kind of ashamed that I’ve never invested in a meat grinder or pasta maker for the KitchenAid my fiancée owns. Fantastic feature, my fancy follicle free fellow!
you know what to do my friend!
Food processor good alternative until you get one. Just go slow!
@@Hi-TechHillbilly Solid tip! 👍 Thanks!
That's some A+ alliteration there, my friend.
No point in making that investment until after the wedding. Just being prudent. If the worst happens, you'll feel like an idiot with a pasta roller and meat grinder with no mixer to attach them to. And NO, they DON'T get the attachments after what they did! They can buy store-bought pasta and ground beef, which is all betrayers deserve.
_(Just kidding. Happy nuptials!)_
Some good tips....I would blanche the red onion or preferably drop some slices on the griddle for 1 minute at the end. I just think raw onion is too strong.
1 thing i would add to the list is experiment with the order you stack your burgers. I was blown away by the differences it made by just stacking the stuff in in defferent orders.
Looks great! And, i saw a neat little hack for that poor fridge today. A lady took the door shelves out of her dads dead fridge and hung them up in her mom's craft room for holding spools of thread etc. Made everything easy to see and get. Would work for spices , etc as well. Not the whole doors, just the part you keep your ketsup, dressings, etc contained so they dont fall when you open the door.
Enjoyed the video. Although been an avid cook for 40 years, I love picking up tips like yours. Can't wait to try the mayo recipe. I'm a mayo and garlic freak! Also, many people like to toast the Buns with mayo so anxious to try your mayo that way.
Also like the tips on not adding EVO too early/much to mayo. And not adding salt too early to tomatoes. It's these small things that separate good cooks from great cooks.
Been making mayo for some years now. I’m using an immersion blender in a small diameter, tall vessel.I skip the water, ‘cause I want my mayo to be quite firm. Everything goes in! The oil will float on top. Blender to the bottom! After about 30 sec, you can slowly start lifting it up. Mayo done. Then I can mix in other ingredients, like in Sonny’s secret burger sauce.
Bro, I'm a pro sous and I LOVE your channel. Not only do you really know how to cook, but you're hilarious too. I've been a pro for several years and that learning process never ends. I've learned a ton from you, which is one of the reasons I keep coming back. Thank you for what you do, please never stop! Much
Sonny always coming in clutch with the good cooking practices! I always learn something and improve my own arsenal of cooking knowledge!
All great tips. When I started grinding my own meat, it was game changing. I use the same attachment, and always freeze it. Your onions, butter lettuce, and griddle cooking... This is essentially the same burger you would get at my house.
That griddle rips. Got mine around black friday. Love your videos. Been debating making the jump to shave my head instead of the comb over.
Do it! Grow some facial hair to offset the bald head though. 👍🏾
The way that griddle fit onto the stovetop was super satisfying! It's like it was Made in collaboration with the stove to fit like a glove.
Definitely agree on the grinding your own beef thing. It cannot be overstated how much better it makes the burger. I did it for the first time with a combination of Chuck, boneless short rib, and I through in a few slices of fatty bacon to shore up the fat percentage to about 25 to 30.
The resulting burger was orders of magnitude better than store-bought ground beef. It was like a completely different food. It was incomparable.
Truly the most important advice for a fantastic burger.
*+Gray:* I agree. You never know WHAT they're putting into the pre-packaged ground meat at the grocery store these days. And the butchers won't grind roasts & such for you anymore. Having a decent grinder and grinding your own burger & sausage meat is so satisfying.
@@ginawiggles918 yeah it's a shame. Butchery is nearly dead. They're nothing but glorified meat salesman now. I went to in the store butcher at our local high-end supermarket and tried to get them to cut me four one and a half inch pork chops and they just couldn't understand what I was asking. It's like they had no comprehension of actually cutting a piece of meat to order, to the point where I might as well have been speaking a different language. Not joking. The guy I asked even went talk to another one in the department and they were speaking and hushed tones back and forth about what I was asking and glancing over at me. It's like I was some kind of alien or something. What I was asking was really that foreign of a concept.
So I guess it's up to us to do it ourselves.
Looks really good. My favorite bun is a normal burger bun with sesame seeds...
Sesame seed, brioche.....or onion bun.
This is probably my favorite fridge attack that I've ever seen! It was truly beautiful. Also I'm def gonna try some of these tips, at the very least making my own mayo cause that seems ridiculously easy for how much better it is
I have never enjoyed cooking vids so much....and such delish food! Just found the channel a couple weeks ago and I'm hooked.....THANK YOU! 🤗
This is such a great compilation of some of my favorite tips I've gleaned from many videos. And that burger looked incredible. I just had a silly smile on my face at the end. Definitely considering the Made In cookware, too. We bought Saladmaster stuff years ago, but this stuff looks great.
Made-in rocks! Thanks for the kind words
I watched a video from a couple years ago the other day and that refrigerator was with you up in Colorado and it already had a few dents. I don't know the story, but it must have been an LG or Samsung refrigerator.
Also, your dance moves are half-time worthy. For the high school on Friday night in TX.
I love all your videos. You're always straight forward and not afraid to share honest chef information. As far as the Made In pans. I bought a 10" carbon steel pan. I was so excited to get it, but I absolutely hate it. Absolutely everything I cook in it stick like crazy. I have seasoned it multiple times with the seasoning wax they sell, exactly how their videos show. I literally think water would stick in it. Unfortunately, I would probably never buy another Made In product. But I will continue to watch your channel!!
Hey man, no comment on made in, but specifically on carbon steel..I struggled at first as well. First thing, make sure you're using enough oil while cooking. You'll need to use more than you think at first. Don't heat it too fast. Start off medium low and then go up if you need more heat. Let it heat, then add the oil and let it heat. When you're done cooking, quickly clean the pan. Water or not. Heat to get rid of all water. Let it cool. Then add a very small amount of oil. Like quarter tea spoon. Spread itb with paper towels. Keep wiping. Put pan away. You do that with your cooking and it'll become better and better. It takes a lot of care to go fully non stick, but this will get you great results.
Check out uncle Scott's kitchen here on UA-cam. It's a bit kitschy at times, but he has great tips are seasoning, care, etc. around carbon steel. Reddit /r/carbonsteel is also a great resource.
It took me a month to get it.
The made in wax sounds like junk, just use canola or something like that.
@@mattymattffs Thank you so much for your information. I will check out the channel you suggested and give the pan another shot. Gonna re season it with canola instead of the wax. I use flaxseed oil in my iron skillets and they are virtually non stick, eggs are a breeze. That's why I was excited about the carbon steel, basically an iron skillet just not the weight. Thanks again!!
@@SilverFoxCooking carbon steel is carbon steel, and cast iron is cast iron. one brand is different from another in like size and shape but the metal itself is the same.
this is to say that if you already have a seasoning method that works on your cast iron just use it on your carbon steel too
@@SilverFoxCooking I would caution about using flaxseed oil at all, even keeping it at room temperature. It's going to rapidly oxidise when heated and will become a poison to the body, if it's not a poison to start with (cold pressed, fresh flaxseed oil is something that can be quite healthy). Even in the fridge, it will turn rancid in months.
CREAM OF THE CROP. 8:59. OOOHH YEEEEAH! DIG IT?!
I’ve been meaning to get into bettering my burger cooking at home so this video couldn’t have come out at a more perfect time. Thank you for the tips!
I mostly use my Lodge cast iron griddle to cook hamburgers. I love the little crispies it makes! I dice my onions and put them around the burgers so it all cooks together. Love grinding my own beef!!
hi i'm testing auto-generating chapters hope it's not too annoying :)
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:18 Ground Beef Preparation
00:02:38 Preparing and Grinding Meat for Burgers
00:03:55 Cooking Beef Patties
00:05:23 Preparing Onions for a Burger
00:06:35 Seasoning Tomatoes for Burgers
00:07:22 Making Homemade Mayonnaise
00:08:36 Cooking with Clarified Butter
00:09:25 Burgers and the Importance of Fat and Acid in Cooking.
00:10:36 Cookware Review
00:12:00 Cooking and Toasting Buns and Burger
00:13:25 Burger Review and Recommendations
music and video speed when building the burger was glorious..it shifted my mood ..to simply happy
I kinda like the harshness of fresh onions on my burger.
Not me, I absolutely love it :) To me, that's the real onion flavor. But then it's just my opinion. And Lord knows I've got an infinite number of opinions :)
Hey Sonny, i gotta say, It's so incredible that you're still able to show so much energy in your videos while having Chemotherapy treatments. I hope everything works out my man.
Been watching his vids didn’t know he was going through chemo, all the best to him I love his vids an he seems like such a good person 🙏🏾❤️
it is worth mentioning that it's important to have the size of the raw meat bigger only when you use high fat (70/30 or 80/20), if you use 90/10 it doesn't shrink as much. so the size of the bun is fine, or slightly bigger.
Only a psychopath would use 90/10.
@@YoungGirlz8463 in some areas 80/20 is harder to come by.
@@PumpedChef No way! smh
@@PumpedChef: Grinding your own meat is the answer. Plus when you personally inspect every piece of meat that goes into your burger. No "mystery" meat or scraps going into your burgers. 🍔
After years of struggling with cheap meat grinders (including the attachment for my KA bowl-lift stand mixer ) I finally treated myself to the L.E.M. BiG Bite #8 meat grinder. (Amazon sells the complete line) It's changed my life. Grinding my own meat gives me the assurance that only MY choice of cuts (and no weird stuff) is going into my burger and pork sausage. I usually process less than 100 lbs of meat a year so the #8 was perfect for my needs. There are several good videos on YT to watch it in action.
I wasn't ready for that fridge showdown 😳
I wasn't either, at least the dancing part of it I wasn't ready for. That part I found to be vulgar and disgusting with flakes of nausea sprinkled on top! :) But in spite of that I believe he's a good cook and produces quality videos minus the dance moves.
Great video! The ending air humping thing was disturbing, but you gotta be you, and I am OK with that. Great video!
Whats the difference between the "chewy fat" and the more firm one?
😢 and 😅
This was so concise and exactly what I needed tonight! Thank you so much for explaining everything and why!
Love all your videos mate and that new non hair cut is on point but this mayo looks way too runny. Don't know if it is a country thing but in France if the mayo is not set we consider it failed.
I really dislike mayo thats ultra thick but to each their own, also this sets in the fridge quite a bit after 2 hours
I've done the onions-in-water thing, and it does work, but I also like using a huge pan, plopping the burger(s) in it with quite a bit of oil, then laying down some onion-slices in the free area that's also oiled up. Takes the edge off by lightly frying them, plus lets them soak up some beefy goodness at the same time. I take them out when still firm.
You should try brushing some oilve oil mixed with mustard powder on the burger ;)
Love the HEB product placement! Easily the best grocery store in my area, and it's not even close.
That piece of cheese looking kind of sad on there
Thanks! Perfect timing, I recently decided to start grinding our own beef and pork. Just one more step away from processed foods with unknown contents! Buying the meet from quality suppliers from humanely pastured animals free of hormones and antibiotics, etc. A world of difference!
I make a steakhouse burger occasionally but requires some commitment...i start off by pickling a medium red onion
Then pan sear a ribeye and use the fond to make a bordelaise sauce with shallot and a good red like malbec, shiraz, chianti work well but use what you like
I start there burger process by prepping, baking and candying the thick cut smoked bacon
I use a stainless fry pan or saute pan for all of the cooking aside from the bacon
After the burger has been fried on both sides i stack it on top of a mound of red onion right out of the Mason jar... on top of the burger, i pour a teaspoon of the bordelaise sauce, sauteed portabella typically comes finished in the sauce when i make it and even if you don't like mushrooms I'd encourage you to take a leap of faith
Gorgonzola is layered on top followed by the bottom bun and then layer the top bun making an onion steam burger tower... the onions only need a couple mins to caramelize so you can remove the top bun onto a plate and your hand and a burger flipper to flip the rest onto your plate
Layer the strip(s) of candied bacon
Top with fresh arugula and the top bun...a girl once broke up with me and said that was the best burger she's ever had and she'd miss that the most
Great video. I've watched a bunch of your videos and they're all good; but I LOVE hamburgers. The onion thing is my favorite. I can't wait to try it.
Loved those tips!😂
A thing I’ve been doing instead of creating a dimple is leaving the parchment on one side for a little bit while the first side cooks it slows down the shrinking
My new favourite channel!!! Hilarious and I'm learning some awesome new techniques that I can't wait to try!! Thanks mate!!
I like to mix pickle juice into a bit of mustard and mayo and use that as a burger spread to dope the bun.
What I like to do is make the ground beef outside in the winter when it’s -40 here in Canada. I also usually steep all my utensils and hands in a vat of liquid nitrogen overnight to keep everything extra cold before grinding the beef. If I am feeling real spicy I will move to the South Pole and repeat the process next winter.
TDCC, you inspired me to make homemade mayo for the first time. Now I make this recipe at least twice a month, and sometimes with chipotle and lime. Thanks!
You turned me on to the Made-in nonstick pans and I bought the set of 3 about a year ago. I absolutely love them! When I placed my order I mentioned that you promoted them on one of your videos. 👍🏼👍🏼
Shout-out to the understated, humble, inexpensive, and delicious cut of beef: Chuck. We can always count on you!
I don't like a pink burger.
No hate for anyone who does, I know it's not popular, I just don't like it. If pink meat is what I want, I'll get a steak. I want my burger at least medium-well.
I like to take some caramelized onions and/or mushrooms (I know mushrooms don't really caramelize but you get the point) and mix them right into the ground beef. One onion per pound of beef is about right for me. With those in the mix, your burger will not be dry no matter how well you done it. And half your toppings are already taken care of.
Hi, I love burgers and eat one just about every time I go out to eat.
When I make my own burgers, I use 80-20 ground beef and use an electronic scale to get patties that are 5.3 to 5.5 oz. Then I use a Weber press to make uniform patties 4-5/8" diameter. I like a good bun toasted in butter, but then I differ, I do not like mayo on a hot sandwich. I like pickles, sweet onions and ketchup on my burgers.
One of my favorite burgers is at TGI Fridays with Jack Daniels sauce.
iLove! ❤🍔 QUESTION: what makes the mayo get bitter after adding the olive oil?
A major reason you should make your own mayonnaise is also because it's the base for so many good sauces. You can add more garlic, you can add smoked garlic, you can add fresh herbs or peppers. I love making mine with Chipotle peppers and lime juice.
Bro, you nailed it, marinating patties in Lea & Perrins. I use it and some garlic/herb/black pepper seasoning, and I get it real cold. Put it in the freezer even. W sauce is so strong, they don't need to marinate for long. This seems to help the patties not fall apart on the grill. Also, good old fashioned American cheese will glue any crumbling patties back together. The flavor from doing this is unreal.
Looks so freaking good! I won’t forget the Patty size and seasoning the tomato tips
I live close by to the Lodge main factory and outlet store in S. Pittsburg, Tennessee so I've got a lot of cast iron cookware......it's fun to use, fun to collect, cook outside on the fire or in the oven or rangetop
Great tip about freezing the grinder. I agree the chamber vacuum sealer is good to have, I think it saves me money, as well as taking minced meat to another level. Plus I often sous vide the meat that was vacuum sealed, using the same bag.
Enjoyed your tips for Burger making. I gotta try the home ground meat sometime.
Speaking of gotta trys.... you gotta try this.
8oz 80/20 Beef
Aged Cheddar
Crispy Bacon
Saute'd fresh jalaplenos slices
Peanut Butter (pre warmed, put on bottom bun. Add enough so that it combines with the burger juice and drips from the bun)
Brioche Bun
This is the best burger I have ever had. Hands down. I owe my friend Brian for making me try it. Would have never thought this combinations would be so good.
I am a total burger snob, so I will give honest feedback for anything that is particularly good, or bad. Good luck. I watched the video. Nothing earth shattering on this list, but I did appreciate the attention to detail. These are all excellent tips for making a great burger experience. I'll have to try the butter lettuce and the ice bath onions. Kudos for using clarified butter--that's ambitious. I slice my tomatoes thin and season them always, and that is a touch that most people miss.
"And it's completely and totally unnecessary to have one of these... but it puts a big ol' grin on my face"
I'm gonna use this excuse as much as POSSIBLE.
I enjoy watching you more than anyone else on you tube Dude !!!!!!
quick tip! you can also make a homemade mayo with a bowl and a whisk if you do not have a food processor or blender!
On a burger, I do like the sharp onion from a fresh cut. In something like a salad, I like the softened flavor of the soaked onion.
These days since I'm no carb it is just a meat and cheese stacked on the plate. 😋
Being a low carb carnivore was the best thing that's ever happened to me. It cured my type 2 diabetes and so much more. It was Ken Berry and Anthony Chaffee, both M.D.'s, where I heard about this way of eating.
Nice! A few observations:
I´m making mayonaise myself, did it maybe a hundred times. I only use the yolk of the egg and use a hand whisk. It always turned out great. Only 3 or 4 times I used a blender, it never worked, don´t know why. Using a whisk doesn´t take any longer. Also adding a little bit of mustard at the beginning.
I use clarified butter a lot for cooking, it has as high a smoking point as the higher plant based oils. Here I can buy it at the grocery store, it´s cheaper and less complicated than making it yourself.
However, for toasting the buns (or any other kind of bread, or when doing sth like scrambled eggs) I use regular butter, just keep the heat low to medium so it doesn´t burn, ie making it brown not black. It gives even more buttery taste.
I know it´s a different thing shooting videos for YT, BUT:
You took the patty off on a cold plate even before you started toasting the buns for several minutes, then seasoning the tomatoes, putting cold mayonaise on the buns - By the time the burger was ready I´m sure it was ice cold.
Absolutely the best video I've seen of all that I have watched on making homemade burgers. It is also the best of your videos I have watched.
Please excuse me on what I am about to ask. I have watched a few videos, but clearly not enough to understand the thing about the fridge at the end. Maybe it's your way of having fun. It's a dude thing or more meaning. However, it's such a contrast to watching you educate about food, equipment/tools, and techniques in this great manner, which keeps me engaged, and then the fridge. It looks nuts, man. Anyhoo, you're a great teacher, and I love your passion. Thank you!
Sonny, thanks for all of the tips! Excellent information and I will be ordering a meat grinder for my food stand.I am also going to try making the Mayo.
About the freezing beef, whenever I use meat that's been in the freezer for burgers it turns out absolutely terrible for some reason.
Slick video Sonny, best yet.
Is the carbon steel coated with a metal or is it a solid metal?
When I was younger I preferred cheeseburgers as I’ve gotten older that grilled burger with lettuce or spinach with tomato ketchup or bq sauce hot sauce just makes my day
I'm digging the bald look. Keep rocking it confidently! Although, tbh, with the goatee, you look like Sonny Hurrell's evil twin! 😂😂😂
Still utterly obsessed with your version of the oklahoma onion burger. I've made them for everyone I can invite over. Honestly I've not had a recipe from this channel that hasn't been a 9+ out of 10.
Do you like Ethiopian food? Because a proper doro wot may make you atomise the fridge in the back garden.
I love, love, love this channel!! IYKYK 😎
re: vacuum sealer. I have a Food Saver one that I use for packaging meats. Not bad for about $100 for the sealer and $20-30 for the bags.
I use the onion in iced water all the time. If you have left over onion, it will keep a few days and stay crunchy. It's a real good tip. Don't forget to rinse your onions before use. It will get rid of the sulphur that's now in the water.
I truly appreciate the symmetry of cutting the burger in half through the center of the bite.
You totally won the danceoff. The jury was rigged!
About seasoning the tomatos i was taught to season with black pepper early and adding Vegeta seasoning salt just before assembling the burger. This was back in the early 1990's when i worked in a uk gastro pub and we used vegeta on 90% of what we cooked, rather than straight salt. I always see straight salt not seasoning salt like vegeta or kucharek being used to season sliced tomato's in videos but no pepper, thanks for using pepper you are the only video i have every seen a chef do that in. Making your own mayo is a great and really shows how poor commerical mayo is across the board, the better the eggs the better the Mayo. We use mayo rather than ghee for toasting buns, ghee which we normally is for indian recipes, curries, naan bread etc, but we'll give it a try Thanks for the tips and tricks, Take care, God bless one and all.
I bet your burgers have a high power level
I just made this burger. I added some chilled “sho yu” sauce from the sho yu chicken video to the burger sauce and made a quick red onion pickle for acidity.
No lie, it was the best thing I have ever eaten. I feel like every other burger I’ve ever eaten has been a waste of chewing energy.
Love this channel. I also really love when you do the Sergeant Pepper thing
I liked the burger tips. I liked the embrassed boldness. Great work dude!
I freaking love this channel. That dance/flavor montage at the end was 🧑🍳💋
Have youever tried putting your grinder/grinder attachment in the freezer before use as well ?
Hey man! Hope you’re doing well health and mental wise! You’re my favorite UA-camr
When you build/Assemble a Burger, does the order or placement of the condiments and veggies matter? (Example: Mayo on the bottom, then burger, then cheese, then lettuce, then tomato, then ketchup...)
As a burger obsessive, who's also made 10,000 and experimented with every type of burger possible, and slight change to try and make the perfect burger... the fat content thing I've found most of all nonsense. The higher the fat, the more it shrinks; the whole thing about taste?... I do not notice any improved taste from higher fat; that's why it shrinks, because the fat runs out of it... so it's not annything to do with taste... it fries out anyway!
I use 5% fat mince for at home in general burgers and it's absolutely delicious and the patties aren't dry or taste any different. All how you make them, most people make patties way too big for one.
Hey Dude! Pickles are great but Cole Slaw is even greater, IMO! Try a homemade recipe that includes pineapple chunks! Your guests will be pleasantly surprised. I enjoy watching the look on their mayonnaise coated faces (especially on the facial hair!), as they discover the pineapple chunks!
BTW, I have discovered that most meat markets will grind the meat for you if you ask them politely and give them enough time. A 50-50 mix of short rib and chuck roast works for me, ground twice, but skirt steak can be useful if there is not enough short rib available. I have also used bottom round.
Thanks for sharing your "tips" with us! Happy Cooking.