Grilling tips to make a perfect 5 Star Gourmet Burger

The burger is one of the most popular barbecue party meals for all seasons. You can create a burger bar where everyone can customize burgers with their preferences. You can also do a lot of variation with your burger with veggies, meat, and cheese. Besides all the alteration burger patty will be the essential ingredient of your burger. Here are our tips for grilling a perfect 5-star gourmet burger that amaze all your guests at the next barbecue party.

Tips for How to Perfectly Grill a Medium Rare gourmet Burger Every time

1. MAKE YOUR OWN PATTIES

Although the pre-made patties may be tempting when you walk by them at the grocery store, good quality and high-fat content ground beef make a world of difference. If you’d like to go the healthy route, choose your meat with a high level of protein and contents of fat. You’re against eating beef; we’d suggest turkey or chicken as an alternative. For those who are vegetarian or vegan, we’d recommend falafel or a Portobello mushroom.

The best-grilled burger has a higher lean-to-fat ratio. So if you forego the healthy route, we believe the fatter burgers are more robust in flavor.

Season your patty well with salt and pepper, but make sure not to overdo the salt because this tends to give the meat a rubbery texture. You can try other seasons and spices, but from our experience over-seasoning, the meat overpowers your add ons (lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, bun). Please keep it simple the best burgers aren’t heavily seasoned.

2. STICK AN ICE CUBE IN THE CENTER OF THE PATTY

This is an odd trick, but stay with us! Sticking a small ice cube in the center of the patty is perfect for rare medium lovers. Cooking the patty with an ice cube in the center will cook the patty perfectly to keep the center of the patty slightly underdone while allowing the outside of the patty to cook faster.

3. KEEP YOUR PATTY THICK

A thicker burger means a juicier burger. This happens because the juiciness comes from the slightly undercooked, medium-rare meat. It holds more juice when it is thicker, so make sure not to press your patties down with a spatula! This will cause them to lose all that delicious moisture.

But to REALLY enhance the flavor, all of the best grill masters use to enhance their burgers flavor and control their flares ups with a flavor bar to prevent grease from dripping into your burner. This gives you the precision to control your grill’s temperature & cook the PERFECT burger. We also recommend getting a flavor bar to give your burgers that “cooked on a grill” smoky flavor.

4. PICK THE RIGHT BUN

The bun is EVERYTHING! We can’t emphasize this enough. You are going to want a bun with a full-bodied flavor and texture. It shouldn’t be too soft or too firm – you have to find that happy medium.

We recommend a Hawaiian bun or roll.

This bun will completely upgrade and bring out the flavors of your patty. We can’t talk about Hawaiian rolls & buns enough. If you want to grill your buns, feel free to add some butter to get crispy, succulent edges. But don’t keep the buns on too long.

5. EAT YOUR BURGERS STRAIGHT OFF THE GRILL

This tip may be a little controversial, but you shouldn’t let your burger patties rest. Slap it on a bun and enjoy your juicy burger straight off the grill!

Be sure to wipe down your area and clean off the grill grates before using your grill again. Be sure to protect your grill from weather damage with a grill cover. This means less maintenance, less upkeep, and less cleaning.

For more information, please visit www.calflamebbq.com or dial 1-800-225-7727

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