Home made burgers / Pink or well done?

[adidan]

I like medium rare steak, mince you have to cook it well done - it's not the same thing, undercooked mince is not good for you, the inside of the burger can contain the outside of the animal where all the bacteria lives afaik.

Adding a small amount of pork mince can make them nice and juicy and boost the flavour too.

 

[randomshenans]

Undercooked burger really adds nothing to the flavour and potentially could kill you. Just cook it properly.

Drama queen.

Overcooked burgers are horrible.

 

[beachBOYken]

I don't make my own, but I always buy minced meat burgers from the supermarket rather than the frozen burgers now, when I cook on the BBQ.

I would like to cook them so they are ever so slightly pink in the middle but I always end up over cooking them.

 

[200sols]

Drama queen.

Overcooked burgers are horrible.

Its not drama, its fact. You dont have to overcook.... just cook. This is not a steak.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

Gonna try smash burgers this weekend. Just bought some beef mince (20/80) I have been watching Guga food channel on youtube and I really fancy giving them a go.

 

[keenan]

Steak can be medium to rare as long as it's warm all the way through. Burgers however need to be well done!!

 

[chroniclard]

Gonna try smash burgers this weekend. Just bought some beef mince (20/80) I have been watching Guga food channel on youtube and I really fancy giving them a go.

Just make sure you have something with a decent heft to squash them. I have a hells handle heavy duty spatula!

 

[jpaul]

Raymond had linked a steak weight a while back ... guess you pre-heat them on the griddle, so heat injected from both sides.

 

[mattyg]

Steak can be medium to rare as long as it's warm all the way through. Burgers however need to be well done!!

Steak can be cold (less than 29deg) in the middle (Bleu) . Their wont be any bacteria there. Bacteria need temperature, air and time.
As long as you've seared the steak or cooked the outside to a sufficient temp to kill the bacteria present on the outside. Then the inside will be fine as its had no air.

Their is a high risk of E-coli with raw meat but this is only present on the outside. Searing correctly will kill that bacteria. Unless its Pork...Never have pork Bleu... You can get ringworm...

 

[jpaul]

similarly - don't know of any restaurants where you can ask for cold middle ... but I guess I don't frequent the right starred places.

 

[mattyg]

similarly - don't know of any restaurants where you can ask for cold middle ... but I guess I don't frequent the right starred places.

Its not something I'd ask for but a friend had his Bleu at our local Hickorys......My restaurants wouldn't do it bleu..

 

[jpaul]

continuing with riposte

 

[mattyg]

 

[FerretBoy]

Smash burgers https://youtu.be/3yX_bpbCmfo give the best result imho and are cooked all the way through.

Note they are simple and always look like the above. Just don't attempt to cook too many patties at any one time.

 

[oneilldo]

Steak can actually be completely raw (steak tartare) not a fan myself

 

[GIBURROWS]

Smash burgers with a crust hmmmm yes!

 

[PapaLazaru]

Are all their branches the same, or is Reading just unlucky in that our Five Guys is pretty flippin' cack...?

It is massively cack. Honest Burger in town seem to have gone downhill recently, have this feeling they are in trouble.

 

[Ryan-3]

Still never been to a Five Guys. Went to Smash Burger and found it to be overpriced McDonalds.

For those in the true north (), Fat Hippo does some epic burgers. Although the menu may not seem extensive, you can change what you want.