Poorly selected ingredients... adds up to the best burger ever?

Foghorn

So, my loving bride and I decided to break out the burger stuffer for a relatively quick weeknight cook.  I had no intentions of photographing or posting it here.  Then when I saw it on the plate I grabbed a shot and also added a money shot.  That's why there are so few pics. 

My wife had bought 96% lean ground beef (I know) and I mixed in some Worcestershire and Montreal Steak seasoning.  We stuffed in some storebought shredded Colby jack (I'm not sure if the recent news about cheap Parmesan applies here) along with some storebought bacon bits (I know).  I added some more Montreal on the outside. 

I cooked them direct at about 600 degrees until the meat on the periphery reached 140. 

My wife had picked up some Kosher rolls that I lightly toasted and we added some pickle (me) and onion (her) with some Whataburger catsup. 

Here's the link to the stuffer. 

http://www.stufzblog.com/

We have done stuffed burgers before and they are usually great, but for some reason we both thought these were the best burgers we've ever had.  I suspect it is because we didn't overstuff - and even though it was really lean, the meat was actually moist after cooking.

Foghorn

JethroVA

impressive!

Foghorn

Thanks @JethroVA

bud812

Looks good. I have that same set of china that you have.  

Ozzie_Isaac

That is a burger!  Nicely done!!

johnmitchell

Thats one bad ass looking burger.. Looks like a meat ball between two buns.. Awesome..

Chubbs

Heck yeah. 

Foghorn

@bud812, you are clearly a classy gentleman given your china selection. 

Thanks @Chubbs, @johnmitchell, @Ozzie_Isaac

Dredger

That looks fantastic. That wouldn't last long in this house.

jbreed

Great looking eats.  A bit bummed though. I looked at the stuffer link and product is no longer available.

Eggcelsior

@jbreed

http://www.amazon.com/Stufz-SZ-StufZ-Burger-Press/dp/B004HV1PDO

HendersonTRKing

Great cook, well told. And what a moneyshot!!

henapple

Mother Pussbucket that looks good. 

Foghorn

henapple said:

Mother Pussbucket that looks good. 

@henapple, I'm pretty sure that was meant as a compliment (to the food anyway) but I'm having a hard time with that verbiage adding up to good eating.

Foghorn

Thanks to @Dredger, @jbreed, @Eggcelsior (for the link) and @HendersonTRKing.  The kind comments are appreciated.

jabam

Daaaaaymn that looks good!

Foghorn

Thanks @jabam.

jbreed

Eggcelsior said:

@jbreed

http://www.amazon.com/Stufz-SZ-StufZ-Burger-Press/dp/B004HV1PDO

thanks @Eggcelsior. just got one.  look forward to making some of my own.  will have to be in couple of weeks though.  just ran grill for a local lacrosse tournament.  40 teams, more than 400 burgers and hundreds of hot dogs in two days.  need a burger break :-)

blasting

@Foghorn   Despite using a burger press?!, the wrong beef grind, and store bought bacon bits?!?! - you ended up with a killer burger.  I especially like the meat : bun ratio too.

I too am a fan of your china pattern.

SGH

Foghorn said:

For sheer size my friend:

There is nothing I hate more than a nibbler. Awesome job my friend.  

johnnyp

Burgers are way underrated.  Way to salvage a great cook from undesirable ingredients.

Mickey

Very nice. I'm with you on the Whataburger catsup (that's all I buy now). 

Zmokin

Foghorn said:

Where's the Fork?! 

BTW, I prefer yours with the pickle.

Foghorn

@jbreed, strong work on the lacrosse cooking.  You'll probably be in the mood sooner than you think.

@blasting, yeah.  It's like when a QB reads the defense wrong and calls the wrong play, but the execution is so good that you still get a touchdown.

@SGH, I am proud to have earned the seal - especially on a thread that lay dormant for a few weeks.

Thanks @johnnyp, @Mickey, @Zmokin.

I'm going to do some more of these this week while we have family in town from up north for spring break. 

SGH

Foghorn said:

@SGH, I am proud to have earned the seal - especially on a thread that lay dormant for a few weeks

My pleasure to give it. I originally missed this post. I'm not on the forum near as much as I use to be so I do miss some posts from time to time. 

thetrim

Boom!!!!

Foghorn

@SGH, you will be happy - but hopefully not surprised - to know that my wife could only eat about 1/2 of her burger, but I made sure that there were no leftovers.