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Smoked and seared Wagyu burgers.

The Cen-Tex Smoker
The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
edited October 2020 in Off Topic
Ground wagyu from our parking lot meat swap last week (thanks @Foghorn). 1/3lb burgers smoked over oak until 120 then seared on cast iron griddle on the BGE. The meat was from a buddy of Foghorn and it was fantastic. Some of the best I’ve had. 

I made a burger sauce: 1/2 cup dukes, 2Tbsp ketchup, 1 TBSP mustard, little meat church holy gospel rub, diced pickles, and some homemade sriracha. This was tasty. 

Served on homemade Hokkaido milk buns with homemade Berkshire bacon, burger sauce, Boars Head American cheese, home fermented jalapeños. 

These were so good! Was riffing off the ground wagyu burger at LeRoy and Lewis. They grind wagyu brisket trim and smoke until rare then sear on a plancha before serving.

smoked to 120 over post oak: 



Seared up and served- yum. 


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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,871
    oh damn. I have massive burger envy right now. 

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  • Gamecockeggman
    Gamecockeggman Posts: 1,335
    That looks outstanding!  I will take three please.
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  • dmchicago
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,815
    I’ve been craving a burger all week and now this 🤦‍♂️ 

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,049
    It doesn't surprise me that you took that beef to another level. I've been cooking it to 140 in the name of food safety and at that temp it has the best combination of buttery/juicy/flavorful I've ever tasted in a burger.  My friend bred his Angus cows to meet USDA Choice standards - then crossed them with Wagyu to get the flavor of Angus and the buttery richness of Wagyu.  It worked.

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    Foghorn said:
    It doesn't surprise me that you took that beef to another level. I've been cooking it to 140 in the name of food safety and at that temp it has the best combination of buttery/juicy/flavorful I've ever tasted in a burger.  My friend bred his Angus cows to meet USDA Choice standards - then crossed them with Wagyu to get the flavor of Angus and the buttery richness of Wagyu.  It worked.
    It did indeed 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    Foghorn said:
    It doesn't surprise me that you took that beef to another level. I've been cooking it to 140 in the name of food safety and at that temp it has the best combination of buttery/juicy/flavorful I've ever tasted in a burger.  My friend bred his Angus cows to meet USDA Choice standards - then crossed them with Wagyu to get the flavor of Angus and the buttery richness of Wagyu.  It worked.
    One of these was 140 after the sear and the other was a little over at 150. I don’t know which one I ate but it was freaking delicious. Buttery/juicy/flavorful is a perfect description. 
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  • cantlogin
    cantlogin Posts: 32
    Those made my mouth water, seriously. Thank you. 
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,792
    dang that's a big ass bun!  =)
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    loco_engr said:
    dang that's a big ass bun!  =)
    Ha ha. It does look that way but that’s just my poor camera skills. It’s pretty standard size but maybe a tiny bit taller than store bought. 
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  • Sweet100s
    Sweet100s Posts: 553
    Centex, how did you sear it?  On the grid or ...  on  ... what is the ‘la plancha’ what I see under the grid? 
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,171
    God that looks great.
    Love you bro!
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    edited November 2020
    Sweet100s said:
    Centex, how did you sear it?  On the grid or ...  on  ... what is the ‘la plancha’ what I see under the grid? 
    Cast iron griddle on the BGE. What you saw in the pic was my oval stone from my adjustable rig. That was the smoking stage. I didn’t take a pic of the sear. 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    This is the sear set up I use. Lodge cast iron griddle set on my adjustable rig. This is from a different cook. I also use the flat side of grill grates sometimes. They both work great 


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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,876
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    I made a burger sauce: 1/2 cup dukes, 2Tbsp ketchup, 1 TBSP mustard

    I make a very similar dipping sauce for fried seafood. The biggest difference in your burger sauce and my seafood sauce is I use Hellman’s for the mayo in the seafood sauce. It might be in my head but the Hellman’s seems more “clingy” to me. The proportions are pretty close.  
    On a side note, the burgers look ok. You could probably convince me to eat one. If I was still fat you could probably talk me into 5 or so  :D

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  • SGH
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    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    I know I am the odd man out and just one man talking here, but I really like Lodge cast iron products 👍

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,049
    I may have just figured out what I’m doing with the homemade Berkshire bacon you gave me...

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  • Stormbringer
    Stormbringer Posts: 2,245
    Well that's made me hungry :D
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  • ColtsFan
    ColtsFan Posts: 6,532
    Good god, man. Burger envy
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    Fabulous meal. I MUST learn to make my own buns. It’s not like I never make bread...
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
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    SciAggie said:
    Fabulous meal. I MUST learn to make my own buns. It’s not like I never make bread...
    Start here. https://youtu.be/M9le93pztbU
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,552
    Just back from Costco- saw ground wagyu for the first time and this thread popped into my mind.

    It’s my son’s birthday dinner tonight so the burgers will have to be a mid week plan. 


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  • TEXASBGE2018
    TEXASBGE2018 Posts: 3,831
    Great googly moogly those look fanfriggintastic


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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,855
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    SciAggie said:
    Fabulous meal. I MUST learn to make my own buns. It’s not like I never make bread...
    Start here. https://youtu.be/M9le93pztbU

    Thank you for this.
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    Awesome looking burgers, and well done on making the components 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
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    20stone said:
    Awesome looking burgers, and well done on making the components 

    ha ha. I knew you would like that part.

    BTW, the KBQ is a smoked burger/reverse sear machine. Business down below, party up top.
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    TEXASBGE2018 said:
    Great googly moogly those look fanfriggintastic

    They were pretty tasty. Had another one last night. Will be doing those again. Grab some of that Heartbrand ground beef next time you are at the store and give it a try. The buns are really what set them off though.
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  • Wolfpack
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    El Cerado del Seoul wagyu burger-




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  • NDG
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    Dang Son - looks really good !!  have made nothing but smash burgers for the longest time, but I am craving something like this.  Nice cook!
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,049
    edited November 2020
    Had some of this beef tonight as sliders with gruyere, chimichurri, bacon.  Good stuff.

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