Smoked Chuck Roast Burgers

shtgunal3

Chuck roast diced, into the freezer for 30 minutes, ran through the grinder, and smoked for an hour at 225 then at 400 for 5 minutes or so. Turned out really juicy and great.

lkapigian

Bombdiggity!!

Stormbringer

Looks good. What does putting the cubes into the freezer do to enhance the end result?

johnmitchell

Those burgers look fantastic. 😋

GrateEggspectations

Stormbringer said:

Looks good. What does putting the cubes into the freezer do to enhance the end result?

Prevents the fat from smearing/gumming up the machine. 

lousubcap

Yes sir.  Great cook. 

shtgunal3

Thanks all. @Stormbringer as stated above, it keeps the meat from getting too warm and clogging the grinder. I put the grinder parts in the freezer for a bit also.

ColtsFan

That looks delicious. Great work 

shtgunal3

Thanks @ColtsFan my wife ate a whole burger. That’s saying something for her. 

bluebird66

That's some great looking burgers!

shtgunal3

Thanks @bluebird66 relatively easy too. 

caliking

sounds so simple... but so daamn good!

lkapigian

Bombdiggity! Been wanting to do smoked burgers 

JohnnyTarheel

Man that looks awesome... I'm sure great flavor!!

shtgunal3

Thanks guys. I believe this is the first time I’ve actually smoked burgers. I usually just grill them hot and fast or go the smash burger route. Between grinding these from a chuck roast and slow smoking them they had a great texture and was really juicy with great smoke flavor. Will do again.

Canugghead

Had good smoke ring too?

shtgunal3

Yes sir they did 

Canugghead

I expected so. Funny thing with lo n slo in Traeger in my experience ... profound smoke ring but doesn't taste as smoky as egged protein, not a bad thing especially with day-after chicken.
Edit: I assumed it was cooked in the Ranger, my bad if it wasn't.

JohnInCarolina

Very nice!  10/10, would eat!

shtgunal3

@Canugghead these were cooked on my Smokin Brothers pellet grill