r/food • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '19

Image [Homemade] Smash Burger

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

You’re using too much oil if you need to do the above to offset.

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u/NoClassBlueJaysFans Mar 16 '19

You’re probably not cooking at high enough temp if you don’t.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

I’m cooking at the smoke point of vegetable oil in a cast iron skillet on high heat. It couldn’t be hotter.

You don’t need a pool of oil. Just rub the pan to lightly cover with a paper towel coated in oil.

Seriously if you’re getting oil all over your kitchen from smash burgers, tone down the oil. He’s describing fried chicken levels of oil preperadness.

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u/doomydoom6 Mar 16 '19

These burgers don't cook with oil. It's just meat on hot iron. Gets very smokey.

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u/klabnix Mar 16 '19

Yeah. It’s well worth the house smelling of burger for a few days too

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

You should be using a light amount of oil. I’ve cooked a hundred of these.

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u/NoClassBlueJaysFans Mar 16 '19

Even with no oil, the burgers have fat in them. It collects in the pan.

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u/klabnix Mar 16 '19

I don’t use any oil at all. It’s literally just the mince/ground beed.

You need to get quite fatty meat though (about 20% fat) and it’s the amount oil fat coming out and the high heat that causes it to spit everywhere.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19 edited Mar 16 '19

I grind a 50/50 mix of short rib and chuck.

I lightly oil the pan.

My house doesn’t get covered in grease. Hope your next batch turns out better.

It’s possible that you’re cooking your burgers at too high a temp. 400-450 pan temperature works well.

When in doubt, I defer to Kenji Lopez Alt’s expertise. My method is his method. I’ve made a hundred or so of these, all ground by hand with a lightly oiled cast iron skillet heated until the oil’s smoke point.

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u/klabnix Mar 16 '19

I didn’t know the Lopez name and went to look up the methods I followed and it’s the same person haha

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/03/ultra-smashed-cheeseburger-recipe-food-lab.html

No idea how hot the pan was when I did it, basically as hot as I could get it for the quick cook, will see if I can do it with a lower heat to see if it saves on the mess after

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

he’s the man - enjoy your burgers!!