How to Cook a High-Quality Flat-Top Burger

I make smashburgers on steel often. They are bad ass and once you attempt it by doing this, you'll never ever go back. I developed the Baking Steel back in 2012 for pizza but truthfully, smashburgers may be the important things I prepare on steel more than anything else these days. The work is getting your burger bar together: sliced pickles, onions, cheese, unique sauce.

Get your griddle or steel ripping hot. We're cooking these for 30-60 seconds per side, and you want it shrieking hot for that Maillard reaction, the sear that makes smashburgers legendary.

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I have actually made smash burgers on this thing that people still speak about. Smashburgers in the house are off the charts. Here's how I do it. More surface location equates to more taste. Smashing the beef thin maximizes contact with the hot steel, triggering the Maillard response, the chemical process that develops that deep, tasty, browned taste we all crave.

Your very first burger and your fourth get the very same extraordinary edge-to-edge crust without the temperature dropping. I 'd know my family has actually remained in the steel company for over 50 years at our shop in Hanover, MA. I understand this material, and I built these frying pans specifically to solve the heat retention issue that cast iron can't.

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Let it preheat for 10-15 minutes up until it's ripping hot (around 500-550F). This is the very same principle behind our pizza steels fill the steel with heat, and it does the work for you.

Season the smashed patties generously with kosher salt and fresh black pepper. Cook for 60-90 seconds.

Use a bench scraper or stiff spatula to get under the patty, ensuring you scrape up all the crispy, browned bits. Flip it over. Immediately position a slice of cheese on the flipped patty. Cook for another 30-45 seconds to melt the cheese. Quickly toast your buns on a cooler part of the frying pan for 15-20 seconds.

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Cheese melting perfectly on the Mini Griddle Cast iron is the traditional choice for smashburgers, and it works. I used cast iron for years. However after testing both side-by-side for over a years, I switched to steel. And look, I'm not just a guy with a viewpoint. My family has run because the 1960s.

I understand how it shops and transfers heat in a way the majority of individuals never ever believe about. That knowledge is precisely what led me to create the Baking Steel in 2012, and it's why I created the Skinny Frying pan specifically for stovetop cooking like this. Here's the distinction: That indicates it recovers temperature level faster between burgers.

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Steel doesn't drop. You get the same screaming-hot crust on your first burger and your fourth. It warms up faster and distributes heat more uniformly. No locations, no cold spots. Just constant, edge-to-edge browning. No flavoring, no babying. Just cook, scrape, wipe tidy. I've checked cast iron, stainless steel, and every griddle on the market.

Desire to take your smashburger game outside? Place your Baking Steel Original straight on your outdoor grill grates. Pre-heat the grill and steel for 15-20 minutes on high heat, then smash your hamburgers right on the steel. You get the same unbelievable crust with the included advantage of outside cooking which subtle smoky flavor from the grill.

Making Restaurant-Quality Sides at Home

Friends lose their minds when they see it. They stroll up expecting routine grilled burgers and instead they see me smashing patties on a piece of American-made steel on the grill. It's an entire thing. Perfect smash burgers made on the Baking Steel Original on an outdoor grill I developed each of these for a particular usage case.

It fits on a single burner and is ideal for families or hamburger night with buddies. Same heat retention, smaller sized footprint. Utilize it in the oven for pizza, or take it outside and place it on your grill for smashburgers, steaks, and more.