Bear Down Wildcats

They are like all over Indiana, its crazy.

I braved the line at Blake's for lunch today. The green chile cheeseburger was really good. Not sure if it was worth waiting 20 minutes for at 1:00PM though.

Not fast food, but I had the best burger I can remember at a place called The Lodge Bar And Grill up in Pinetop this weekend. It's called the Mountains Original 50-50 Burger. Beef and bacon ground together and covered with your choice of cheese (I choose Havarti), and onions. Fantastic. We went back a few days later and I had the Black and Blue Sliders. Beef covered in blue cheese. Really good.

Wow. Between that and the Red Devil up there, my wife and I need to make a weekend of it in Pinetop for Memorial Day.

Dinner tonight:



Meatheads. The best fast food burger in the world. Though since it takes nearly 10 minutes to make your order, I'm unsure if it counts as fast food. It is a small chain, though.

I love cheese. Hopefully that's bacon between the cheese and the pickles

Shake Shack is on point, big fan.

Rocket Burger, a local establishment, is decent.

gumby wrote:Lindy's just featured on Man vs. Food, along with El Guero Canelo (blonde cinnamon?) and Mi Nidito. That Lindy sure is a large fellow. About the size of five guys.

http://tucson.com/business/tucson/bumst ... ec93f.html" target="_blank

Frybry02 wrote:Rocket Burger, a local establishment, is decent.

Right by my house as well. Very good.

Do they mean to call to mind Johnny Rocket's?

In Mesa there used to be a Blue Castle Burgers. They definitely meant to evoke White Castle. My first sliders. So bad, that they were my last, though a friend of mine argues I ate at White Castle in Chicago when I was blacked out.

Longhorned wrote:Do they mean to call to mind Johnny Rocket's?

In Mesa there used to be a Blue Castle Burgers. They definitely meant to evoke White Castle. My first sliders. So bad, that they were my last, though a friend of mine argues I ate at White Castle in Chicago when I was blacked out.

They are right next to Moon Valley High School who are the Rockets.

Bumsteds on 4th Ave is being forced out of their lease Sunday and Lindys in moving in next month. I wonder if the fish tank stays

wendy's with the burn

What's wrong with freezing ground beef, though? I've never understood Wendy's on that. Makes even less sense than the supposed virtues of Burger King's "flame-broiling."

Boat burgers. Qualifies since they cook to order usually under 10 minutes. Any sport fishing boat from Los Angles down to San Diego. The well seasoned stove tops they cook from in the galley are archaic. Something about the salt air and smell coming out of the galleys as the burgers are cooking is amazing....not so much if you're seasick and about to chum.

Another epic bluefin tuna season is kicking off for those coming out to San Diego this Summer. They will be in range for 3/4 day trips. Leave the wife by the pool with the kids and jump on a boat!

Grab a couple cheeseburgers on the boat and take some bluefin (YFT, Yellowtail, Dorado) home with you and create your own sushi party with friends.

Longhorned wrote:What's wrong with freezing ground beef, though? I've never understood Wendy's on that. Makes even less sense than the supposed virtues of Burger King's "flame-broiling."

Bless you. I once mocked "hand-formed" burgers" on Facebook. Geez, people lost their shit. "Beats frozen!" Like you can't hand-form, then freeze.

At Gonzaga games, you can get "hand-carved" sandwiches. Like if a machine does that -- like at the deli counter -- it tastes worse?

gumby wrote:

Longhorned wrote:What's wrong with freezing ground beef, though? I've never understood Wendy's on that. Makes even less sense than the supposed virtues of Burger King's "flame-broiling."

Bless you. I once mocked "hand-formed" burgers" on Facebook. Geez, people lost their shit. "Beats frozen!" Like you can't hand-form, then freeze.

At Gonzaga games, you can get "hand-carved" sandwiches. Like if a machine does that -- like at the deli counter -- it tastes worse?

People like their meat well-handled.

It weirds me out that people eat at McDonalds or Wendy's, then act all judgmental about others. When I'm there, it's a good day if I don't get the aftermath like the time I had 2 chicken burgers at the Burger King in Sierra Vista.

So is it true that ground beef can go from a cow to your plate without ever being frozen?

Sounds dangerous.

gumby wrote:So is it true that ground beef can go from a cow to your plate without ever being frozen?

Sounds dangerous.

Exactly. They flash freeze the ground beef right at the start. The result? It stays fresh. What part of "never frozen" is "always fresh"?

The flash freeze kills bacteria. In beef and sushi fish.

I've really cut down eating fast food burgers since learning Kenji's Ultra Smashed Burgers method. It's quick, awesome and affordable. Getting a dedicated burger smashing trowel has revolutionized my life. Well worth an extra trip to Home Depot!

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014 ... d-lab.html" target="_blank

wyo-cat wrote:I've really cut down eating fast food burgers since learning Kenji's Ultra Smashed Burgers method. It's quick, awesome and affordable. Getting a dedicated burger smashing trowel has revolutionized my life. Well worth an extra trip to Home Depot!

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014 ... d-lab.html" target="_blank

With crispy "beef chips" around the edges of the thin patty. Best burger in the world.

The key is to halve the amount of beef into two balls before smashing, doubling the amount of crust per one slice of cheese. If I can't see cast iron in each patty, then I haven't smashed them enough!

But doesn't smashing the burger just dry it out

ASUHATER! wrote:But doesn't smashing the burger just dry it out

Not if it's smashed within 30 seconds of being put on the hot cast iron. Smashing the meat right away kicks off the Maillard Effect so the meat adheres to the hot cast iron and cooks very quickly while developing a flavorful crust.

My ultra smashed burgers cook in less than a minute and have so much juice that I can't buy the cheap buns anymore. They just fall apart.

ASUHATER! wrote:But doesn't smashing the burger just dry it out

Smash burgers are the standard burger where I live, and enthusiasts come from all over for small-town burger stand tourism. It's the perfection of the art of the cheeseburger.

In my mind when I think of a burger being smashed I think of some awful dirty diner line cook throwing a half frozen ball of hamburger on the griddle and then smashing the life out of it so it ends up dry and tasteless.

I still like Fuddruckers.

azgreg wrote:I still like Fuddruckers.

I went there for the first time in like 4 years a month or two ago...And it was awful. The meat was some of the most bland cheap tasting beef ever and it just wasn't good. I'd rather eat in n out 10 times again before that.

ASUHATER! wrote:In my mind when I think of a burger being smashed I think of some awful dirty diner line cook throwing a half frozen ball of hamburger on the griddle and then smashing the life out of it so it ends up dry and tasteless.

No, no. The dirtier his hands and the hairier his arms, the tastier the burger.

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014 ... d-lab.html" target="_blank

Thankfully we have a few local "burger joints". I still have yet to eat Five Guys and its right down the road. I can get a better burger for the same price at our local burger joints.

That said, im still a Fatburger guy, so this news is boring to me... Other than im now starving and just wiped drool off my face.

Every time I've eaten 5 Guys I've liked it less.

There's a Belgian burger spot at the French Market at Ogilvie Station where the burgers are about a thousand times better and the same exact price. Plus you get euro dipping sauces for the fries. Fuck 5 Guys.

Five guys is overpriced crap.

No thank you.

My favorite burger in Tucson is still Graze Premium Burgers.

Skips cafe in Sacramento is the bomb.

I still like Fudruckers.

Her: "I just had Five Guys."

Me: "Then you must be hungry."

i will be visiting once again when im in Napa next week -- still one of my absolute favs anywhere.

https://gotts.com/

97cats wrote:i will be visiting once again when im in Napa next week -- still one of my absolute favs anywhere.

https://gotts.com/

Yes Sir! Delicious.

And if you need your fix when you are in SF, Gotts is also in the Ferry Building.

Merkin wrote:

If you posted this when you got in the drive thru at in-n-out, you might still be waiting for your food.

scumdevils86 wrote:My favorite burger in Tucson is still Graze Premium Burgers.

This is 100% correct.

Anyone ever tried Umami Burger? There's one in the international terminal at LAX.

Me and the wife are going to Jerome on Monday and everybody at work told me I have to go to Haunted Hamburger.

Haunted Hamburger is really more for the view than anything. Good burger, but generally speaking, a zoo to get in and out of, and not a super burger, just a good one.

I really like Bachi Burger in Vegas. A little overpriced, but what isn't there?

Fatburger for the chains wins hands down. For the massive chains, Wendy's double, though I couldn't care less about frozen vs fresh. McDonalds serves it purpose as a dirt-cheap burger that holds all its contents (because it has few) when eating on the road. But, not a favorite.

Five Guys is good, not great. I like almost any burger, but the Five Guys pricetag is ridiculous. Just stop giving away more fries than the biggest glutton could eat and cut your margin.

I really like Smashburger, but probably for the flavor of everything else in the burger. The meat is...meat.

I like the crispy chicken at smash Burger more than the burger

Had lunch with the wife today at the Yard House at Westgate today. I had the Kurobuta Pork Burger. Spicy candied bacon, white american cheese, arugula, blueberry ketchup, fries. Pretty damn tasty.