4 Levels of Hamburgers: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

We challenged chefs of three different levels - an amateur, a home cook and a professional chef - to make their versions of a hamburger. And then we brought in a food scientist to review their work. Which hamburger was the best?


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4 Levels of Hamburgers: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

[viktorlictor]

Frank: my burger is simple
Also Frank: grounds the beef by himself, prepares the pickles a week in advace, builds a windmill to make flour from grain to bake a bun

[llever]

I love how the editing works so everyone contradict each other

[AustinGamingXD]

Emily: Salts the burger early.
Lorenzo: Salts the burger right before cooking.
Frank: “First we must dig the salt mine.”

[CommandoX]

I love how, every time someone cautions against doing something, we cut immediately to Level-1's doing exactly that thing.

[Quixy_CS]

You can truly tell that Lorenzo likes and enjoys cooking .

[dhanang]

Level 1: "Hi, I'm a level 1 chef."
Level 2: "Hi, I'm a level 2 chef"
Level 3: *"Hi, I've cooked all the dinosaurs to their extinction."*

[tehzeebsreshta]

Lvl 1: Mom on a lazy day.
Lvl 2: Mom on a normal day.
Lvl 3: Mom when guests are over.

[psyso-cleanedits]

Frank: What I like most about this burger is it's not complicated
Also Frank: *As a chef, I like to raise my own livestock*

[black_screen]

Emily's first step: season the meat
Lorenzo's first step: season the meat
Frank's first step: feed the cows

[peripateticguy]

Level 1: "I buy my salt."


Level 2: "I buy high quality salt."


Level 3: "Everyday, I travel to the Himalayas and climb the mountains to handmine the salt depots."

[rulixees]

nobody is gonna talk about how this was the absolute PERFECT trio

[Invicsint]

I love how Frank knows every problem that Emily has

[swag]

Level 1: Hi I’m Emily! And I’m a level 1 chef!

Level 2: Hi I’m Lorenzo! And I’m a level 2 chef!

Level 3: “Frank the Conqueror” was the name bestowed upon me at birth. I have spent many millenium perfecting the decent culinary art. I forged my first cast iron skillet when I was a mere 4 years old and I have crafted many ever since. My friends have been by my side, helping me to defeat anyone who would even think of battling me since then. My ground hamburgers are many from the hearts of ancient dragons and the tears of the wizards that brought us this land many years ago. My technique comes from the Eastern Viking Tribe from the south of Europe and has been passed on from generation to generation. My mission on this humble planet is simple. Create peace and balance to this earth and crush any mortal who dares to challenge the might and power that stands before you.

[SirBloxy]

Emily: Here is my store-bought beef.
Lorenzo: Here is my grass-fed beef.
Frank: I'd like to start off by building the kitchen.

[MrSailmakers]

I need Frank's cooking skills and Lorenzo's enthusiasm

[mr.dominaaateeee]

Here watching because we won't see the golden lineup again. Emily just got promoted to level 2. What a journey ❤️

[noodles_boy]

Frank: Nothing too complicated.
Also Frank: I personally like to grow my own lettuce, cucumber and tomato farm, aswell as massaging the cow every day to have a softer meat

[bluetoyota]

"Very tasty, Emily and Lorenzo. Wait, where's Frank's burger?"
"I don't know. He told us to wait here for a week while he makes the pickles."

[jaynefrazier]

Imagine if frank was your grandfather, you ask him for cereal and he starts making dough to make Honey Nut Cheerios

[PesoBandzzENT.]

Me: “Uncle frank, I want a pb&j for lunch”

Frank: *starts making bread and jelly from scratch*