You're Doing It All Wrong - How to Make a Burger

Hubert Keller, chef-owner of San Francisco and Las Vegas based Fleur de Lys and a television mainstay (Secrets of a Chef, Top Chef, Top Chef Masters), is obsessed with hamburgers, as any self-respecting Frenchman should be. He generously shares some of his secrets (more can be found in his book, Burger Bar: Build Your Own Ultimate Burgers).

[creepingbert]

If your burger is way too tall to actually take a real bite, you're doing it wrong. Unless you're a snobby french chef.

[MakoRuu]

Let me just fucking unhinge my jaw like a snake so I can take a bite.

[dongnippano]

If your burger doesn't cost $14 to make at home and take 45 minutes to prepare YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG! (insert stamp sound)

[TheNukedNacho]

Hey. If I'm cooking a burger, I'm doing it cuz I'm hungry. I don't want no gourmet burger that looks really nice. I just want a damn burger

[rbdriftin]

If you don't stack it high enough so you have to unhinge your jaw to take a bite you're doing it wrong.

[relentlessaddictjm]

So fucking sick of people cooking burgers taller than the Empire State. If its so tall you can't eat the fucking thing without disassembling it first it's not a burger its just meat and some bread.

[malcolmbraganza]

Things wrong with this burger:
1.Too many herbs and seasoning in his patty, patty should only be seasoned with salt & pepper.
2.Using oil to cook the burger, considering he is using high fat % mince the fat from the burger once rendered would be enough to get a nice crust on the burger, a slight drizzle of oil would be sufficient to keep the meat from sticking.
3.The ocean of oil he toasted the buns in. Simple spread of butter on both sides of the bun would suffice.
4.Pesto.
5.That giant slice of onion. Silvered/caramelized onions or finely sliced raw onion. nothing else.
6. Sheer size of the burger making it near impossible to eat.
7.Lack of widely loved condiments such as cheese, ketchup, mustard, mayo & pickles

[dongnippano]

Good tips but: Almost raw in middle, too tall to eat which means it will not be fun at all, and no cheese. Sorry Francois - Close but no croissant.

[supperandjazz]

Leftover short ribs? Who a part from a chef has left over short ribs?

[Makron]

These aren't burgers! This is meatloaf!

[Kuraiinu]

This looks like a hyperealistic krabby patty im

[dianec]

How do you take a bite out of a foot-tall hamburger? Where's the cheese?

[MrGipsychef]

Put more oil!! it´s not enougth to kill an elephant yet!

[victoryluck]

You say not to smash the burger in the pan, but then you smash it on the bun, so the bun gets all wet and soggy.
The burger did look good, but it was so thick, no one's mouth can open that wide, who can actually bite into that.
You have to squeeze it and smash it to bite into it, and then it falls apart and juice go all over the place.
You will get juices all over your hands, all over your shirt, and the whole burger falls apart, dripping and falling into the plate.
I would rather skip the bun, and put the whole thing onto a plate and eat it with a knife and fork, no bun at all.
Or else, I will stick with my "dry" burger, the frozen patties are good, with mayo and onions, a lot less work and very good.
I really would have liked to see you bite into that thing and make a big mess, you purposely did not bite into it.

[MoldbugReads]

This guy is wrong about almost everything... It's incredible

[logantruett]

Raw burger, 6 inches tall, no cheese, Nice! That's the ultimate burger alright! PLEASE

[yermama]

dont season before cooking, then he loads that shit up with salt after he shapes the pattys...

[ninnichigo]

"If you do all these steps right, you will end up with a burger you can barely bite into"

[Thxsober]

Like I'm going to pay somewhere around $100 a pound for Kobe beef and then cut it up and make it into a burger.
Also, you never put junk in a burger, you put junk on a burger.

[radioheadphonez]

NO!

THIS IS ALL WRONG!

Almost everything in this video is wrong!

Rule Number 1 for making an authentic home-style burger is DON'T MESS WITH THE MEAT!

Who mixes scallions and onions in their burgers? Not a real burger!

NOT A BURGER! THIS IS A MEATBALL!



oh my god I don' even know where to start.


Let me start over:

Do not mix vegetables and spices with the meat before you make the patty! Instead, form the patty, and then season the outside only (just a little bit) so that the seasoning doesn't over power the beef flavor... beef is supposed to be the flavor, it should taste like seasoned beef not chives and mustard seeds...

Do not use canola oil or olive oil! You don't need either as long as your beef has fat, the fat melts instantly and greases the pan by itself.

Do not EVER put a whole slice of onion on a burger. What is wrong with you? Put a couple rings of onions on it but not the ENTIRE SLICE, that's like 20 onion rings, dude! Gross.

Do not chop a roast by hand to make a burger. Well, I guess you can if you want... but I don't really see the point. It might be an interesting consistency but, not authentic... Also, make sure you have a very sharp blade cause that could take a while.


I'm sorry guys but this is ridiculous...

Some stuff is true like you really need to have a good temp to sear the burger but not burn it.

But other than that, this is the worst advice every given about cooking, ever. I'm tired of these weird burgers people keep inventing...

DON'T MESS WITH THE MEAT!

This guy said one thing right this whole video "treat it like a steak".

Treat it like a steak, let the beef do the talking, you don't need any of that extra stuff.