How to grind hamburger

Step 5: Finished product

When done, pack the burger together in the bowl. Pour onto new sheet of butcher paper, divide and store however you want.

When cooking the burger, you will notice there won't be a lot of grease in your pan, you probably won't have to drain it like store bought burger. There will also be no foaming and bubbling during the cooking process because there is no water. I used to work at a meat shop and the recipe for burger called for one gallon of water for every 20 pounds of burger. So that's approximately a third of what you pay for. That's expensive water.

My family loves this, my wife won't eat any other burger. Plus, you get the bacon flavor built in, there is only the DNA of one cow and one pig, and no floor scraps. This usually only takes about 30 minutes to do five pounds. So it doesn't have to be an all day chore to get fresh burger.

Remember make it with love, you are feeding it to your people, we can't all be vegans but we can try a little harder. Enjoy!

Comments

[SageMinto]

Wonderful instructable. I have make ground beef from steaks in the past, and the taste was wonderful. Next is to try this your way :)
Can't wait!
This is also a wonderful method for making chicken, turkey or shrimp burgers from scratch~ lol

[smilesnhighfives]

Kewl! Very Informative. This makes me want to actually buy a hand grinder. (I can't afford an electric grinder.) I never would have thought a strip of bacon for every pound of beef is all it takes to keep it together while cooking. Now, if only I could talk the local butcher into adapting this recipe. hehehe. Hmm, is it possible to do this with a food processor?

[tyedyedsoul]

I have seen recipes on the internet for burger ground in a food processor and I think Alton Brown did one on Good Eats. The texture is not supposed to be the same though. A hand grinder seems like the best most affordable choice, It's where I started. Hand grinding elk for burger as a child for my dad.

[jrothlisberger]

I made my first batch about 2 weeks ago (bought 2 large chuck roasts from Sam's club along with their bacon) and just made a second batch yesterday. Wow! At first my wife thought I was nuts, after her first burger she said I can keep making them and my daughter also loves them. One other piece of advise I had seen from Alton Brown is to put the bowl the meat is falling into another bowl with ice. He suggested the process of grinding generates some heat and it is best to keep the beef cooled down. Thanks for the instructable!

[EMC45]

I too have a meat grinder (2 actually) one is an electric SS meat grinder and the other is a hand crank type I got a yard sale for 5 bucks. I did up some burgers one time very similar to your Instructable. I used 1lb deer meat, 1lb beef and 3 thick slices of hickory smoked bacon. All ground in the hand crank grinder. I made some substantial patties and we cooked them (Not sure if we grilled them or cooked them in the cast iron skillet) . My wife said it was the BEST burger she ever ate!! But alas, no deer fell to my rifle this year so I have to wait for this upcoming season to fill the freezer.

[etb]

Like it.  I just picked up a grinder today, and Presto! - perfect timing.

[juanoporras]

very nice!! thanks for sharing, I have never done this because I dont have a grinder, but I also try to keep off of those store burgers, you never know whats in it, Im gonna tr to get a meat grinder to try this out, also love the idea of puting the spices in the meat, Im going to try it with chicken to se how it goes.

thanks again for sharing!