Current Events > Eating a burger that's not well done though. It's like... why?

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The application of flame, you know heat to meat is what makes the stuff taste so good
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By that logic you should burn yours to a crisp to make it best.
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Dem juices. Juicy burger is the best.

Rare though, that's a little much. Blah.
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

By that logic you should burn yours to a crisp to make it best.

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Because cooking meat well done completely removes all flavor and replaces it with dry ass garbage.

Burgers are best medium well tbh
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A piece of meat that isn't medium rare between two pieces of bread doesn't qualify to exist as a burger.
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I watch for how much grease is left in the burger, so it's just right.only ever had a pink burger once or twice. Wasnt bad.
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Jagr_68 posted...

A piece of meat that isn't medium rare between two pieces of bread doesn't qualify to exist as a burger.

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Medium is perfect for a burger imo. It adds so much more flavor when the meat isn't overcooked and gray throughout the entire thing.

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McFlopic
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Any time I see someone eat their meat well done I just assume they have they have the mentality of an 8 year old.

Brah I eat anything less than well done and I break out in hives. Thankful for my cheap taste.
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Medium rare >>
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Jagr_68 posted...

A piece of meat that isn't medium rare between two pieces of bread doesn't qualify to exist as a burger.

That is how you get ecoli and mad cow.

According to the food code, ground beef should be cooked at 155 degrees F internally and held there for 15 seconds, or 158 degrees for even a moment, in order to kill pathogens at the center of the meat. Unlike a rare steak, a rare burger is risky because the germs from the outside of the meat have been ground inside.

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/06/rare-burgers/

Tl;dr, you are risking your life.

Ground meat is not like sushi or steak.

I don't eat burgers under medium well

you should NOT eat ground beef under 155 degrees
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I don't trust ground beef.

Burger gotta be well done.

A steak is a different story, thirty seconds a side and we're good to go.

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As a dude who loves his steak medium rare and nice and pink on the inside, ground beef should ALWAYS be cooked well. No pink whatsoever. The two meats are totally different in how they're prepared, as the bad stuff grows on surface area, and ground beef is all surface area.
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Medium well is what I will accept.
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FrozenXylophone posted...

That is how you get ecoli and mad cow.

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/06/rare-burgers/

Tl;dr, you are risking your life.

Ground meat is not like sushi or steak.

155 is between medium rare and medium

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Medium rare. I'll take the risk.
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By that logic coal should be one of the most delicious things on earth.
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If it's store ground beef, I'm cooking it well. If I'm grinding my own meat, I'm cooking it medium rare.

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thronedfire2 posted...

I don't eat burgers under medium well

you should NOT eat ground beef under 155 degrees

This.

I will gladly eat a nice medium rare steak but burgers are a risk doing so.
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TheGoldenEel posted...

FrozenXylophone posted...

That is how you get ecoli and mad cow.

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/06/rare-burgers/

Tl;dr, you are risking your life.

Ground meat is not like sushi or steak.

155 is between medium rare and medium

This is a straight up lie, 155 is right about medium well. I was a grill cook for a few years.

CanuckCowboy posted...

By that logic coal should be one of the most delicious things on earth.

Food cooked over coal, yes.
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Medium-medium well is best.
Ground beef is gross when it's rare it's like meat playdough.
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MabusIncarnate posted...

Medium is perfect for a burger imo. It adds so much more flavor when the meat isn't overcooked and gray throughout the entire thing.

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I eat my steaks medium rare and understand that while that is completely safe, ground meats are unsafe/risky to eat medium rare/medium. That said, most places end up over cooking the fuck out of the burger if you get it well done so I still get it medium most of the time anyway and roll the dice. It definitely tastes better.
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Medium or medium well is my jam.
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TheGoldenEel posted...

FrozenXylophone posted...

That is how you get ecoli and mad cow.

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/06/rare-burgers/

Tl;dr, you are risking your life.

Ground meat is not like sushi or steak.

155 is between medium rare and medium

no it isn't, medium rare is 120-130ish

well done is 165
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The moisture in a burger that is a bit below well done is excellent.

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I dont really care about the temp of a burger other than I dont want it to be rare or overcooked and dry.

Burgers aren't like steaks where if it's well done you definitly cooked most of the moisture out of it. My favorite kind of burgers are smash burgers, those are really thin, usually well done and super juicy.
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It's so weird when you see backwards ass posts regarding something so universally accepted elsewhere. It's like this board is the mississippi of burger heat preferences.
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Jagr_68 posted...

A piece of meat that isn't medium rare between two pieces of bread doesn't qualify to exist as a burger.

Medium Rare is for steaks -- in order to maintain the integrity of the meat fibers.

With burgers, the ideal temperature is medium, to medium-medium-well.
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