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strawberry mountain: im paraphrasing here, but it's basically a cow's paradise. free range, organic, all that stuff. the beef is simply superior to really anything you can get. kobe is good too, but much more expensive.

making homemade burgers: for regular beef burgers you can ask your butcher to grind sirloin and many places have the strawberry mountain beef. but if you're just aiming at regular beef you always want to stay away from the "lean" ground beef. lean means less fat and less fat means it will dry out very quickly, particularly when cooking burgers which is usually high heat on a grill or in a pan. i mix beef simply w/ some onions, salt, pepper, garlic and an egg (to bind everything together). do not over mix b/c it will be mushy. this is the basic formula for all homemade burgers when dealing w/ ground meats. turkey for example is extremely lean by nature, so i usually add in some ground pork to give it some fat so it's nice and juicy.

funny story:
my friend who is an ardent WinCo shopper and against all things free-range or organic claims that his cheap ass disgusting beef from WinCo is the best. while it takes a lot to not make a burger good, i disagree with him. cheap beef is nasty all the way around, it's not how cow is supposed to taste.

so i had him and other friends over for a Blazers game and prepared burgers before they got there. but i used the "vegan/vegetarian" fake ground beef stuff, which is not too bad. i made them exactly like above and served them. he and others said it was the best burger they'd ever had. my buddy said, "there's nothing better than ground beef!" while eating it. i informed everyone that they'd been had and no one could believe it.

so it just goes to show you that the cheapest of beef really is tasteless, much like the faux beef. but strawberry mountain or nice ground sirloin...you can certainly tell!
 
had a burger from.....





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FUDDRUCKERS.






miss that place.

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garden of oden said:
strawberry mountain: im paraphrasing here, but it's basically a cow's paradise. free range, organic, all that stuff. the beef is simply superior to really anything you can get. kobe is good too, but much more expensive.

making homemade burgers: for regular beef burgers you can ask your butcher to grind sirloin and many places have the strawberry mountain beef. but if you're just aiming at regular beef you always want to stay away from the "lean" ground beef. lean means less fat and less fat means it will dry out very quickly, particularly when cooking burgers which is usually high heat on a grill or in a pan. i mix beef simply w/ some onions, salt, pepper, garlic and an egg (to bind everything together). do not over mix b/c it will be mushy. this is the basic formula for all homemade burgers when dealing w/ ground meats. turkey for example is extremely lean by nature, so i usually add in some ground pork to give it some fat so it's nice and juicy.

funny story:
my friend who is an ardent WinCo shopper and against all things free-range or organic claims that his cheap ass disgusting beef from WinCo is the best. while it takes a lot to not make a burger good, i disagree with him. cheap beef is nasty all the way around, it's not how cow is supposed to taste.

so i had him and other friends over for a Blazers game and prepared burgers before they got there. but i used the "vegan/vegetarian" fake ground beef stuff, which is not too bad. i made them exactly like above and served them. he and others said it was the best burger they'd ever had. my buddy said, "there's nothing better than ground beef!" while eating it. i informed everyone that they'd been had and no one could believe it.

so it just goes to show you that the cheapest of beef really is tasteless, much like the faux beef. but strawberry mountain or nice ground sirloin...you can certainly tell!
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I've had "Kobe burgers" several times, they are NOT worth it, less flavor. Give me a good ol' Angus burger over that any day of the week.
 
In N Out has the best burgers out of any fast food joint I have tried.

Goddamn I want a burger right now.
 
In-n-out- overrated. I actually like burgervilles better.....just the spread. And Fatburger > in-n-out.
 
We have none of the above burger places in or around Wichita. We do have a Smash Burger though, there a little on the pricey side but they make a great burger.
 
thought that was big time. yeah, they have bbq i guess.

btw, why is kansas city in misourri...fucking retarded.
 
In the Portland area, Mike's Special Deluxe Burger rules.

Here in Beautiful Central Oregon it's the Pilot Butte Drive-In's Tavern Burger.
 
AgentDrazenPetrovic said:
thought that was big time. yeah, they have bbq i guess.

btw, why is kansas city in misourri...fucking retarded.
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There is a Kansas City, KS and a Kansas City, Mo. It's the same city it but developed to span over the two states.

And yes, we have a LOT of BBQ joints down here. the two most prominent are Two Brothers BBQ and Hog Wild Pit Bar-BQ. We also have a pretty good history of national fast food chains starting here, Pizza Hut, White Castle, Taco Tico, etc have all been started in Wichita.

If you ever come here expect to have some of the best food you have ever tasted.
 
I like any kind of mushroom swiss burger.

When making homemade burgers I top it with bacon, lettuce, tomato, cheddar and avocado if we have any around.
 
Anima said:
There is a Kansas City, KS and a Kansas City, Mo. It's the same city it but developed to span over the two states.

And yes, we have a LOT of BBQ joints down here. the two most prominent are Two Brothers BBQ and Hog Wild Pit Bar-BQ. We also have a pretty good history of national fast food chains starting here, Pizza Hut, White Castle, Taco Tico, etc have all been started in Wichita.

If you ever come here expect to have some of the best food you have ever tasted.
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I heard White Castle isn't very good.

Kind of a bummer, cause it looked delicious in Harold and Kumar go to White Castle...
 
What do you call a cheese burger between two Krispy Kream doughnuts?

....A suicide attempt.
 
I love the McMenamins Captain Neon Burger with the Blue Cheese dressing.
 
just had 5 guys for the first time tonight, it was pretty good. i liked the ability to dictate every topping and the addition of mushrooms on the burger. i'd give it a 7 out of 10, not great but not horrible. i don't think i'll be driving from vancouver to beaverton for it anytime soon though.

i did really like the fries.
 
Nate Dogg said:
I love the McMenamins Captain Neon Burger with the Blue Cheese dressing.
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personally i'm more of a wilbur guy, fried egg, ham and bacon on a burger is just about perfect. add in a pitcher of rubinator and some cajun tots and that's one hellva meal.
 
The Pilot Butte Drive-In in Bend has some great burgers and has won best burger in Oregon multiple times.
 
Most of the places you guys mention isn't near here, Gresham, almost Boring.

Fast food I like Burgerville because they have tillamook cheese. I do like american cheese to though. I also like Carl JRs western burger. I've been in a chili cheese fries mood for a while now and I like Carl JRs a lot. It's the color and texture of diarrhea, but tastes great!

Calamity Jane's has great burgers. It's on the other side of Sandy so it's a ways away, but much closer than many, to me anyway, that has been posted here. They have a great selection:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/RestaurantReviews/CalamityJames.htm

The Truffle Hunter in Gresham has great burgers and you can get it on home made bread. I love their multi grain bread. There mushroom burger with grilled onions is my fav. I can't stand raw onions, but love them cooked.

If I make a burger at home I just put cheese, tomatoes, mayo, and maybe relish on it.

Something I like a lot is to just make a burger, usually with garlic salt, and butter two slices of bread and put the hot burger on it so it melts the butter. Usually medium rare burger. Great shit!

I do love a good cheeseburger. Sometimes I'll order one at a restaurant and my wife will think I'm crazy. She'll say you can get a burger anywhere, but most are so processed you can't really call it a cheeseburger.
 
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