What Instantly Ruins A Burger?

[Rds1983]

Have just popped into a local pub for lunch and finished an absolutely delicious burger.

However, it was instantly ruined for me by being ridiculously tall making it difficult and messy to eat and resulting in toppings and burger sliding out onto the plate.

I've always felt a burger should be wider than it is tall and this seems to be a common issue nowadays and got me wondering what else ruins a burger for people?

Apart from this I also not fond of the brioche bun trend as feel a burger should be savoury and not sweet.

[Wainy316]

Mayo

[Genie]

Onions

[PieFacE]

Meat

[bannedfromHandV]

Mayo, salad……anything that isn’t meat or bread……

[Seat68]

Served on anything that isnt a plate. I will accept just about anything on a burger, but serve it on a slate, or a wooden block, then its goodnight vienna.

[rjw63]

When it's gone

Actually I do my own, I use the cheap brioche buns from asda as they are perfectly good.

One quarter pounder done in the George Foreman, two strips of crispy streaky bacon, a slice of mature cheddar, and a choice of red sauce/bbq sauce/mustard/mayo, whatever you prefer.

[Brumerican]

Pubes.

[sidcow]

Number 1 - Brioche Bun*

Number 2 - Pickle

Number 3 - Lettuce

 

And totally agree with the tallness.  it should be a nice easy size to get into your mouth.  This is a literal statement, not a KW request.

If you can't actually eat it in a bite then it's basically meant to be eaten with knife and fork which us just stupido

 

* I've had to stop using my favourite burger van at Villa Park because they've moved to Brioche.  And if there is ANYTHING worse than a Brioche bun for a burger it's a **** cheap Brioche Bun.

Edited March 10, 2023 by sidcow

[bickster]

Lettuce, tomato or any salad prouct. A burger is a sandwich and salad ruins any sandwich

For the sake of doubt, onions are fine

At home my current preference is Brioche Bun, quality burger done in the air fryer (absolutely the best way to cook burgers), BBQ sauce, slice of Ementhal. Job done

[villa4europe]

I love burgers so not much

Liquid cheese isn't a guaranteed success, cheap and cold and it's ruined, over the bun and it's ruined, I think cheap plastic American cheese makes the best burger but wouldn't put it anywhere near anything else

Dry meat is bad but dry bun is worse

Condiment control in general (Any chicken conessioir fans out there...)

I don't think coleslaw works, same as the cheese you have to be careful when putting a cold ingredient on there

[StefanAVFC]

7 minutes ago, bickster said:

quality burger done in the air fryer (absolutely the best way to cook burgers)

[ferguson1]

I do like a good burger (couple of smashed patties, cheese, bacon, onions, gherkins and of course some sauce), but you do see some really silly toppings now with places trying to be too clever, ie Wotsits, Nachos, Mac & Cheese, Pineapple , Fried Egg etc.  

[bickster]

56 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said:

No, I really mean it, they don't shrink very much at all, still very moist inside and full of flavour due to the retained fats

We've only had the air fryer a couple of months and it's been an absolute revelation for stuff like burgers. Best thing we've bought for the kitchen for years, we use it probably three times a week now and definitely more than the conventional oven

If someone else had posted what I said, I wouldn't have believed them either

[Villadevon]

A cocktail stick.

[Rds1983]

What are people's thoughts on toppings such as pulled pork? 

I'm not a fan as adds to it being too tall and it makes it too messy.

I like pulled pork but don't want it on a burger.

[ferguson1]

1 minute ago, Rds1983 said:

What are people's thoughts on toppings such as pulled pork? 

I'm not a fan as adds to it being too tall and it makes it too messy.

I like pulled pork but don't want it on a burger.

Agreed, love pulled pork but not on a burger.

[Anthony]

Bacon. Stop putting **** bacon on my burger. Yeah, I really want to bite into a burger and have a whole rasher of bacon come out of it and hang on my chin. And the flavour of bacon dominates everything it's put on, so leave my **** burger alone you words removed.

[Wainy316]

42 minutes ago, bickster said:

BBQ sauce

This would definitely ruin a burger

[sidcow]

1 hour ago, bickster said:

done in the air fryer (absolutely the best way to cook burgers)

Tell me more. We haven't got an air fryer.