Are you looking for a go to cheeseburger recipe for your Big Green Egg? Well, you have come to the right place as this delivers the perfect burger every time. Place the focus on the ingredients to make this delicious concoction shine. You do not need to overcomplicate things when making a great burger. Just a few simple steps will produce mouth-watering burgers every time. Now sit back, grab an ice-cold Kona Big Wave, and enjoy this post for Big Green Egg Cheeseburgers
The secrets to truly great homemade burgers are: Get your fire hot enough to get good browning in 5-6 minutes on the first side. On our Big Green Egg cookers, we’ve found a grilling temperature of 450-550°F to get the job done, but make sure you have a good hot fire whatever you are cooking on.
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Place the hamburgers on the cooking grid, close the lid of the EGG, and cook for 3 minutes per side, for medium-rare. Top each burger with a slice of cheese, close the lid of the EGG, and cook for 30 seconds longer, until the cheese is melted. Transfer the burgers to a plate and let them rest while you grill the buns, buttered side down, until lightly toasted.
Big Green Egg Cheeseburgers
For this recipe I am using Snake River Farms American Wagyu Gourmet Burger Blend. If you do not have this meat on hand, please use 80/20 hamburger blend. You want lots of fat to get the boldest flavor possible for your grilled burgers. The optimal size for a burger patty is 5-6 oz so you want to divide the 1-pound package of meat in to 3 separate balls of 5.3 ounces.
Next, use a Weston Hamburger Press
After pressing the burger patties add kosher salt to the tops of each patty.
Next slice a red onion, tomato, and add to a garnish tray with pickle chips and pieces of lettuce.
Now take 3 St Pierre Brioche Burger Buns out of the package and schmear softened butter on the cut side of the top and bottom of each bun. Set these to the side.
Preheat your Big Green Egg to 375°F setup for raised direct grilling using your EGGspander base.
When the grill is preheated and your charcoal is gray, place the burgers on the grill grate salt side down. Shake more kosher salt on top of the burger patties. Close the dome and let the burgers cook 5 minutes undisturbed.
Now flip the burger patties, close the dome, and cook for another 5 minutes.
After 10 minutes of total cook time, place a slice of cheese on each patty. Close the dome and let cook 1-2 minutes until the cheese has melted.
Pull the burgers and let them rest while you toast your brioche buns.
Place the buns on the grill grate buttered side down and cook 1-2 minutes until nicely toasted.
Take the burgers and place between each toasted brioche bun. Garnish with lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickles, mustard, and ketchup.
Serve these perfect burgers to your guests and admire their reaction!
BURGERS WITH PAPA J on The Big Green Egg
FAQ
What is the best temperature for grilling burgers?
What is the best temp to cook burgers on pellet?
How long to grill burgers at 450?
How do you cook a Big Green Egg Burger?
Flip the burgers and repeat the process. The Big Green Egg should be holding steady right around 500 degrees. While burgers are easy to cook I tend to probe them so I’m able to monitor the temperature without opening the lid. When probing them, place one in the thickest burger and one int he thinnest.
What is the best way to cook eggs?
The best way to prepare eggs are shorter and lower-heat cooking methods, as they cause less cholesterol oxidation and help retain most of the egg’s nutrients. For this reason, poached and boiled (either hard or soft) eggs may be the healthiest to eat. Also, these cooking methods, don’t add any unnecessary calories, like oil.
What temperature should a big green egg be baked at?
As rule of thumb you can say that the thinner the dough of the base, the higher the temperature of the Big Green Egg. In Naples, where the pizza bases are very thin, most pizzas are baked at an average temperature of 300 °C and not 400 °C, which is what is often thought.
What temperature should burgers be cooked at?
When the probes show the burgers reaching a temperature of 140-145 degrees open the lid and give flip them. Let them cook until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees in which you can start pulling them off. According to the USDA the minimum internal temperature of beef is 160 (or whatever your preferred doneness level is).