Old Fashion Burgers

Gentlemen - check these burgers out. I felt like a good burger the other night, and I remembered watching a video from America's Test Kitchen about old-fashioned burgers, circa 1950. I ground my own meat, made my own special sauce, and finally put my mandoline to good use by slicing some crazy thin onions. Served it with some oven fries to round it all out (shout out to Jeff). The burgers were delicious - highly recommend this recipe. Here's the link: www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/detail.php?docid=14774.

New Charcoal Grill, sorta

Well all of Simpkins mouthing got to me and I picked up a Weber Kettle Charcoal grill. I got it used off Craigslist for $20 bucks, and it's actually in great shape. It's the bigger one, 22.5" which is a bit nicer IMO. First meal I made was Urban's last meal as a free man, Bone in Ribeye, Loaded Smashed potatoes, and grilled veggies, I also added some BBQ shrimp for an app that were the Bomb, I'll post the BBQ recipe at some point. I used some Kingsford competition charcoal and added some Hickory chunks. Mighty good eating. I'm looking forward to attempting to smoke something in it. Probably start with some ribs or pork shoulder.