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Pocket Burgers


 
Cliff Bartlett

Cliff Bartlett

R.I.P. 5/17/2021
We're down in the Bay Area for a couple of days. Brought my Jumbo Joe and one of my 22" kettles for the trip. I decided to make Pocket Burgers with my Burger Pocket Press. Picked it up last year and have enjoyed stuffing the burgers with pretty much whatever you like. Last night I used some shredded sharp cheddar, sweet relish and chopped purple onion. Feta and mushrooms make delicious burgers also. I've found that the trick is not to follow those hunger pangs and over stuff the burgers. It's a fun way to do burgers, but I'll tell your right now, they are no more delicious that a traditionally cooked burger with all the trimmings. I probably stuff them one in four cooks. Here's a few pic's. Nothing fancy, just burgers and tots. My wife did the tots.

Here's what I used this time.



Here's the tops of the burgers with some chopped purple onion.



Here is a pocket, ready to be filled. There about 2 oz. of burger in the tops and 3.5 oz. in the pockets, or bottom.



Here's one of the pockets all loaded up.



Here's one burger ready for grill.



Now both. Had them in the fridge for about an hour or so in waxed paper.



On the grill.



I wasn't going to show this pic, but decided to go with the good and the bad. Remember my comment above about over stuffing. I got a little over zealous with one of them, mine of course, and it didn't seal completely. I think next time I'll use 85/15 rather that 80/20 as there was quite a bit of shrinkage.



Cut one in half to show the stuffing.



Plated. Not much to look at but they were juicy and delicious. My wife love hers.



Thanks again for looking.
 
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Dave Russell said:
ditto^^^. I just saw a commercial on tv yesterday and was wondering about trying it. Your burgers look fantastic.
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A few of you mentioned an interest is getting a Burger Pocket Press. I see that Enrico found them on EBAY. Here is the link to the Burger Pocket Press website. There is a short video on how to make the burgers. There's also recipes and other information. Mine seems very durable and has held up well. Incidentally, I got the "Coins" too. They're kind of cool if you're doing several burgers for the family and they are all have different ingredients. Believe me, once they're sealed up, they all look alike. Kind of like a shell game after a few flips... or beers. Good luck.

http://burgerpocketpress.com/
 
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