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Blogwatch: The Paupered Chef Investigates the Smash Technique

I love this "smash burger" blog post by Nick Kindelsperger on the Paupered Chef (Nick also co-writes Serious Eats' Dinner Tonight column.) Nick does an in-depth study of the "smash technique," a method of cooking burgers that is seemingly...

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7 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 11, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: Blogwatch, smash technique, The Paupered Chef

In Videos: How the Shake Shack Makes Its Burgers

Here's a neat video made by Josh "Mister Cutlets" Ozersky showing the Shake Shack cooking process. I like the little inset "burger cam" that appears as the patty is slapped on the griddle. The video illuminates a process that is...

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23 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 23, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Tagged: Maillard reaction, Shake Shack, Shake Shack UWS, smash technique, videos

Five Guys Park Slope, Opening Day

Five Guys, Park Slope. As the Eater blog would say, "CERTIFIED OPEN." Just got back from lunch with the First Family of Burgers—George Motz, his wife, and their two kids (read George's account here). I had a "cheeseburger." If...

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21 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 25, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Five Guys, NYC, openings, Park Slope, smash technique

Topeka, Kansas: Bobo's Drive-In on Guy Fieri's 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives'

As ElCapitan points out in an AHT comment, Bobo's Drive-In, one of my favorite burger joints, went in for the star treatment Monday night on Guy Fieri's Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives or, as it's sometimes known,...

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18 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 14, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Tagged: Bobo's Drive-In, Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, Food Network, Guy Fieri, Kansas, onion rings, smash technique, Topeka, TV, videos

On Smashburger and Smashed Burgers in General

Word from Nancy Luna, the Fast Food Maven, is that Smashburger, a Denver-based burger chain started by the founder of Quiznos, has raised $15 million to expand the concept nationally with as many as 500 outlets. And what's the...

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16 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 7, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Tagged: chain burgers, Maillard reaction, smash technique, Smashburger