BEST SMASH BURGER EVER!!!!

 We were watching Americas Test Kitchen and they have a piece on how to make an outstanding smash burger so we tried it. 

O M G  

You REALLY need to try this at least once.

Both DJ and I have now said three times - this is one of the best burgers we have ever had!!!  AND there is even a money saving thing going on - or at least a logistical burger thing we over came. 

Since hamburger now comes in 1.2lb packages we always had that extra 0.2 left over when we needed 1 lb.   FIXED!!!!   

OK - you buy 1.2 lbs of burger - instead of trying to get 4 Qtr. pound patties do this.  Roll the burger into small 2 oz (1/8 lb) balls.  You will need two balls per burger and left over balls go into the freezer for anything you need a small amount of burger for - OR one more smash burger.

Get all prep work ready BEFORE you cook.  Onions, cheese (American is a MUST, seriously American is the BEST for burgers).  Once the burgers go one its REALLY REALLY fast  

 Then with a small pan wrap aluminum foil on the bottom.  You need to do this for the smashing part.  Doing this will make them all very even.  A spatula will make uneven smash's 

 If you have a cast iron skillet heat it up on medium for 5-10 minutes.  cast iron heats unevenly. After that turn it up for a good fry 

Place the balls in a hot pan and a little oil and smash the crap out of the balls. Press HARD and get them about the width if your tiny finger OR LESS 

Add any salts or what ever and set the timer for 2 minutes   

TWO MINUTES!!! 

After 2 minutes they will look like this.   NOW - flip them over to sear for 15 seconds

2 minutes first side  15 seconds second side,  

  Then - put one slider on a bun, put American cheese on top and put the other slider on top of it. 

It will be the juiciest most tasty burger EVER.  Get cheap buns that will crush down (not the best finish burger photo LOL) 

Let me know!!  

SO here is a question

A couple personal things to let you know I'm doing GREAT.  I've lost 18 pounds (172 - 154) my knee feels great and I'm healthy and wise (the wealthy is still in flux with this stock market). 

this summer we saw 3 amazing concerts (Nightwish, Roger Waters and Ghost) with the last one GHOST I believe was the best concert I have ever seen in my life. Seriously the most polite and happy crowd I have ever ever seen.   For any of you that watch Stranger Things here is Mary on the Cross (not what you think it's about  LOL).     

 

I have a project from all my photos at the concert.  Here are a few of my favs of the MANY MANY Sisters of Sin 

It was an amazing concert! 

ANYWAY - It's NHL and NBA season and I did pretty darn well last year on picks, up 62 units before it fell to mid 40s and I stopped.   Should I post picks here??  is there enough interest?  I post them on the Sports Handicapping forum on Facebook but should I copy and paste here also?   

This is what I put on the forum a few days ago.    
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After my initial idea/system bloomed and then stagnated last year I've tweaked it and will have dogs this year in NHL ML and PL (probably not NBA yet)

Still a couple weeks away though. How does it work?

I have a power rating that picks games but as we all know winning and losing games is meaningless. Who cares what your record is, 100% meaningless. It's $$ that counts right?

So I added in the line WITH my power rating. What I found last year is there are times my power rating PLUS the line was right on and those were the games I picked and it seemed to work (see graph).

This the summer I looked at ALL the games that the system DIDN'T pick. WOW, if I would have bet the OTHER side on those games I might have done even better!!

That's the plan this year - HOWEVER - this causes a problem . . .  SO SO MANY GAMES!! Could I be betting EVERY GAME? If my ROI is 10% with 1200 games . . . is that a bad thing?

My goal is always 5% ROI which is what the pros strive for which would be 60 units and a LOT of wagers. 

This will start as a trickle but by the middle of November it should be balls to the wall wagers. Quantity vs. Quality.

first wagers should be in a couple weeks. Stay tuned

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Let me know if this is easier. 

Cheers