Great post.
Speaking of homemade burgers, I think my hubby’s are the best in the world, too. Pretty recently, we had 4 house guests (family) for a long weekend visit. On Super Bowl evening, Mr. FF made his famous burgers, and you guessed it, every single person exclaimed that they were the best burgers they’d ever eaten. No surprise for me. You have to start with really great meat. We use wagyu beef lately. No comparison to other ground meats. It’s so good.
I get grass fed beef by the pound and make perfect 8-oz patties using some Tupperware molds my wife got many years ago (Tupperware may well survive a nuclear war). Little bit of salt and pepper. Grill on high heat about 4 minutes a side to keep them medium to medium rare. Never touch the patties during cooking except for the one flip. This keeps everything really juicy.
Thick slices of either Swiss or Provolone cheese. Brioche buns baked fresh from the local bakery.
I'm not much of a condiment guy but let others put what they want on them after I serve it to them. I might sometimes put sliced tomato on mine but only when fresh tomatoes are in season and sourced from local gardens/farms. Sometimes sliced mushrooms as well.
But it's all about the simplicity and really good beef.
The eight ounce patty is a full meal. Not many can finish two the way I make them.