Become a Better Cook: How to Make This Summer's Best Burger

Last time we covered the basics of modern fire cooking (a.k.a.: grilling). Since it's still grilling season, let's focus on one of everyone's favorite all-American summer treats: THE HAMBURGER!

In this post, we'll sort through the options in the meat case and give you the techniques you need to make the best burger you and your barbecue buddies have ever had.

Click here to learn how to grind meat, and here for a great homemade burger recipe.



Ian Knauer honed his cooking chops in the test kitchens of

Gourmet magazine for over eight years. When not in the kitchen, he's hunting, tending his beehives, or foraging for dinner wherever it can be found. Follow him on Twitter @iknauer.Photograph by Romulo Yanes.





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