A Burger Scholar's Quest for the Best Burgers in Texas (Part 1) | The Burger Show

you Wow I was close babe [Applause] [Music] you there's nothing better than hanging out with burger scholar George Motz aka the moats man especially when barreling down a Texas Highway in a big pickup truck in search of the best primary source hamburgers in America today's epic road trip takes us through the Dallas area to learn about some very special burgers in the heart of beef country giddyup [Music] [Music] Oh exes live in Texas alright here we are on the open road why are we in Texas we're in Texas because Texas has some of the greatest hamburgers in America unquestionably I've been unaffected by time and trend these are burgers that really right called primary source burgers they've been around for a long time they're unchanged or uncomplicated and perfect you are literally in that you're in the bosom of beef country right here the bosom of the country we're in Dallas because I wanted to show you a place that had a lot of variety so we're gonna hit three spots today we're gonna hit herds hamburgers which is where the hell outside of Dallas in Jacksboro Texas then we're gonna go to a place called knife knife steakhouse which is a high-end Steakhouse with a really good uncomplicated burger and then the plan is to hit Keller's drive-in classic old-school drive-in restaurant in Texas Oh have you throw up let me refill your throw no thanks I think that's what they're made for that's it yeah oh it's packed already we're here at 11:11 20 that's already full it's lunch but look at it this is something it looks like someone's house right it would yes this is never judge a book by it's cover no never judge a hamburger joint by its cover [Music] this day he's Tina he's hungry where it hurts we are far outside of any city forget Dallas we're us for far outside of any city far outside of Dallas the rolling hills of North Texas right now you always seem to take me to places where I feel like I'm traveled through time you did try out the time you fell back in time this place opened over a hundred years ago it's still a same family paleo burger joint in Texas fourth-generation this burger is a primary source burger this burger goes back to the beginning of the hamburger age the method is unlike anything you'll see it has a big wad like two pounds three pounds of ground chuck on the flat tops of mountain to be any carves off what he needs or patty and somehow he knows how to judge what a patty should look like and then he forms into a loose of loosely formed patty smashes it with a trowel and that's it you ready to eat always ready to eat so we have two different burgers here here they are yeah Cheers hey look at that buddy oh you smell it oh it's so deep that's a big shells it looks like the bun is toasted but it's not toasted with butter it's toasted with beef grease oh that's beef tallow not butter few of the old fish which is a pickles mustard nut right I have the more contemporary version which is all the way it's tomatoes pickles onion lettuce Oh another sherry though manner I can't I can't wait to try this oh right that beepers oh there's so much going on and such as a little burger mmm big beef tallow yeah it's intense right on the bottom bun almost has like this empanada effect yes true it's really part of the flavor I think from this printer it comes from the fact that is it's like a 60 plus year-old griddle over there yeah but Dani is fourth generation family member okay family owner what he's doing over there is 100% method how many burgers you think you've made in since you've been working here come on no we didn't know anything I I would even know what to guess I count the money in the drawer at end of the day and it's never enough like a true restaurateur I'm Danny heard of flip burgers at hearts and burgers family-owned business since 1960 the first time the George was in here I think was on the second edition of his book he just showed up one morning with the camera we didn't know who he was the real friendly guy you know and so he's watching me cook over there he goes well how did y'all come up with this unique way of making burgers and I looked at in kinda like what are you talking about what's unique about it it's the only way I've ever seen it done I don't know how else you would do it it's just a simple product but it's consistent generation after generation day after day Hertz hamburgers established 1916 and Jacksboro Texas there's no big fancy neon sign there's not a bunch of signs and says come here to hamburger it's actually it's actually set back from the street it looks like it's a whole problem in a home at some point it's a big pecan tree right throw in the entire thing of that tree blocks the entire yeah if you didn't know and you just drove by an oasis yeah you would almost think that you're just driving by a house how did you find this place I went to great lengths so we could shoot here today I'll tell you what happened they don't this thinner of a phone here and houses no phone yeah I don't hear anything ringing dad no phone and I but I do have Danny's cell phone number oh but I won two years ago I called it and it was disconnected oh man know what we gonna do so I went on Google Earth Google Street View and I found the business next door I found there their sign outside or the phone number on the side with a name and so I called them and I said hey any way you can give me a message to Danny okay I'm walking over there right now and they ask you walk the message across the parking lot and Danny saw my number he said I know George and he coming back right away that's some deep Investigatory whereas the only took a few minutes that not everybody's totally connected to the internet on the rest of the world they don't need to be right and then up or do you have a world class this isn't on an app it's a world class burger that is disconnected from the world well whoa its history and I think if you really want to taste a piece of history you come out here it's true and and you have to get hurt you just have to have a nerds burger you got to go fine if time you have to get out there and find this stuff to me as like a restaurant puris as a burger Paris yeah to see something like this alive and functioning yeah and functioning whoa well a high functioning gives me hope yeah for the future yeah pitstop number one herds hamburgers the throwback burger just to go Wayfarer and stranger while traveling in this world of woe yet there's no sickness [Music] next time on the burger show this is a burger show burger meat cheese bun this is living proof that in a steak house you don't have to go crazy with Aeolis and truffle [ __ ] we're heading to a Dallas steak house to try one of the most famous burgers in America I can't wait to taste the burbs I don't think that's a good accent and we're gonna cap off our road trip at one of Georgia's favorite places in OG classic driving establishment there are so many burgers to get in the Dallas area I tell people they can pick one burger they're coming to Dallas just do something favor and drive in Keller's you have to stay tuned [Music] you what's up everybody it's having Kyle out of the burger show make sure you turn on your notifications smash that like button smash that subscribe button and thank you for watching

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Length: 9min 8sec (548 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 29 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/biosehnsucht]

Del's, Olive Burger, ... ?

[u/salesman_jordan]

Keller’s is the best imo

[u/JohnnyJohnnyJoebob]

Keller’s is fun but the burgers are nothing soecial

[u/DMTryp]

Rosie's was actually the best...