How to Cook 4 More Regional Smashburgers with George Motz | Burger Scholar Sessions

that was too hot don't eat directly off the griddle people that's really stupid oh my name is george moss my job is to take what's up here and put it right in there in your brain let's have some fun with hamburger history are you ready for this it's another topping speed round four burgers wait oh yeah actually sir i think i just pulled a muscle in my nose four more smash burgers with regional toppings if you're thinking to yourself like okay george how many more of this god damn toppings rounds can you do i can do this forever these are real time tested regional favorites from around the country you're gonna love this we're gonna make the pimento cheeseburger from south carolina the bacon avocado burger from california the goober burger from missouri and marty's combo also from california let's do this zoom yeah first up femena cheeseburger from south carolina i say south carolina yeah that's right i have southern blood in me i'm rooted in south carolina because of my mom because of that i have a very fond appreciation for southern food namely pimento cheese in the south it shows up on everything eventually pimento cheese made its way to a burger which makes perfect sense melty pimento cheese is like nothing else on a burger it's pretty amazing there's so many different recipes for fermented cheese but one of my personal favorites is from my mom hey georgie how'd you know it's me i thought your your face shows up on my screen oh you know what we're doing we're making uh cheeseburgers with a very special kind of cheese what is it mom i know it's banana cheese pimento cheese why is it not pimento cheese you mean as in pronouncing the tea like pimento [Music] if you said that where i come from then know you from off off you know you're from off you're from off somewhere oh so wait define that's a good one though define being off like what are the stages of being in the south well if you're born on the peninsula of charleston where i was born right on colonial lake in the hospital there you're from raichan if you're from like another part of the state like up in conway or something you're from a way away if you're out of the state you're just from off [Music] what is your recipe tell me your recipe oh well you didn't tell me you're gonna ask me that but i think i think my feminine cheese is just cheddar and a whole jar of pimentos with with um a juice and mayonnaise right hot sauce and hot sauce and cream cheese i never made it with cream cheese until you taught me oh but so your version does not have cream cheese in it no but i like it with cream cheese it's good thanks mom we're gonna go make a med cheeseburger now in your honor okay okay all right see y'all later bye pimento cheese keep up it's gonna be fast ready block cheddar cheese you want to shred it yourself don't buy the pre-shredded crap you want to make sure you add mayonnaise and you also want to add oh [ __ ] oh [ __ ] next i want to take some blocks of cream cheese and lots and lots of pimentos these are actually sweet pimentos in their own juice most really good pimento cheese has hot sauce in it i'm using look at this shout out calaba and mix incorporate okay now smash burger salt oh look at that flip and cheese amanda cheese oh i'm gonna cover to melt and toast or toasting perfectly oh look at that you hear that that's the sound of melting happening see how we're doing oh look at that oh yeah oh baby wow way wow that's pretty accurate found a cheeseburger from south carolina mama's recipe okay oh look coming home oh yeah um that's so good but we gotta move number two next up the bacon avocado burger you're thinking uh come on george why am i putting an avocado in a burger there's actually a place in california that still makes a bacon avocado burger that's right bacon and avocado and a burger avocado actually does work on a burger though you're thinking well just another green thing no not at all avocado contains something called oleic acid you want to get real scientific oleic acid is an 18 carbon chain fatty acid there it is and this is actually why beef tastes so good guess what oleic acid is also present in avocados that's right do i understand what any of this means no first bacon watch this bacon in the round fold it twice and look at that now that will fit on your burger ball of beef and smash my mom taught me to twist oh look at that didn't work again there you go out it comes look at that [Laughter] brand is misfiring oh god cheese if you go to howard's bacon avocado which is this funny little place in a strip mall right near the 405 in los angeles the first thing you're going to find mayonnaise in the bottom of the bun then a slice of tomato fresh buttery avocado got some bacon in the round here leaf lettuce southern california loves their crunchy iceberg i tell ya oh yeah the bacon avocado oh and true to southern california hamburger style we're going to wrap this up with wax paper and enjoy it while driving down the 405 one head on the wheel and one hand on a bacon avocado cheeseburger look at that beautiful thing look at that [Applause] oh this is so good but we're on to the next let's go speed round cooper burger the goober burger from missouri unfortunately the place that i learned about the goober burger has closed moment of silence yeah that sucks the wheel in drive-in of sedalia missouri was a place that served the goober burger a peanut butter covered burger now you're probably thinking ugh that sounds disgusting it does sound kind of gross but think peanuts in pad thai think beef satay when you put these things together oily nuts that doesn't sound quite right [Laughter] when you put these things together beef flavor peanuts salty a little bit of sweetness in there peanut oil nut oils [Music] [Laughter] these actually go a long way in creating an amazing flavor profile unfortunately the wheel in driving closed and it closed because of you're not gonna believe this highway expansion they had to actually put a turning lane right where the restaurant was so unceremoniously it was knocked down that makes me so sad because the turning lane in a road is more important than hamburger history that's what i say but we can relive that moment right here let's make one ready we're gonna toast the bun smash burger this little salt salty bowls sorry inappropriate but smash when i asked the owner what kind of peanut butter sauce or what is the what is the concoction here he said it's just gif so what did you say and my camera guy said he said it's just jiff that's all it is it's just hot store-bought peanut butter that's all it is flip then goober what they do is they actually goober it right on the flat top so i'm going to dope the bun with some pickles yes the goober burger from sedalia missouri oh wow oh cooked peanuts are incredible and because it's peanut butter it goes into all the cracks and crevices of that burger oh so good have you ever had peanut butters and pickles that is worth it oh so good on to the next one more to go it's the combo from marty's the combo you know why it combines two of america's favorite foods the hot dog and the hamburger together it's a hamburger hot dog or hot dog hamburger do i need a hot dog do we need a hamburger get the combo marty's is the home of the combo or if you look at one side of the building it says the home of the comb because they did some duct work and they covered up the o in the side so now it just says marty's home of the comb i don't know why i think it's so funny why is that funny that's kind of funny right because if you don't know any better you'd think that they sold hair products but to me chili and cheese and hot dogs and hamburgers all go together especially since la is the place that invented chili that's right and that's exactly why when you go to marty to get the combo you get the combo with chili and cheese and fart your way all the way home that's right the first thing they do at marty is they take a hot dog and they butterfly it see that it's been i've cut this right down the center it goes onto the flat top get that nice and greely smash your hamburger bounce that's some fresh meat it bounced that one a little bit of salt not too much salt because there's a lot of salt in that hot dog right there toast a bun the reason you toast a bun is to make sure you can create a prophylactic barrier so the juices cannot escape the burger that's exactly why you do it give it a smash american cheese on the flip beef chili beef hot dog beef ow burger jesus i can't see am i losing my sight you're probably thinking okay this silly long hot dog in this round burger what happens next i'll see exactly what they do at marty's they cut a butterflied hot dog in half now you have a square that will actually fit perfectly on that burger see that look at that let's try to put this in together now oh chili chili is very basic chili is just crumbled cooked beef sugar water tomato paste chili powder and hot sauce of course a little bit of hot sauce watch the build here we go the cheeseburger patty our little hot dog pieces and on top of that oh [ __ ] hot uh we put chili beef chili on a beef hot dog and a beef patty holy [ __ ] [Music] [Laughter] hmm this is the epitome of comfort food and it's probably super hot oh [ __ ] guess what it tastes exactly how you think it would amazing marty's one of the very last walk-up burger stands in los angeles at one point there must have been thousands of them today there's under 10 under 10. so go and patronize a place like marty's because it's one of the last of the living legends in los angeles that's it we did it four more regional smash burgers for you well for me go make them don't stop looking at me i'll see you next time on burger scholar sessions let's have some fun hey my name is george moats don't forget to like and subscribe to first we feast and get more episodes of burger scholar right here where

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Length: 13min 41sec (821 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 29 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/vapidamerica]

Never realized how much I have in common with the burger guru and this burger session in particular.

Firstly, I’ve got family from Charleston, even lived there for a short bit and have had a couple pimento burgers. Never thought I’d dig pimento anything but it grows on ya and the best was at the Tattooed Moose. Great little dive-ish bar back in the day and I worked real close by so had lunch there quite a bit. They fry their fries in duck fat and oh my gourd are they tasty. Haven’t been in about a decade since I moved up north but damn good spot.

Next, I grew up in the Midwest and used to drive through Sedalia on the way to visit my grandparents out in the boonies. I can remember the first time having a goober burger at the Wheel Inn on 50 highway several decades ago and ten year old me thought it was gonna be gross but damn was I wrong. Hadn’t been back that way for a while but drove by right before they closed (seems like forever ago) on the way to visit some family and stopped in for old times sake. The place was pretty banged up after 60 some years of business but in my opinion, the best burgers come from a hole in the wall like Dyer’s in Memphis or Town Topic in KC. The dingier the better and it was freaking delicious.

And lastly, George is my neighbor in Brooklyn. Last year he was slinging burgers out his apartment window. He’s THE burger badass and also has a pretty killer single barrel rye whiskey if you can get ahold of it. Rye whiskey and smash burgers are two of my greatest weaknesses. Come to think of it, maybe I’ll start carrying my copy of his book so I can have him sign it the next time I run into him in the hood. Love the dude.

[u/DaggerMoth]

I've been cooking smash burgers for a year now and I love them. I've learned cooking them inside though is risky business.

[u/BeardBrah11]

How do? The only issue I’ve run into is setting off the fire alarm from time to time

[u/Little_Orange_Bottle]

Dude eats a burger and it sounds like he's giving out free blowjobs behind the dumpster. Disturbing.