Why Burgers in Restaurants are Better 

"Just use ketchup man" - proceeds to not use ketchup

Those caramelised onions look raw to me.

The 'only' thing better about a restaurant burger than mine is that someone else is cooking it.

Pretty sure most restaurants use frozen patties unless it’s upscale.

less than 1% of restaurants are grinding thier own meat and baking their own buns for burgers

What makes a restaurant burger better is what makes everything from a restaurant better: they're much less afraid of heat, seasoning, and fat than you are.

Been making burgers for ever and a double stacked thinner burger is always better than one super thick burger. Much more flavor.

Butter is the key. Cook your burger on butter. That’s what a lot of restaurants do that make them taste so rich and brings out the flavor. Salted butter is best. Whether cooked in a pan or on our Blackstone people always ask what we do or add to our burgers. Doesn’t even matter how we season it as long as we use the butter. And grilling the bun like he did also makes a big difference. So good! (Can do that in your pan on the stove just as easily and tastes just as good.)

Boy this guy really did a "trust me bro, this came from my brain" video loll

Not having to do my own dishes generally makes most food taste better.

I'll put my burger against any restaurant!

The thing that makes them better at restaurants is that they usually use Cheddar…

'Restaurants are probably grinding their own meat' - No. Unless advertised as house ground they are almost certainly not. Even if advertised it's likely outsourced to a local vendor.

I can tell you right now that basically no restaurant anywhere is using anything remotely expensive.

The restaurant I worked at consistently had great reviews on their burgers, and literally the only thing they did was use a brioche bun toasted on a flat top, season the burgers with Lawry's season salt, garlic salt, and pepper, and grill them on a gas grill. That's it. Didn't grind our own meat, we'd buy the meat logs from the distributor and cut them into roughly 3/4" slices (eyeballed, of course) to make our patties.

I've never had a better burger than the ones I make at home. That really goes for everything except pizza.

Also, a burger that's too big to bite is useless.

I think my homemade grilled burgers are better than any restaurant burger. The right seasoning, the right heat, patience and quality buns and toppings are key!!

TIP TIP TIP: put your sliced onions in cold iced water and it’ll pull a lot of the harshness flavor from the onions and it’ll even give them a snappy bite to them!

I used to work for restaurant depot, there would be people buying huge cuts of meat to slice or grind (also sold whole lambs and pigs [I cried]) - but there were more people who bought giant boxes full of frozen patties because a lot of restaurants don’t have every bit of equipment or enough time , especially smaller ones lol so that is definitely up in the air

I worked at a "high end" place. They regularly sent me to the grocery store before my shift for Hawaiian rolls for the sliders and canned puff pastry for one of the entrees 😂. If you knew some of the shortcuts a lot of "high-end" places took, you wouldn't want to pay their prices.

Worked as a chef my whole life. Never ever seen a restaurant grind their own beef. It always comes in patties separated by paper. ALWAYS

We started making our own burger mix a few years ago. Game changer. And you dont need a fancy grinder. A food processor works just fine

But burgers aren't better in restaurants. They're convenient.

Who the fuck thinks a restaurant burger is better?

Used to work in fine dining, all buns were ordered or picked up from the grocery store when we were low lol

1'm 70 and I have never made a hamburger at home. Everything else just not hamburgers. Last week, in my small CA mountain town, some organization was cooking hamburgers, potato and macaroni salad etc for everybody (for free) and they were so good I asked the cook her secret. She got the 80/20 already made "pre seasoned" hamburger patties, not the Angus ones, sprinkled lowry's, garlic salt, and Italian seasoning, then cooked them on a flat iron grill. Delicious! Can't wait to do it at home.

Nothing like a good homemade burger

I love these "Why [specific food items] are better at restaurants" videos. It's like making a video entitled "Why cars are cleaner and shinier at dealerships."

I grilled burgers last night and was reminded yet again of how great owning a grill is.

The dog is walking around saying " where is mine?"

butter on the toasted bread also is key, everything you said is true except for ketchup instead use a nice homemade bbq and a good crispy bacon

Restaurants that grind their own meat need a meat processing license and a dedicated meat room. Not likely in 90% of restaurants.

if it doesn't fit in your mouth. its a bad burger

“Here’s why burgers are better in restaurants.” They aren’t in my house.

butter. the answer is butter. for everything tasting better at a restaurant. butter.

No restaurant I've ever worked at grinds their own meat or buys fresh😭 usual just pre packaged chuck, and even if they did grind themselves, your supposed to grind it at least twice, usually 3 times. 1 grind on 80-20 beef is criminal😭

Bro aged cheddar on a burger is infinitely better than American cheese

I started grinding my own beef (roasts bought on sale). Such a difference in taste and no lumpy bits of gristle.

Best hamburgers I ever had was when my church had convocations in the 90s. We raised our own cows and used them. Those hamburgers were so good you didn't even need condiments.

A butcher in my town opened a burger place next door a few years ago, and the burgers are the best I've had. All the ground beef is fresh from the butcher next door.

Pepperjack is where it’s at with patty melt sauce 😊

Your shirt makes you even more official 💪🏽🔥

All sammiches are better when someone else makes them. It’s an a priori fact.

Your super small inconvenient grill is what makes the whole video for me, I couldn't imagine cooking anything other than a personal meal on that lmao

That bluetooth grill looks sick

You did not just tell me to use a Hawaiian roll for a burger

Bro are you gaslighting? 80% of restaurant food is horrible and overcooked. Fast food chains, forget about it I’d rather eat wood chips 😂

They use enough salt. Too many home cooks are afraid to season enough due to the negativity toward it.

dude, why do you burn everything

There are some great suggestions here if you're looking to make a better burger at home. But use what you have had great success with and top it with the cheese and toppings you like. And there's a lot of different God burgers out there and I won't knock a good burger recipe without trying it for myself first. But I like grinding my own meat and toasting my buns on a flat top like this short suggested. I like my burgers with colby jack cheese because of the texture and flavor. And I'll leave it at that because I've got my favorite toppings and methods of making a good burger and there's many different ways to make a great burger. Except for the fact that I like my burgers with Colby jack cheese, I wanna try this recipe.

I've never ever had a burger in a restaurant better an a simple burger I've made even cooking mine on the stove.

For me, the problem I have for most burgers (home made or restaurant) is the bun. It's the crucial but overlooked ingredient.

Former waitress at a 2 Michelin star restaurant here, the chef doesn't grind kobe beef in house for the kobe burgers. He told me all the kobe beef burger meat comes in already grounded. They still taste really good though! 😋

I need this dude to follow me around for life and comment like this on everything I do

can’t beat costanzo rolls if ya know ya know

“American cheese” - *laughs in European* 😂

Secret ingredient to a good burger is Worcestershire.

You sir have twisted my arm. I'll be eating a burger tonight.

And my mouth watered big time! Beef, it’s what’s for dinner!

where i work we season the patties as they’re pattied, not right before they go on the griddle. that way they have about a day for that seasoning to brine them and the difference is certainly noticeable

If the burger costs over $60, there's a small chance they ground their own beef in house from steak that didn't sell at a "sister" restaurant and/or dinner service last night. Otherwise, it comes frozen from a vendor.

Russian dressing is basically thousand island and ketchup. Most "secret" or special sauces are probably some variation of that with some relish or other stuff added in. Bbq sauce is mustard, ketchup and brown sugar or molasses. Your taste may vary, season and improvise to your liking.

This reel shows a disturbing lack of knowledge of how the food service industry actually works. 90% of the food served in restaurants will come from either Sysco or Performance Food Group here in the US. So get out of here with that house ground shit. It's all pre-made it doesn't matter where you eat.

Ketchup makes everything taste like ketchup.

I've recently started grinding brisket for burgers. I buy them untrimmed and grind the entire thing. Then I mix the ground meat to get an even fat distribution.

“Save that aged cheddar 🧀 for ladies night bro 😎 “ I’m not even offended 😂😂😂 Keep on cooking 🧑‍🍳 that yummy 😋 food

I made brioche buns at an upscale restaurant for a few years it’s really not too hard just lots of butter

I’ve done food service and delivered the groceries to the restaurants. They buy 73/27 blend ground beef if they still even make the patties by hand anymore. Most buy frozen patties and season them up. There are some more expensive restaurants that are brand, and blend specific and are not frozen.

I’m starving now watching all this gotta go eat supper😂😂

The buns learned their lesson. 🥵 🧯

Double smash burger is the best. Kai can’t even wrap his mouth around that monster he made.

I often see videos here on YT that either ask or say why something tastes better in a restaurant…however, the food I prepare at my home is far superior tasting than what one can get in a restaurant!

And they GRILL they burgers 🍔

Never had a restaurant burger as good as what I can cook bro

Burgers are one of my favorite foods. I also have a childhood connection with grilled Burgers

Cole Slaw on a Burger, delicious!

Most restaurants use the same distributors so you're really eating the same food everywhere.

1. Don't over knead the beef 2. Add seasoning to only the outside of the hamburger patty. 3. Make sure the raw patty is flattened to be slightly bigger than the bun that's being used, because it will shrink while cooking. 4. Use a medium high heat to create a crust without overcooking the entire patty.

Not gonna lie I'm blessed with parents that can actually cook good and a restaurant has never topped a burger dad made on the grill. Man seasons the fuck outta his burgers 🥰

I don’t know a single restaurant that grinds their own burgers. Every place is just 80/20 ground beef on a flat top, most places are using the same mayo mustard and ketchup you can buy at the store, and a brioche or sesame bun you can buy at Walmart. The reason it tastes better is because food will always taste better when someone else is cooking it, there’s no industry secret that’s making that local diners burger special, just throw a patty on a grill or flattop and you will get the same experience.

Dude was talking about the perfect burger then proceeded to burn the bun.

“Add caramelized onions” Adds raw onions

I'm thankful to have a food service distributor in my city that's open to the public, and I even used to work there. I get my burger patties there. They come in a box of 32 and are 1/2lb each, a blend of chuck, brisket, and short rib, 77/23 lean-to-fat. Same exact stuff some restaurants use. I smoke them on our Traeger pellet grill at 225F for 1.5hr, then put on Deli American cheese and let them go another 10 minutes to let the cheese melt. Perfection every time. I've shared with family and friends, and some say that they prefer my burger over *any restaurant*.

Ain’t no American cheese gettin near my burger 😂😂

Backyard burgers can't compete with restaurant, but I'll eat them.

No restaurants ever made a burger better than mines

Honestly I had one of the best burgers of my life last night at a Chilis!!

that burger isn't edible. why do "chefs" think a three foot tall burger is edible?

Your dog is so interested in burger cooking.

Onions and proper seasoning makes a huge difference, I feel a lot of home burgers miss a step or two in their making.

Restaurant burgers are NOT better, unless you're a crappy cook.

To avoid the well done raw thing, start with a cold pan, use plenty of cooking fat and a lower heat. If the pan starts smoking, turn down the heat and add a bit more fat.

FINALLY someone who seasons their burgers! 😁

You can buy the frozen patties at the grocery store, but the seasoning combo of salt/pepper/onion/garlic on your patties makes them 100% better.

"American cheese is the best cheese for a cheeseburger, as it melts without splitting." - The Menu

A light fluffy kaiser bun with a thin, crispy crust is my favorite.

95% of restaurants aren’t grinding their own burgers .

“Spoiled enough to have a smoker”. You mean you worked hard and bought yourself a smoker

I like to go with blue cheese instead of American as well as extra black pepper for a black and blue burger. I love Stilton for its pleasantly sharp and zesty flavor.