FWIW… I had a hankerin’ for a burger today. Just so happened that I found some real nice ground chuck for $2.49/lb at a little local mom-n-pop store near here. So… I made some. Super simple. Weighed out 1/2 pound of ground (each), gently, no excess mashing or squishing, formed them into nice thick burger patties, seasoned with a little salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder, and popped those babies on the grill. I gave 'em a little Worcestershire sauce over top while they were grilling. Cooked them to 160 degrees internal temperature (yes, I have a thermometer and I know how to use it. I despise hockey puck hamburgers.)
Some of the best, juiciest burgers I’ve had in a while! Seriously good eats! (No egg or anything else required as a binder. Just meat, this was 80/20. It worked.) My wife made some cauliflower (potato-like) salad she’s been playing with that was really good to go with. (I don’t think she has a recipe, she’s throwin’ it together, and I haven’t watched.)
I say this all because I know from past experience that just buying a few burgers in a package in the frozen section of the store wouldn’t have come close to the tender, juicy, tasty treat that I had for supper tonight. And what I did was like a whole 2 minutes worth of work more than getting some frozen patties out of a box.
I suspect it could be done just as well with other kinds of meat, too, though I haven’t tried. I know that my favorite homemade sausages so far have been a mix of beef and turkey, don’t know exactly why. Might even be able to do some burgers with some kind of fish, not sure. I’ve seen them in the store.
Anyway… just sharing. 