I would be willing to bet hamburgers are near the top of the list of food items when grilling newbies light their first grills. I know for me that was the case and for the past 35 years or so I have been seeking the perfect hamburger.
There is nothing more All-American than the hamburger in my book. There has got to be a good reason hamburgers are found at family reunions, picnics, tailgate parties and the like. It’s because they just scream friends and good times.
In my book there isn’t much you can do to improve upon the hamburger. So when I got the chance to give August Kitchen’s J-Burger seasoning I took it. Most “hamburger” seasonings are dry spice type seasonings. As you’ll see this is far from the case with this product.
I’m always interested in how a product comes to market. The August Kitchen story from their website:
Why not fresh ingredients?
We were seasoning our burgers with dry, processed powders and decided to give the real stuff a try. We were amazed at the difference it made in our burgers. They tasted delicious and so moist. We then tried our mix with other ground meat dishes like meatballs and meatloaf and realized our seasoning made any ground meat dish taste better but it required so much chopping and prepping.
After constant requests for J-Burgers, having to make extra mix for friends and family to take home, and requests for the recipe, our friends and family encouraged us to take the recipe and bottle it.
We’ve taken our homemade recipe and shared it with everyone looking for that gourmet meal without all the work.
I was expecting more of a sauce when I opened the jar. Something along the consistency of A1 Sauce with a little chopped onion in it. I was pleasantly surprised to see, truly a seasoning, instead of sauce. It actually looked like it had some “meat” to it.
J-Burger Seasoning is a concoction made from Fresh Onions, Worcestershire Sauce Diced Tomatoes, Bread Crumbs , Olive Oil, Kosher Salt and Spices. I’ve got to be honest and say that when I first opened the jar I was not impressed with the aroma of the product. It actually didn’t smell all that great. But I’m used to a variety of BBQ products not smelling as good as they taste. So I put that aside and set out to make me some burgers.
The instructions call for 1 tablespoon of J-Burger Seasoning for each 5 oz patty. I wanted to make sure I could taste the seasoning so I went with 1 tablespoon for each 4 oz patty.
You can see that the chopped onions and tomatoes really add a great deal of thickness to the seasoning. This made it really easy to mix in into the hamburger. Make sure you mix it up good, you don’t want any chunks of the stuff to bite into.
Form into your patties and get them on to your hot grill.
I almost always make quarter pound patties for the family and I’ve pretty much got the whole process down to a science for cooking them. I know how many briquettes to use and how long to cook them on each side to get medium rare burgers. I’m not sure what it was this time, maybe it was my timing or maybe it was the J-Burger Seasoning but what normally came out as medium rare came out medium to well done. I’m going to go through the whole process again but use hamburger with a little more fat in it next time.
The burger tasted awesome. I’m normally a fully loaded burger guy. I love pickles, red onion, pickle relish, tomato, lettuce and sometimes avocado and jalapenos. This time I went with 1,000 Island Dressing, tomato and lettuce. Wanted to make sure I could taste the J-Burger. It tasted good, it had a nice flavor that complimented the meat and the condiments. It seemed the meat carmelized a little more than normal. That also added a nice texture to each bite.
J-Burger Seasoning also comes in a “Onion & Chipotle” version that I’m going to try soon on some meatloaf smoked on the Traeger.
For those with dietary allergies to worry about J-Burger Seasoning contains: Contains yeast, wheat, egg, milk, sunflower, soy and sesame.
Where to find J-Burger Seasonings.
