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Thick Backyard Burgers
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Jul 18, 2025

Thick Backyard Burgers

The key to the best backyard burgers is using freshly ground beef with around 20 percent fat content. Handling the beef as little as possible — just enough that the patties don’t fall apart on the grill — optimizes texture, delivering juicy, tender patties loaded with pockets of rendered juices and fat. Rather than lifting the meat into my hands, it can be helpful to shape patties on a sheet of parchment paper to minimize handling.

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