Burgers on a Foreman grill... yay or nay?

[Schrodinger]

I want to start cooking burgers on this thing but not if they taste like ass. I need to up my protein intake with red meat only (chicken, fish are out of the question).

I'd like to hear if they taste okay off it and how you cook them (what else you put on them). I was thinking about tossing some onion and garlic powder with lea & perrins worcestershire sauce or something.

No BBQ so thats out of the question ()

 

[Uppsala9496]

I think it dries them out too much. I would take them on a regular grill any day of the week!

EDIT: Any marinade you put on is just going to drain off. That is the one thing I hate about that grill. Sucks all the moisture out of everything.

 

[Kelemvor]

Never tried it but I always heard great things about them. But since it cooks from both side,s just make sur eyou don't leave it on too long.

 

[randomlinh]

i'm used to lean burgers, so it works for me. I obviously prefer burgers on a grill.. but when you live in an apartment, you take what you can get

 

[Jzero]

They won't be the best burgers ever, but in the absence of a "real" grill, they are good enough.

 

[Kanalua]

I've amde burgers on my foreman grill. It works...all the taste will come from what you put in the burger as the grill adds no flavor of it's own...just watch your burgers or they will burn fast...

 

[LordNoob]

To go along with what has already been said, you can do it and they will taste fine, but a charcoal grill will still taste vastly superior.

 

[Schrodinger]

Originally posted by: LordNoob
To go along with what has already been said, you can do it and they will taste fine, but a charcoal grill will still taste vastly superior.

I thought as much. Just wanted to confirm that they weren't horrendous or something.

I'll just be sure to drown them in sauce and other stuff so some taste comes out heh

 

[Toasthead]

I think it does a fine job on burgers. I use it all the time!

 

[DaveSimmons]

I prefer a skillet-cooked burger over GF grill since the grill won't brown the surface.

The GF grill is better for frozen patties though because it cooks from both sides at once and it's easier to cook the frozen patty without smoking up the place or over-charring the surface.

 

[murphy55d]

You could always try it, and see how it works for yourself.

 

[AMDZen]

No way, get a BBQ. For all the people complaining about American's being too fat, all I ever see is the "health kick" attitude everyone is on. People need to live damnit, there's a difference between living and staying alive.

Burgers were meant to be BBQ'd. End of story.

George is an idiot, and all his kids will have horrible social lives because of his ignorance. If he can name his kids the most retarded names in existance, imagine what kind of father he is. Not that this has anything to do with his grill, I just think the man is an idiot. But then again, what boxer isn't? You'd have to be an idiot to become a boxer, so it only gets worse as the career goes on.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: AMDZen
No way, get a BBQ. For all the people complaining about American's being too fat, all I ever see is the "health kick" attitude everyone is on. People need to live damnit, there's a difference between living and staying alive.

Yeah it's called living healthy Pudge!

Burgers were meant to be BBQ'd. End of story.

If you say so:roll:

George is an idiot, and all his kids will have horrible social lives because of his ignorance. If he can name his kids the most retarded names in existance, imagine what kind of father he is. Not that this has anything to do with his grill, I just think the man is an idiot. But then again, what boxer isn't? You'd have to be an idiot to become a boxer, so it only gets worse as the career goes on.

At least his idiocy is due to taking punches to the head, what's your excuse?

 

[habib89]

i think they taste pretty decent.. it does dry them out some though, unless you aim for like medium rare.. use dry seasonings and you'll be fine.. salt, pepper, garlic powder, etc.... steaks work well on this thing too.. i think it's a pain in the ass to clean though..

 

[Encryptic]

I've grilled countless burgers on my Foreman grill. It works good with meat that has a decent amount of fat in it to begin with or has been marinated in sauce, otherwise it dries out quickly when all the fat drips out. I wouldn't cook turkey burgers on it for this reason but I've had good luck with beef patties and steaks. I've also done chicken marinated in A-1 sauce on the Foreman and that tastes great, but A-1 sauce is a bitch to get off the grill once it dries.

Edit: Carne asada and pollo asada comes out great as well when I've done those on the Foreman. They're usually sliced pretty thin, but the marinade they're soaked in helps keep them from drying out.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: AMDZen
No way, get a BBQ. For all the people complaining about American's being too fat, all I ever see is the "health kick" attitude everyone is on. People need to live damnit, there's a difference between living and staying alive.

Burgers were meant to be BBQ'd. End of story.

Which model of George Foreman grill did you use?

 

[jammur21]

Only used mine as a toaster. Never trusted it enough to cook meat on it.

 

[MaverickBP]

lol thats funny i was just gonna throw some burgers for the first time on the grill tonight

 

[elektrolokomotive]

Foreman grills suck for burgers. There's too much of a "steam cooking" effect since it's so enclosed. you don't really get any good charring, just a kind of uniform grey.

Get a good cast iron skillet and learn to use it. Infinitely better results.

 

[Schneider879]

yay.

 

[AMDZen]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: AMDZen
No way, get a BBQ. For all the people complaining about American's being too fat, all I ever see is the "health kick" attitude everyone is on. People need to live damnit, there's a difference between living and staying alive.

Yeah it's called living healthy Pudge!

Burgers were meant to be BBQ'd. End of story.

If you say so:roll:

George is an idiot, and all his kids will have horrible social lives because of his ignorance. If he can name his kids the most retarded names in existance, imagine what kind of father he is. Not that this has anything to do with his grill, I just think the man is an idiot. But then again, what boxer isn't? You'd have to be an idiot to become a boxer, so it only gets worse as the career goes on.

At least his idiocy is due to taking punches to the head, what's your excuse?

Oh so if I'm so pudgy then why wouldn't I join the hype train and be like everyone else? Because I don't need to. Because people are stupid, they give up everything they enjoy in life to live longer and then die in a car crash because some drunk kid lives by the opposite extreme's. There is such a thing as moderation, for all things. Burgers aren't meant to be cooked so that all the flavor is lost. Why even eat a burger at all if you can't enjoy its taste?

Or maybe its that all these ghey health nazi's are so used to eating bland and tasteless food that they have forgotten what a good burger tastes like? I dunno, nor care. Just sharing my viewpoint.

And like I said. He would have had to be retarded before boxing or he never would have started. Once again, just my viewpoint.

Maybe I do live by extremes too, knowing some of the things I do can cause death. If this includes a tasty burger cooked in its own fat, so be it. The difference is that I will enjoy every ounce of my life before I die. And you won't live any longer by cooking your burgers in a foreman grill.

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive
Foreman grills suck for burgers. There's too much of a "steam cooking" effect since it's so enclosed. you don't really get any good charring, just a kind of uniform grey.

Get a good cast iron skillet and learn to use it. Infinitely better results.

ding ding ding! the foreman grill is an amazing scam. its advertising claims that meat cooked on it will magically have fat leached away thanks to the grooved cooking surface... but a f*cking regular grill has grates that simply let the liquid fat drop through - more efficient than the foreman by far. the weak dual cooking surfaces don't get nearly as hot as a regular gril and they squeeze all the moisture out of the meat. bleh

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: davestar
ding ding ding! the foreman grill is an amazing scam. its advertising claims that meat cooked on it will magically have fat leached away thanks to the grooved cooking surface... but a f*cking regular grill has grates that simply let the liquid fat drop through - more efficient than the foreman by far. the weak dual cooking surfaces don't get nearly as hot as a regular gril and they squeeze all the moisture out of the meat. bleh

Everyone I know who has one doesn't brag about the fat being "leached away" they love them because they're convenient as hell. Fast to heat up, fast cooking, fast cleanup. I can go from power on to done steaks in under 10 minutes. Chicken breasts are ready in a couple minutes more.

I haven't had fast food at all so far this year, in large part due to my purchase of a GRP99 grill. It's literally faster to cook myself something than to drive the 5 blocks to Wendy's.

Even if it doesn't taste like a "real" grill it's still pretty damn good, & I honestly don't care whether or not it drains fat away.

Viper GTS

 

[ohtwell]

I think Foreman grilled hamburgers are great!


: ) Amanda

 

[millivolts]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: davestar
ding ding ding! the foreman grill is an amazing scam. its advertising claims that meat cooked on it will magically have fat leached away thanks to the grooved cooking surface... but a f*cking regular grill has grates that simply let the liquid fat drop through - more efficient than the foreman by far. the weak dual cooking surfaces don't get nearly as hot as a regular gril and they squeeze all the moisture out of the meat. bleh

Everyone I know who has one doesn't brag about the fat being "leached away" they love them because they're convenient as hell. Fast to heat up, fast cooking, fast cleanup. I can go from power on to done steaks in under 10 minutes. Chicken breasts are ready in a couple minutes more.

I haven't had fast food at all so far this year, in large part due to my purchase of a GRP99 grill. It's literally faster to cook myself something than to drive the 5 blocks to Wendy's.

Even if it doesn't taste like a "real" grill it's still pretty damn good, & I honestly don't care whether or not it drains fat away.

Viper GTS

exactly.