The Ultimate Hamburger

Name: The Ultimate Hamburger
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 8 strips, bacon; 1 - 2 slices, white sandwich bread, crusts removed and discarded, remaining bread cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 1 cup); 1/4 cup, milk; 1 1/2 pounds, ground beef (see headnote); 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 2 large cloves, garlic, very finely minced; , Vegetable oil for grill rack

Main Courses
Beef
Grilling & Barbecue
4th of July

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2005

A great burger is well browned on the exterior and juicy and tender on the inside. But they rarely turn out that way. We wanted to make the ultimate no-holds-barred burger.

SERVES 4

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