Evening all....

On the 4th of July, a few friends dropped by unexpectedly. It was great to see them but I’m one of those people that likes to be prepared.

Luckily I already had plans of making some kickass burgers, so now I just needed to make three more.

The day before I was at a standstill in the shop with the humidity. So i ended up cooking two pounds of bacon, half strips the other half diced. I also caramelized some onions and sautéed some baby portobello and cremini mushrooms in port wine.

I had everything I needed to make some killer burgers....

But I needed a WOW factor!!!!!

I know I’ll make some stuffed burgers.

So I weighed out sixteen five ounce meatballs. Pressed them into patties, salt and peppered both sides. Now the filling.

I made four stuffed with bacon, caramelized onion and blue cheese.
I made three stuffed with bacon, sautéed onions and Swiss.
Then I made my burger which was all of the above ingredients.

I put them on a baking sheet wrapped them and put them in the refrigerator to set a little. Sliced eight ciabatta rolls up to toast them. Started up the charcoal and sat with my company for a bit. A few Stella’s and now it’s time to cook.

It’s been a long time since I made stuffed burgers, but they are the true shit. Nothing slides of the roll or bun. Every bite has toppings in it not on it.

Well I got all caught up with everything going on so I forgot to take a picture of my burger. Luckily my buddy Rick posted one on Facebook. I don’t have Facebook and never will but my daughter does. I asked her if she could send it to me. She was having issues with it but her boyfriend figured it out.

So here is the burger Rick got. It was the bacon, caramelized onion and blue cheese burger.

@thedamus & @raybrockman were asking for this.....

Well here you go......