How do I keep my burgers together ...every time I put them on the grill they fall apart or stick ...help?????

Answer 1

Use eggs in the mix, and spray your grill with Pam for Grills. Double check on FoodNetwork.com for more hamburger recipes. Good Eats has one I love.

Answer 2

1. Be sure that your grill is clean. Let the grill surface get hot before using the wire brush.
2. If you're going to use PAM, remove the grill from the fire first so you don't have an accident. (remember, if you let it get hot before cleaning, it will be HOT!)
3. Firmly form your meat patties.
4. Once you put it on the hot grill, don't touch or flip your burgers until the first side is cooked.

Answer 3

Generally, the reason they fall apart is because there isn't enough fat in the meat. You must be using ground round or a 93%-95% fat free beef.

The optimum mix for hamburger is 20% fat, 80% lean. Mositure will not help hold the meat together. You need the fat (even though it's not good for you).

The reason they stick to the grill is because you're cooking over too hot a fire.

Answer 4

I mix dried Onion soup mix and a little A1 steak sauce into the meat mixture...seems to work well. Anything that might give the meat a little extra moisture (whether it be a marinade, or egg like the others have suggested) will help keep the meat from falling apart.

As an added bonus, your burgers doing get dried out either.

Answer 5

Ensure that you are placing the meats on greased and very HOT grill (if it has a temperature gauge about 240 degrees Celsius).
If all else fails place in greased foil initially, and when it is almost finished cooking, remove from foil and place on grill to finish up, at which point it does not usually stick. (plus this way the meat is really juicy, and very flavorful, as the foil retained the juices from the meat!!)

Answer 6

The key is having fresh ground hamburger, first pat in hand backnforth and mix it together....make the patty as thin as possible because it will shrink once it cooks evenly...as for the grill, either clean it thoughly with a wire brush or use foil sprayed w/ pam.

Answer 7

Using Pam on the Grill will help with the patties sticking to the grill. Mix in Oatmeal into your patties to help them stay intact.

Answer 8

The best way to help it stay together is by mixing your meat with a egg. I use this when I'm making a meat loaf or just patties. Its a good binding mechanism.

Answer 9

Buying a better quality of ground beef. Try sirloin. When you make the patties, be sure to really mix the meat, then form into a patty. Do not "smash" as they cook, that will dry them out.

Answer 10

Put oil on the grill?

Buy better quality mince?

Mix egg into the mince?

Is the heat too high?

Have you recently changed your grill?

Have you cleansed the grill?