Tender, Juicy Grilled Burgers

Name: Tender, Juicy Grilled Burgers
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds, sirloin steak tips, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch chunks; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces; , Kosher salt and pepper; 1 , (13 by 9-inch) disposable aluminum pan (if using charcoal); 4 , hamburger buns

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By Andrew Janjigian

Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2014, America's Test Kitchen TV

Main Courses

Beef

Grilling & Barbecue

Preground chuck patties may be easy to throw on the grill, but if you want ultrabeefy, tender, juicy burgers, start with steak tips—and open the freezer.

SERVES4

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1 hour, 5 minutes freezing

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Creating a juicy and loosely textured grilled burger that could withstand the rigors of grilling called for a number of tactics. First, we ground our own meat in the food processor, which let us choose the cut (steak tips), grind (coarse), ...

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