If you asked me a month ago if it was a good idea to bake a burger I would've sat you down and had a serious conversation with you about the importance of grilling your burger and I would've made you feel stupid for asking. But, I would have been wrong in doing so and I want to apologize for not being sensitive in our hypothetical conversation.
Burgers to me are the perfect food. I can always count on them. Knowing how to make a good burger is knowing how to make somebody happy. There's a reason Americans eat 17 trillion burgers a day. You probably believed that stat, I just made it up.
Rule one to making a good burger, preformed patties are for suckers. If your idea of a bbq is throwing a few frozen patties on the grill you are missing out on life. Form your own patties and never use frozen beef... ever.
The burger above is an attempt at recreating a fatburger... one of my favorites. But, in this case, I baked the burger.
I used a half pound of beef to form the patty... with my hands... like you're supposed to. I only use salt and pepper on my burgers. I preheated the oven to 400 degrees and put a little cooling rack on a baking sheet. I put the patty on the cooling rack to create space between the baking sheet and the burger. I baked for what felt like 15 to 20 minutes, until the patties looked done.
I was very surprised at how juicy they turned out. Try it next time weather doesn't allow you to bbq. If you're like me burger cravings don't wait until grilling season.
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