The Secret of a Successful Smash Burger: Meat, Cooking, and the Ideal Bun
The Secret of a Successful Smash Burger: Meat, Cooking, and the Ideal Bun
4 Feb 2025
4 Feb 2025
The smash burger has become a staple in the world of burgers. But behind its apparent simplicity, mastering the perfect smash burger requires a few well-kept secrets. Here’s everything you need to know.
The smash burger has become a staple in the world of burgers. But behind its apparent simplicity, mastering the perfect smash burger requires a few well-kept secrets. Here’s everything you need to know.
The Secret of a Successful Smash Burger: Meat, Cooking, and the Ideal Bun
The Secret of a Successful Smash Burger: Meat, Cooking, and the Ideal Bun
1. The meat: choosing the right blend
The choice of meat is crucial. A good smash burger requires meat that is rich in fat, ideally between 20% and 25%. The ideal blend? A mix of chuck for a pronounced flavour, and short rib to provide the necessary fat for beautiful caramelisation. This combination ensures a delicious and wonderfully crispy result.
2. Cooking: favour a refractory surface
To achieve the famous Maillard reaction (which gives that sought-after caramelised crust), the cooking surface must be very hot and particularly refractory. Cast iron or aluminium plates are ideal as they retain heat perfectly. Absolutely to be avoided: non-stick surfaces, which prevent the meat from sticking and thus caramelising properly.
Discover our comparison of the best cooking surfaces on Instagram video: Watch the video
3. The Bun: the essential finishing touch
If the meat and cooking are crucial, the choice of bun is equally important. The bread should be light, soft, but strong enough to hold a crispy and juicy smashed meat. This is where the Potato Bun Panco® comes in.
Why choose the Potato Bun Panco®?
Perfect texture: thanks to the addition of potato, it remains incredibly soft, while perfectly holding the filling without crumbling. Discover the secrets of this unique texture.
Local and premium recipe: made in France with Label Rouge® flour, sourced from less than 50 km from the production site.
Culinary versatility: ideal for accompanying a perfectly caramelised smash burger, but also adaptable to other creations.
Thanks to these simple yet essential tips, you will master the art of the smash burger, to the delight of all food lovers! And if you want to know more, you will find here our complete guide to burger bread.
1. The meat: choosing the right blend
The choice of meat is crucial. A good smash burger requires meat that is rich in fat, ideally between 20% and 25%. The ideal blend? A mix of chuck for a pronounced flavour, and short rib to provide the necessary fat for beautiful caramelisation. This combination ensures a delicious and wonderfully crispy result.
2. Cooking: favour a refractory surface
To achieve the famous Maillard reaction (which gives that sought-after caramelised crust), the cooking surface must be very hot and particularly refractory. Cast iron or aluminium plates are ideal as they retain heat perfectly. Absolutely to be avoided: non-stick surfaces, which prevent the meat from sticking and thus caramelising properly.
Discover our comparison of the best cooking surfaces on Instagram video: Watch the video
3. The Bun: the essential finishing touch
If the meat and cooking are crucial, the choice of bun is equally important. The bread should be light, soft, but strong enough to hold a crispy and juicy smashed meat. This is where the Potato Bun Panco® comes in.
Why choose the Potato Bun Panco®?
Perfect texture: thanks to the addition of potato, it remains incredibly soft, while perfectly holding the filling without crumbling. Discover the secrets of this unique texture.
Local and premium recipe: made in France with Label Rouge® flour, sourced from less than 50 km from the production site.
Culinary versatility: ideal for accompanying a perfectly caramelised smash burger, but also adaptable to other creations.
Thanks to these simple yet essential tips, you will master the art of the smash burger, to the delight of all food lovers! And if you want to know more, you will find here our complete guide to burger bread.
