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Cooked a half of a brisket and was thinking about putting the other half through the grinder to make some burgers. It was cheaper than ground meat from the grocery. Anyone do this? How did they come out?

I’ve added it in with my deer burger plenty of times when it was on sale. I’ve not ground one alone for burger. The brisket that I’m talking about normally is from a Kroger grocery store. It had had some fat trimmed off. So for me/us I would add a little fat to it. Other than that I believe it would be great burger. A local store carries what they call brisket burgers and I’ve had them at friends houses. They’re good. I’ve just never bought any because we put up all our burger from deer/beef fat.

I would do it in a second if we needed or could use some more burger.

I'm going to make tamales with one.

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With the way brisket costs...you should be making tamales with rib steaks.

I bet those are damn good Roger. I love any homemade tamales!

Brisket is good as corned beef, or cooked most any way, I'd not grind it.

Just smoke it, chop it up, and serve on Hamburger buns. Add some pickles, onions, and BBQ sauce.
The TX BBQ joints make a small fortune down here selling chopped beef BBQ sandwiches.

Wife had some Brisket ground up for burgers a week or so ago. Best burger We ever had. Got the idea from watching the cooking channel.

Chopped brisket is good but like he’s saying brisket is cheaper than burger when on sale. Kroger had it a couple weeks ago for $1.99. I guess burger is double that? I haven’t been in the market for burger in 8-10 years I guess.

We do really like it smoked and chopped too. My wife fixes some kind of potatoes not all the way mashed with some cheese added. Pile the meat on top eat with a pickle a pepper and corn bread. Local restaurant serves it that way so that’s where the idea came from.

A local eatery serves a brisket burger, best thing on the menu it's my choice nearly every time we dine there.

Yep. I eat it like that on a big ole home baked Potato.
Mom would add home made pinto, or red beans, as we call them, to hers. I like my red beans on the side, with a big chunk of hot, buttered cornbread.
Smoked Ham is good that way too. 🤠

I used some fat off a brisket in some ground venison once. It was good but I dont remember it blowing my skirt up.

Before brisket became so fugking popular my uncle and I would would have a whole packer ground up regularly.

Salt and pepper the to hell and smash them as thin as you can on your griddle (you can grill them too but fried is preferred) and serve with some onions sauteed in butter and let a slice of cheese melt on top to hold the onions on.

Use a thinnish type of bread/bun so it doesn't take away from the burger itself.

Stupid fugking white people to hungry little Guatemalans will tell you it's the best burger they ever had.

I picked up 4 briskets during that sale and was thinking of the burger thing in case we ever ran out of venison. Looked up the fat percentage of brisket and it is roughly 14-17%. Should be perfect for burger.

Do it all the time with my brisket trimmings 80/20. Delicious.

I’d give it a whirl as well. Sounds good as hell.

i prefer to season brisket and very slowly cook it in a covered roaster or church cooker with the brisket on a grate above 1 inch of water that has liquid smoke in that 1 inch of water 7-8 hours 200 degrees then cool brisket somewhat slice it thick like bacon. if its good corn fed beef meat.

I bet that turns out great. Let us know if you end up that route.

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Ain’t brisket good for EVERYTHING???!!! Love brisket! Was just down to Hilton Head on vacation last week and visited my favorite restaurant, One Hot Mama’s, and once again had their Burnt Ends Chili, brisket, and ribs and jalapeño cornbread. Brisket for burgers? Hells Yeah!

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