Making a hamburger press

[melonkernel]

Hi, i am from Finland, and here you won't find a hamburger patty press in a (at least local) store. So i would need to make one i guess. (So i can feed my newly purchased Weber Grill [which by the way is lovely])

I can get stainless steel pipes.

Has anyone here made one?

I am thinking of something like the attached photo.

(If i want to buy whole-meat patties here, they are around 1€ a piece. It is much cheaper to make them. But i want to make them perfect, similar, and most importantly quickly.)

[melonkernel]

oops, i posted this in the wrong "general discussion". The admins may move this thread as they see fit.

[ThomasPowers]

I don't know anyone in America who uses one. We always shaped the hamburgers with our hands.

[HWooldridge]

A tortilla press would work but they probably don't have those in Finland either...

[the_sandy_creek_forge]

We had two in the restaurant where I worked through high-school and college. One was a hinged ordeal that was more hassle than it was worth, not to mention getting it apart to clean it! (healthcode and whatnot...) The other was basically two discs that fit inside a tube (made of some kind of plastic) Set down the tube, put the bottom disc in, put in burger, and smoosh it flat with the top disc. The top disc had a handle on it, so once the patty was made, you held the handle, lifted the tube up while keeping the discs in place and voila! hamburger patty. But, unless you're running a restaurant, I wouldn't worry about perfect patties. Just make a 1 pound ball of burger, squish it a bit and throw it on the grill.

-Aaron @ the SCF (who's fully aware that a 1 pound burger is precisely 4 times as fattening as a 1/4 pound burger....but it's Oh so Good!)

[azmike]

how about a stainless steel ring about 4 " diameter x 3/4"--use your hands to form (can also be used to fry eggs in for a egg sandwich)

[triw]

When I worked in kitchtens we used mayonaise jar lids (gal. size) wax paper on the bottom and top and press the lid ovet to form the patty very quick and very cheap.

[orgtwister]

i got my hamburger press as a gift from harbor freight they have two types ones 2.00 and others 10.00 they have a web site i don't know if its worth geting them from there personaly i don't use it i do the same as thomas roll it in a ball squish it. you could just use a piece of stainless pipe or tube or pvc pipe of the size you want about 2 inches or so high and make a center press for it it may be hard for you cut stainless for that fit i would get (if you have them there)a plastic cutting board and make the center out of that. and get a stainless pull knob and put in the center

[Glenn]

Use two saucers (small plates) and form the hamburger patty between them. Waxed paper keeps the hamburger from sticking. Clean up us just washing the two saucers.

[rthibeau]

apparently you want to do this for your own use..this is good. Canned goods, vegetables, beans, whatever........find one the size you want your burgers, find a second just slightly smaller that will fit inside the first very close. Do not open the second one. Open both ends of the first, clean it out, put the amount of burger you want in the first (open) can and place on flat surface. Put second (unopened) can inside first, push down to form round patty......repeat. Clean cans for reuse later or keep supply on hand.