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George Motz’s Classic Smash Burger

On YouTube as “George Motz Makes a Classic Smash Burger”

Technique
October 2025
Short
4.5M views

George Motz makes Hamburger America’s classic smash burger: choosing and portioning the beef, smashing and seasoning, the history of the smash, flipping, melting the cheese and toasting the bun.

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