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Why It Is the Ultimate Smash Burger

On YouTube as “Why is it the Ultimate Smash Burger?”

  • Technique
  • July 2025
  • Short
  • 27K views

Grant Lee Crilly’s five steps: ultra-high heat, a fatty 60:40 grind with 1% salt, an egg yolk per pound and a little gelatin, loose balls, a hard early smash and a single flip.

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