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J. Kenji López-Alt
First-Person Ultra-Smashed Burgers
On YouTube as “First Person Cooking: Ultra-Smashed Burgers”
Two 2-ounce patties smashed with a trowel onto a ripping-hot Baking Steel griddle, seared for about 45 seconds and scraped up with every bit of crust, filmed from Kenji’s point of view in two minutes.
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What goes in
As built in the video.- 2 × 2 oz smashed patties
- American cheese
- bun
The recipe
This one is not written down yet. The recipe from the video is on the list.
Watch it on YouTubeMore from J. Kenji López-Alt
Not affiliated with J. Kenji López-Alt. The video belongs to its creator and plays from YouTube; the description is mine. View count as of September 2026.




