A hamburger (or simply burger) is an American sandwich that consists of a cooked patty of ground meat that is fried, steamed, grilled, broiled, barbequed, seared or deep fried and is generally served with various garnish or condiments like ketchup, mustard, mayonaise, lettuce, tomato, onion, relish and cheese toppings, placed inside a sliced bun, often baked specially for this purpose, or pieces of bread or toast. The meat patty is beef, unless otherwise noted.

Why would you want to grind your own beef? There are plenty of reasons...

Can bacon get any fatter? It can if you deep fry it! These guys ground bacon, wrapped it around some Mozzarella Cheese, battered it, deep fried it, then served it on a bun with some deep fried Jalapenos.

Good lord! This had to be the most greasy, heart stopping hamburger in the world. This guy makes a patty out of bacon, stuffs it with cheese, beer batters it, and finally fries up that bad boy. Mmmmmm, grease.

One of my favorite barbeque sauce recipes is to combine ground beef with Sauce Goddess' Big Tangy Steak Sauce. Form into patties. TIP-as you build the patty, make the edges a bit thicker than the middle, this will make the burger the same size when cooked and the edges won't be over-done.

Ground bacon formed into a patty, stuffed with mozzarella, battered and fried to a golden brown, topped with more cheese and placed on a bun?!?! Pure genius….