3 Tips To Achieving The Ideal Gourmet Burger Like A Pro Chef

Wildfire Burgers offers some of the best gourmet burgers in Singapore. Not only that but the multi-award-winning restaurant was also awarded Asia’s Best Burger within a year after we opened in 2015. We have since then redeveloped and expanded our menu in 2020 after a year of taking a break to rebrand. With two different locations serving different kinds of crowds, our menu ranges from wagyu beef burger and lamb burger to truffle burger and chicken burger. If you are in the area and looking to grab some burgers for lunch, you are in for a treat as we offer smashed burgers you probably have not tasted before.

Do not worry if you cannot head down to Wildfire Burgers to try our burgers immediately. We want to share three simple yet effective and practical tips that you can follow to create a perfectly grilled gourmet burger at home.

Tip #1: Use quality ingredients

Ingredients are a vital part of crafting a perfect gourmet burger. The key difference between a fast-food burger and a gourmet burger is the quality of the meat. You might use good beef for a fast-food burger, but if you want to raise it to a gourmet burger standard, you have got to use quality beef. Search for the best meat. You can either create your own blend or get your local go-to butcher to create a unique blend.

Some chefs prefer adding a little brisket into the blend. Some prefer adding a mix of fatty and lean parts into the blend to give their meat patty that added juiciness. Quality meat does not equate to expensive prime cuts. While they are a great cut of meats, they are not necessary for making burgers. At our restaurant, we source only the best and freshest quality meat: Wagyu and Angus beef from America and fresh broiler chicken that is delivered fresh from a local farm daily. However, with the current situation, we are not selling fried chicken.

Tip #2: Seasoning

A perfect gourmet burger consists of a well-seasoned piece of meat. Whether you are making either a lamb, chicken, or beef burger, nobody likes biting into a burger with a poorly seasoned piece of meat. Many chefs have their secret seasoning methods; some create their own unique blend of herbs and spices, while some use a small bottle of saltwater spray to salt the meat when cooking evenly. Our unique flavours come from the charcoal we use to grill the patties, as well as our own mix of seasonings.

Tip #3: Grilling the meat

The aim of grilling the meat is to achieve that char on both sides. To do so, you want to grill the outside on high heat for about a minute or two on both sides. Depending on if you are using a stove or a grill for cooking your meat, you might either reduce to low heat or move the meat to a low heat section to finish grilling it so that it does not dry out. You then want to take out five minutes before your meat reaches your desired doneness so that you allow it to rest. 

This is an important step as it allows the meat to absorb back its moisture allow it to retain its juiciness. At Wildfire Burgers, we grill our burgers on our cream of the crop industrial burner grill, the Binchotan-charcoal-fired INKA grill. With adjustable vents that encourage optimal ventilation as well as allow chefs to control the cooking speed and heat intensity better, the grill can withstand up to 450 degrees Celsius as well as infuse smokiness into the patties, producing unique and out of this world tenderness and flavours.

Conclusion

There are no set rules to crafting a perfect gourmet grilled burger, and neither are there rights and wrongs to doing so. While these are just some tips that can help you improve your burger game, we want to encourage you to play around with ingredients and allow your creativity to flow.

Nevertheless, if you are looking for the best burger for lunch in Singapore, head down to Wildfire Burgers and try our various burgers for yourself. With an all-star team, quality smoky meat and non-meat burgers, burnt cheesecakes and apple pie, and drinks like milkshakes and beers on tap to go with your meal, we guarantee every visitor an amazing time! Check out our menu at our two central locations.