Anybody tried mixing chopped bacon with 90/10 ground beef?

[Chasdev]

I saw an recipe that advises to mix raw bacon bits to 91/10 ground sirloin.
I'm tempted to give it a go, anyone doing this?

 

[chopsaw]

anyone doing this?

Yes . It wasn't for me . Bad mouth feel . The bacon didn't render down like just fat does .
I do grind and mix it in with grilling sausage without issue .

Chopped and in a burger mix I didn't like .

 

[voyager 663rd]

I tried grinding it WITH the meat and......it just jammed up the works. A real PITA to clean it out. Maybe if I chopped it into little tiny bits?? Nah, still gummed up the works.

Not worth it IMO.

 

[thirdeye]

I've added ground bacon ends to pork sausage and it's okay, but adding strips of pork belly (uncured) works better for me.

 

[zwiller]

Never ran it with bacon but I have cut GB with ground pork for things and think it is actually better than GB alone. IE loose meat spaghetti, meatballs, sloppy joes, meatloaf, etc. Ground bacon in pork sausages with onion like leberwurst are killer.

 

[jcam222]

I tried grinding it WITH the meat and......it just jammed up the works. A real PITA to clean it out. Maybe if I chopped it into little tiny bits?? Nah, still gummed up the works.

Not worth it IMO.

Was the bacon frozen or semi frozen?

 

[voyager 663rd]

Raw. In retrospect, might/may have made a difference BUT when cooked, it still wouldn't have been crispy like bacon needs to be.

I certainly wouldn't want to waste the beef to find out though.

That would be pork belly. NOW, if it was peameal bacon (which is just cured pork loin), without the "stringiness" of belly.

 

[Fueling Around]

Not for me. I tried pork belly and uh.
I'd rather put the fried bacon strips on the cooked burger.

Never ran it with bacon but I have cut GB with ground pork for things and think it is actually better than GB alone. IE loose meat spaghetti, meatballs, sloppy joes, meatloaf, etc. Ground bacon in pork sausages with onion like leberwurst are killer.

I love straight ground pork patties and mixed with beef is a killer combo.

 

[mike243]

I ground some bacon and added to my burger , couldn’t keep it in burger form it wanted to fall apart, same with meat loaf, might have had to much but wanted to taste it

 

[Sammie The Bull]

No, no thanks.
I always cook the bacon (in strips) next to the smash burger patties on my flat top.

 

[beemerburner]

Pub Burgers:
2# ground round
2 Eggs
1 cup each (or more); Bacon Crumbles (Costco/sams) , Fresh shredded Colby jack cheese.

 

[mneeley490]

I've added some pre-cooked bacon to ground beef. It seemed to solve the rendering problem.

 

[Boris1]

I do venison bacon burgers …. 12-13 lb or venison and a 5 lb pack of what got in PA called JF Martins bacon grind it all together and it makes amazing burgers