Weston Single Burger Press For 4 1/2" Diameter Patties, 1/4 lbs to 3/4 lbs

Awesome press. It’s quick & simple to use, and cleanup is a breeze. The beauty of course is that every patty can be just like the last one. Which, of course, makes cooking them considerably more consistent. Pro tip: Slightly mash your burger ball…plonk it in the center of the patty paper, put another paper on top…and you can crank them out by the dozens. I suppose it’s not absolutely necessary to mash the burger ball…but it does seem to help keep everything centered. Dial in the thickness and press away. It’s super easy to make a stack of patties…and all the same size & thickness. Only a fully automated press could possibly best it. But for home use, or a small business, this one wins.

I use this mostly to make breakfast sausage patties. I tried hand presses, up to and including the excellent OXO burger press. They all depended on applying pressure evenly to the meat to make a consistent patty. The results just weren't good enough – I found manual pressing just wasn't consistent enough. The patties turned out lopsided more often than not. Part of that was because sausage patties are thinner than burgers, but the principle is the same. The Weston makes pressing a mechanical operation. It always applies consistent pressure over the entire patty when you press the plunger. But note this: If you pile the meat on one side, or if you make a misshapen pile of meat to start with, nothing will make a perfect patty – make it into a ball and flatten it between your palms a little bit before placing in the center of the patty press area. Another tip: use patty papers (wax paper) beneath and on top of the meat; if the meat sticks to the papers, give the papers a quick squirt of cooking spray – or my preference, a quick spritz of canola oil with a Misto Frosted Glass Bottle Oil Sprayer (on Amazon). Patty papers eliminate cleanup issues, too. The press unit is sturdy and easy to use, and can accommodate a wide range of patty thickness. A nice feature is that it makes every patty the same thickness (if your meat is measured out pretty much the same), eliminating human error with that. It's also quick, so you don't have to devote a lot of time to pressing patties. One more note. It's not like other presses. If you get this thing, sit down and take it apart as if for cleaning, and reassemble. Understand how it works instead of just going at it out of the box and you'll get the results you want. RTFM! :) The only (slight) minus is that it doesn't store in a small space, and it doesn't break down into smaller pieces to store. Be prepared to find a place for this thing if your kitchen storage space is already crowded. It's not cheap but I think it's worth it.

The product itself is OK. A little difficult to take apart and clean. Also, I think we ended up getting a used one. But that’s OK.

Had a cheap plastic one and after using it for about a year, decided to search for and bought a different hamburger press. The instructions for the Weston Burger Express were brisk and as you can imagine, there were brief instructions and just advised,:" .....make a ball of the ground meat, place in center of press and press plunger." Well,...there is a bit more to it than that. The first patty I made was thin on one side, thick on the other, and overall was a bit smooshed. So, back to the drawing board. The second time I used the square waxed paper you can buy with this unit. I did the ball trick with the meat and adjusted the depth by sight rather than just guesswork. Noted: you do have to adjust the thickness of the burger you are making by using a thumb screw located under the plunger. Once I figured out the depth I wanted, the rest was easy. Once the meat was placed on the waxed paper, I used another piece to cover the top of the meat. I then pressed GENTLY down on the plunger and pushed downward until I began to see a bit of the meat squeezing thru the sides of the waxed paper. The third try was a charm as was the fourth, fifth, etc. You get the picture. The pre-cut waxed paper squares help tremendously in keeping the meat from sticking to the unit and allowed for quick removal and stacking the burgers in a freezer container. The unit itself is relatively sturdy, and with reasonable care should last a very long time. It is metal, easily cleaned and I air dried my unit rather than putting it in the dishwasher. Overall, I now can make hamburger patties that will cook evenly, will freeze easily and I won't end up with those hand made angry little pellets I used to make. No, this is NOT a must have item but it certainly is very nice to have. Yes, this is a definite RECOMMENDED BUY.

Best pre-made burger patty maker.... No uneven pattys like a hand held...uniform pattys from first to last User approved

I like this pattie press a lot. Gently form a loose ball of hamburger and press it into a perfect pattie. I pressed out 3 patties from package to press to refrigerator in 3 minutes. Some complain about the extra time it takes to clean it. I use wax paper, a baggie, or plastic wrap as a medium between the press and the meat. No cleaning necessary as the raw meat never touches the press. Some complain that they want a larger diameter pattie. Simply adjust the press to form a thicker pattie, and then gently hand press it out to the diameter you desire. The stock diameter size is fine at 4.5 inch, but if you got bigger buns, just gently hand press it out to suit your bun needs. Easy peasy. The nice thing is that it does not overwork your meat which is often the case when making patties by hand. This ensures a juicy burger!

Press is easy to use and clean.

This press is well-built and sturdy and does exactly what it says it does and, sadly, makes a very simple process overly complicated. Used this once, then realized that by the time I'd taken it apart to clean it, I'd spent about three times as long preparing patties than if I'd just made them by hand. Hear me out. . . I thought somehow that this patty maker would simplify or improve the patty-making process or, I don't know, make it more fun or something. It doesn't. It just makes it take longer. It's kinda like having a 1,000 lb gadget to pour tap water from the kitchen faucet into a glass. So, the way it works is you get your hamburger meat ready to press, then you have to get the wax paper down so the meat doesn't stick to the press, then you place the meat in the press and push down on it with your greasy hand, then you open the press and press the plunger to get the patty to release. Then, when you're done, you have to take the thing apart to clean all the grease off it and the bits of raw meat that get caught inside the press, then you have to put it back together. . . . So many steps when all you'd have to do after getting the meat ready to press is simply flatten it out by hand in about three seconds like you've done all your life. The burgers from the press don't cook up any better, and most of the time the patties aren't perfectly shaped anyway because one patty had a little more meat than the other when pressed. So anyway, I bought two of these to give one away as a gift, but after using mine once, I'm not gifting the other to my family member as it's simply an impractical gadget. Very nice, very well-made, and completely unnecessary and impractical. And it's not returnable. : ( Just press your patties by hand like usual and save yourself time and money. Or, if you absolutely have to have some kind of gadget to press the meat, just get one of those hand-held thingamajiggers. Really, though, take it it from me: pressing patties by hand is the simplest and fastest, way simpler and way faster that using this.

This product helps to make a burger that is compact, not easily falls apart, and makes burgers as thick or thin as you wants. It really does clean easily. I use wax paper on the bottom plate, then place the hamburger, the put another piece of wax paper on top of the burger. Then press the top of the unit down, and there you have it. This unit disassembles easily which makes clean up a breeze. It reassembles easily for the next time you & your family want hamburgers.

Comprei e até parece bom mas a pintura veio toda craquelada, produto parece que faltou acabamento.

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Nice and very effective. .

Over priced!