Weston Burger Press with Patty Ejector

Last year I did not buy this product because of some of the negative reviews, but I was tired of pushing down on a cheap metal one. I liked the metal one with a handle but I found that I had to press rather hard to get the desired consistency. The first time I used this, I was kicking myself for not buying it earlier. It was much easier to form the patty and was consistent. The adjustment is really very easy and even easier to take apart and clean. Sometimes I do not understand some of the negative reviews except it seems like they want the product to work miracles. This is the easiest thing to take apart and clean and even easier to adjust. As to meat going inside the chamber during pressing, that is bound to happen if you do not use wax paper. And even with wax paper I did get some meat in the cracks due in part to my learning how to use the thing. However, is that really a big deal? I would clean my other press after making patties even if I did not see any residue as a safety issue. And this device is very simple to take apart and clean. I have just used this once to press about 50 sausage patties so my review may be premature, however, it did great and I had very nice patties. Now if the device does not last or breaks apart like a few others have had happen, than I will change my review. However, right now I am giving it two thumbs up.

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.

I like this product. It seems well-made and does what I need it to do. The debate may rage for centuries as to which one is best: A patty made by hand, or a patty made by a press. The only advantage I've found is that burgers made by a press, with a uniform thickness, seem to cook more evenly. Especially on a rainy day, when you can't use the grill and have to pan-fry the burgers. This press also makes it easy to make patties in advance. Just freeze them until your next cook-out. There is a bit of a learning curve with the Weston. My best results were obtained using a small ball of ground meat, about the size of a tangerine, and using the sheets of wax paper. A bit of a pain to take apart and clean, but a small price to pay for nice, compact burger patties.

Works great

Simple and easy to use. Easy to clean.

Makes perfect burgers in a quick efficient way. I recommend getting the lil square papers & put top & bottom. Then use the top for the bottom of the next

Great product. works well and produces consistent patties.

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 press is well made and works very well. You can make a lot of burgers in a short time with very little effort. The adjustable thickness is a great feature. I used to use a manual two piece press that you had to put a lot of pressure on and twist as you pressed, it has now been recycled. This is extremely easy to use. You definitely need waxed paper on each side to prevent them from sticking and making a mess of the press. The patties do come out slightly thicker on one side but it is not anything to worry about. I would definitely recommend this press, even if you are only doing a few burgers at a time!! Great purchase.

Einstellung zur Dicke der Burger super leicht zu variieren, leichte Handhabung, einfach klasse, sehr stabil, super leicht zu reinigen, jederzeit wieder

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

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Nice and very effective. .