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With my BBQ kit packed into the ute, I headed to the beach for a relaxing Saturday evening. The Weber Baby-Q was fired up to high, and 8-10 minutes later, I had burgers cooked to medium perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The end result was nothing short of mouth-watering. A simple yet delicious burger, elevated by the quality of the meat, while I know the process of grinding the meat and making patties is super simple, there is a great satisfaction in having made what I think are some of the most delicious burgers I have ever eaten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, there you have it\u2014the maiden voyage of my KitchenAid mincer was a resounding success. It’s these simple pleasures that help me maintain a healthy work-life balance, and I’m excited to share more of them with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following on from my recent post about reclaiming work-life balance, I’ve decided to share a bit more of my personal life with you all. And what better way to kick things off than with a BBQ post? After all, this is DigitalBBQ! I Make Burgers I recently got my hands on a KitchenAid mincer attachment and was eager to put…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-nsfv-not-safe-for-vegetarian-vegan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1336,"url":"https:\/\/digitalbbq.au\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/pulled-pork-burgers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1332,"position":0},"title":"Pulled Pork Burgers","author":"Ryan Lenihan","date":"24 October 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, okay.. 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