Who needs restaurant burgers when you can make your own gourmet BBQ Burger on the grill at home? Infused with a homemade barbecue sauce and layered high with your favorite toppings, this restaurant-style burger puts all others to shame! Plus, you won’t believe how easy it is to make!
This is no ordinary burger.
What you’ve got here is a burger literally bursting with outrageous bbq flavors… and with each bite the flavor excitement only grows stronger!
Aimee writes: "Delicious!"
This burger was so good that my family in a 4-0 vote deemed it the World’s Best bbq burger recipe.
It’s one of those Summer Grilling Recipes we just keep coming back to. Of course that might have something to do with our teen boys requesting it again and again. 🙂
They did the same thing with my mini Bacon Cheeseburger Sliders, tropical Hawaiian Burgers, and Fritos infused Ranch Dressing Burger Recipe!
Seriously, when my boys really like something, they are not shy about letting me know.
Especially when wildly delicious burgers are involved!
So do yourself a favor and find out what all the fuss is about.
These barbecue burgers are super easy to make and are a surefire way to collect some extra love at dinnertime…
Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to create the BEST bbq burgers ever!
First check in your kitchen, then add the following to your next grocery list to make sure you’ve got everything on hand…
- Ground Sirloin Beef – It all starts with your ground beef, so the higher the quality ground beef the better your burger will taste!
Then we start breaking all sorts of delicious rules by mixing your Homemade BBQ Sauce ingredients right into your burger patties…
- Light Brown Sugar
- Chili Powder
- Salt
- Pepper
- Onion Powder
- Heinz Ketchup
- Liquid Hickory Smoke
- Egg
Now that you’ve come so far, don’t hold back now! To make your homemade bbq burgers truly great, be sure to only build them on the Best Hamburger Buns!
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Making this simple bbq burger recipe is a cinch… and once you try these burgers for yourself, you’ll never want boring, plain burgers again!
1. Start by mixing all your ingredients together in a large bowl.
2. Then form your ground beef mixture into 8 burger patties.
3. Carefully stack your bbq burger patties on pieces of wax paper and cover, before placing them in the refrigerator to allow the flavors to marinate.
4. Finally, grill them up and get ready for a fabulous bbq cheeseburger feast!
Trust me, Easy Beef Recipes really don’t get any simpler or tastier than bbq burger recipes like this!
Scroll down for the printable bbq burger recipe card with detailed, step-by-step instructions.
How To Store
One of my favorite Easy Meal Prep Dinner Ideas is to freeze these bbq burger patties for later. To do so, simply take your wax paper stacked burger patties and carefully place them in a gallon sized freezer bag. Remove as much air as possible, then store them in the freezer for 1-2 months.
When you’re ready to use them, just remove as many frozen burger patties as you need and allow them to thaw in the refrigerator overnight before grilling.
Having some of these frozen bbq burgers on hand is especially handy if you’re planning an RV or camping trip. They are seriously one of the tastiest RV Recipes and Camping Food Ideas EVER!!
Best Sides for BBQ Burgers
One of my favorite Grilling Menu Ideas is to serve up this bbq cheese burger with some of my tasty Easy Coleslaw Recipe and flavor-packed BBQ Baked Beans.
Then… to send the dinner into an indulgent overload, I like to add a hefty serving of my Bacon Mac and Cheese, before finishing with a slice of my Old-Fashioned Blueberry Pie Recipe topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
This my friends creates nothing short of an outrageous bbq burger feast!
Reviews
Here’s what your frugal friends are saying about this simple bbq burger recipe…
Aimee writes: “Delicious!”
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BBQ Burger
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Ground Sirloin Beef, or a lean Ground Chuck Beef
- 1/4 cup light Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Chili Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 Tbsp Heinz Ketchup
- 1/4 tsp liquid Hickory Smoke
- 1 Egg
- 8 slices Cheddar Cheese, (optional if you want to a bbq cheese burger)
Instructions
- Gather your bbq burger ingredients.
- Mix your Brown Sugar, Chili Powder, Salt, Pepper and Onion Powder in a bowl. Add in your Ketchup, liquid Smoke and Egg and stir thoroughly.
- Add your lean ground sirloin beef to bowl and mix with your fingers.
- Form mixture into 8 balls, smashing into round burger patties by hand or with a hamburger press.
- Carefully stack burgers with Wax Paper separating patties, then place burgers in fridge to marinate for a few hours or overnight.
- Grill your burgers for 4 – 5 minutes on each side at 350 – 400 degrees, or until done.
- Melt cheese onto burgers.
- Build your burgers… bun, burger, optional lettuce, tomato, pickles & onion and ENJOY!!
Notes
- How To Freeze: Take your wax paper stacked bbq burger patties and carefully place them in a gallon sized freezer bag. Remove as much air as possible, then store them in the freezer for 1-2 months. When you’re ready to use them, just remove as many frozen burger patties as you need and allow them to thaw in the refrigerator overnight before grilling.
- FAQ’s: For answers to Frequently Asked Questions or tips for common substitutions and variations, please refer to the detailed information above this recipe card.
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Hi there. Will this come out too moist if I use ground chuck ?
Thanks
Hi Sean,
You really can use any cut of ground beef with this recipe, but I do recommend a leaner cut if possible. Keep in mind that different cuts of ground beef may alter the flavors and you may also need to adjust the cook time.
Hope you enjoy this recipe!
~ Heidi
Really good recipe! Perfectly good instructions for the cooking part as well! I’m not used to cooking on a BBQ and it was really helpful.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have any liquid smoke at home so I did without, but I will get myself some and I will try it.
Plus I am not sure if I used onion or garlic powder. All the same, it was delicious!!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the burgers!
Thanks for sharing this. It’s always fun to see what ingredients go into giving a burger its taste, and it looks like the brown sugar, chili powder, and liquid hickory smoke are the keys to what seems like a really good burger.
You’re very welcome, John… ENJOY!