If you believe the stories, more foods were invented at the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair than any other event in history. Hot dogs, peanut butter, iced tea, club sandwiches, cotton candy, and ice cream cones were all first served on that day. Of all the foods to be popularised and invented at the fair, the hamburger is the most famous and delicious.
Like a primetime sitcom, the hamburger has since spawned many spin-offs – one of our favourites is the slider. To celebrate burgers and sliders, and the Merrychef e2s range, we’ve put together some fun facts and a mouth-watering recipe to finish.
Burger and slider facts to whet your appetite with
For those unfortunate enough not to have tried a slider, they’re essentially mini burgers. In case you didn’t know:
- Some believe the term slider comes from the navy where greasy burgers could be ‘slid in’ easily.
- Others say the name comes from the way the patties slide across the griddle during the cooking process.
- The most popular theory, however, relates to how easy sliders are to eat because of their small size. They simply slide down.
- On the other end of the scale, the world’s biggest burger weighed 1,164 kg. The record was set in Germany in 2017.
- One of the world’s most expensive and delicious burgers features a Kobe Wagyu beef patty from Japan, Beluga caviar, Canadian lobster as well as black truffle and edible gold leaf. The Glamburger, from London, comes with a hefty $1,768 price tag.
- 60 per cent of sandwiches sold worldwide is actually burgers.
Make your own delicious sliders
More and more chefs are making sliders their signature creations, and the Merrychef range offer the perfect tools to help take them to the next level. These high-speed cook ovens are compact and convenient without compromising their abilities to produce restaurant quality food. They’re a great solution to provide fast and easy recipes for quick service restaurants, pubs, café and kiosks. For more information on the Merrychef e2s line, get in touch with the team here at Moffat, or try your hand at whipping up your own with our favourite recipe for BBQ mini beef brisket sliders:
Ingredients:
- Australian Beef Brisket
- American Style BBQ Sauce
- Slaw kit
- 8 pack Brioche Buns
Method:
- Shred your desired amount of beef and set on baking paper. Set Merrychef e2s to 260 °C, set fan to 90 per cent and power to 20 per cent. Then cook for 30 mins.
- Once the shredded brisket has cooked, place the buns in the Merrychef and set the fan to 70 per cent and power to 30 per cent. Cook for 15 mins.
- Meanwhile, once shredded brisket has cooled, add it to a bowl and fold through BBQ sauce.
- Wash and drain the slaw. Place all ingredients from slaw kit in a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly. Dress and set aside.
- To assemble, slice buns in the middle, place slaw on the bottom and the shredded beef on top.
Feel free to get creative with ingredients and methods if you’re feeling inspired!
