{"id":18318,"date":"2018-08-06T10:39:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=18318"},"modified":"2018-08-06T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:39:18","slug":"wahlburgers-at-home-review-ground-beef-at-the-grocery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=18318","title":{"rendered":"Wahlburgers At Home Review – Ground Beef at the Grocery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wahlburgers<\/a>So the Wahlberg family from Boston, ex con, one celebrity, one half celebrity, one fry cook, one overbearing parent.<\/p>\n

Start a burger restaurant, sign lots of expansion deals – “coming soon” is their most famous location. Wahlburgers<\/a> they call it.<\/p>\n

They’ve made a big deal with the Iowa-base grocery chain of Hy-Vee<\/a>, which is attempting to set the pace in the new genre of “groceraunt.” Yeah, we’ll see.<\/p>\n

They expanded to grocer counters as a premium brand of patties or bulk<\/a>, at my store in the range of $8 a pound.<\/p>\n

Blend of chuck, brisket and short rib. Blends are the new “thing” in burgers. New as far as the mass market, not new to high end suppliers to restaurants.\u00a0 I pan fried a patty, and found it had more than adequate beef\u00a0 flavor, but is a very fine grind (not my preference). Curiously, there was\u00a0 nearly 1\/2 c grease left in skillet from 1 lb burgers. But the patties crumbled. So lean to begin with or all the fat cooked out?\u00a0 I can’t anwer that.<\/p>\n

(Note broken patty on bun pic) Be a disaster on an outdoor grill, me thinks. Odd labeling on package: “Color is not a good indication of
\nfreshness.” (Tested without condiments or seasoning). Worth $8 a pound? Nope.<\/p>\n

According to the USDA plant number on the package, the Wahlbergs have contracted with AVA Pork<\/a> of New York, to make and package the product.\u00a0 AVA has been supplying institutional users since 1985, primarily in pork.<\/p>\n

Want to visit one of their restaurants? Locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I tried one of the competitors recently, Schweid & Son, which I wrote about here<\/a>. So the Wahlbergs aren’t going to be on my shopping list regularly, but I do wish them success.<\/p>\n

If money was no object, I’d put Creekstone Farms as my favorite ground beef supplier, found in a lot of fast casual restaurants, like The Company Burger<\/a> in New Orleans.\u00a0 Pat LaFrieda<\/a>, who sells to Shake Shack, would be number two, and these Schweid fellas come in third.<\/p>\n

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