Should hamburgers 'rest' after cooking?

Who hasn't eaten a burger on a bun so saturated with meat juices that it was practically falling apart? There's an easy way to mitigate that problem: Let your burgers rest briefly before placing them on buns. In raw meat, most of the juices are stored in individual structures called myofibrils. read more

Whether you're a year-long griller or only get a few months of the year to cook al fresco, grilling reaches an all-time high during the peak of summer. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, there's no meal not made better by the charring abilities of the grill. read more

Why all meat should rest after cooking. As meat is cooked the proteins in the meat heat up and set. The more cooked the meat, the more ‘set’ the proteins have become. This is why we can judge a piece of meat's doneness by prodding it with tongs – the firmer the meat, the more ‘done’ it is. read more