Step up your burger game with this comprehensive Smoked Burgers guide. It includes tips for forming the patties, seasoning secrets, and easy-to-follow instructions for cooking irresistibly juicy burgers low and slow on a standard smoker.
Season the ground beef with soy sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper in a large bowl and combine.
Divide into 4 portions and form ½ inch thick patties. Use your thumb to create a dimple in the center of each burger. This helps avoid “burger bulge”.
Add the burgers to the preheated smoker and cook for about 60 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches 10 degrees under the desired final temperature as shown in the notes below.*
Add a slice of cheese and continue smoking until the burgers reach your desired final temperature. You can also add the buns cut side down to the smoker at this point too, to toast them.
Serve the burgers on buns, with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes and onion, as desired.