4 Levels of Hamburgers: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

Level 1: "I buy my salt." Level 2: "I buy high quality salt." Level 3: "Everyday, I travel to the Himalayas and climb the mountains to handmine the salt depots."

Lvl 1: “I go to the store” Lvl 2: “I go to the market to get fresh meat” Lvl 3: “In my past life I was a cow, immediately after death I was reborn as a baby and I journeyed to the spot of my death to pick my own meat from my former body “

Emily: Salts the burger early. Lorenzo: Salts the burger right before cooking. Frank: “First we must dig the salt mine.”

I love how, every time someone cautions against doing something, we cut immediately to Level-1's doing exactly that thing.

Level 1: "Hi, I'm a level 1 chef." Level 2: "Hi, I'm a level 2 chef" Level 3: "Hi, I've cooked all the dinosaurs to their extinction."

Emily: hates her burger Frank: respects his burger Lorenzo: is in love with his burger

Frank: What I like most about this burger is it's not complicated Also Frank: As a chef, I like to raise my own livestock

I love how Frank knows every problem that Emily has

Level 1: sometimes I like to make food, I buy my ingredients at Walmart or whatever. Level 2: I cook a lot for people in my life, I enjoy it, my ingredients are all natural/farm fresh Level 3: Cooking is life or death. By the way My ingredients are sourced from a one-armed Tibeten monk who took a vow of silence and immortality, they only come down from the mountain once every 3 harvest moons

Emily's first step: season the meat Lorenzo's first step: season the meat Frank's first step: feed the cows

Me: “Uncle frank, I want a pb&j for lunch” Frank: starts making bread and jelly from scratch

At first I was going to defend frank and say he doesn’t go THAT far for fresh ingredients but then he said “I'm going to make my own pickles” and I realized i’m fighting a lost cause Edit: 1 year later of food videos and i can confirm that making your own pickles is a common practice and not just a Masterchef kind of thing, thanks guys.

Level 1: Hi I’m Emily! And I’m a level 1 chef! Level 2: Hi I’m Lorenzo! And I’m a level 2 chef! Level 3: “Frank the Conqueror” was the name bestowed upon me at birth. I have spent many millenium perfecting the decent culinary art. I forged my first cast iron skillet when I was a mere 4 years old and I have crafted many ever since. My friends have been by my side, helping me to defeat anyone who would even think of battling me since then. My ground hamburgers are many from the hearts of ancient dragons and the tears of the wizards that brought us this land many years ago. My technique comes from the Eastern Viking Tribe from the south of Europe and has been passed on from generation to generation. My mission on this humble planet is simple. Create peace and balance to this earth and crush any mortal who dares to challenge the might and power that stands before you.

Lvl 1: Mom on a lazy day. Lvl 2: Mom on a normal day. Lvl 3: Mom when guests are over.

Just watching this for Throwback Thursday. Emily wasn't for sure that her final burger was even cooked in this video. Now she's a Level 2 Chef after 50 videos of trial and error. Just shows that you can persevere through anything.

Here watching because we won't see the golden lineup again. Emily just got promoted to level 2. What a journey ❤️

Emily: "I make it into a ball" Lorenzo: "I flatten it and add a dimple." Frank: "I create a cinder cone volcano shape, you want it to appear to have deep subduction zones under the upper strata. If done correctly, the peoples of Pompeii should fear your burger's shape."

Level 1: Buys the food Level 2: Makes the food Level 3: Makes the ingredients Level 4: makes the chefs

Emily: the one who walks into the room and forgets why she walked in Lorenzo: the one who walks into the room, forgets why he walked in, but does something productive in it Frank: the one who walks into the room, knows why he walked in, and does something productive in it

Frank: what is like about this burger, it’s simple Also Frank: wait for the cucumber to be pickled in a week