Weston Burger Press, Makes 4 1/2" Diameter Patties for Hamburger, Crab Cakes, Sausage, 1/4lb to 3/4lb, with Spring Ejector for Easy Removal, Single, Non-stick Heavy-Duty Cast Aluminum (07-0310-W)

Love this hamburger press! I had a ton of ground beef and made hamburgers to put in the freezer. It was easy to use and clean up was easy. It is very sturdy and doesn’t take up too much room in the cabinet. You won’t regret buying this!

Just finished using the press, and used one 10lb. hamburger chub. And had no issues with the press , just remember to use sheets of parchment paper. It helps from sticking and separation! Plus when you freeze your hamburger patties you should use parchment paper in between for easy separation. Great buy, great product! The spring helps a lot as well.

I think the spring plunger is a must for these, it really helps in making a uniform patty. I've been a hand-formed guy my whole life, but liked the idea of the uniformity of these, and getting things a little more compressed. Couldn't be happier with how the actual patties turned out, but the fit and finish on the press leaves a little to be desired - the hinge is pretty loose, and the surface can be a little rough. i was using parchment paper on top and bottom anyway, so didn't bother me much.

Used this for making 20 burgers for a family get together. Pressed them out in about 10 minutes...way faster than doing it by hand. I like that you can adjust the thickness by just adjusting the thumb screw. This press is also a heavyweight as to how its made...very sturdy. I recommend purchasing burger papers to put on the bottom of the press for each burger. I also used cellophane on top of the burgers to keep them from sticking to the press...also to keep the fat off the press. This made clean-up a snap. I will never hand press another burger again. I highly recommend.

I’ve used several variations of burger presses over the last 25 years as a chef. This one actually work. The complaints about it being hard to clean are bogus. It screws apart, but if you use plastic wrap on it, then you have zero issues. Patties pop right out. Throw it in the dishwasher and done.

I use this mostly to make breakfast sausage patties. I tried hand presses, up to and including the excellent OXO burger press. They all depended on applying pressure evenly to the meat to make a consistent patty. The results just weren't good enough – I found manual pressing just wasn't consistent enough. The patties turned out lopsided more often than not. Part of that was because sausage patties are thinner than burgers, but the principle is the same.The Weston makes pressing a mechanical operation. It always applies consistent pressure over the entire patty when you press the plunger. But note this: If you pile the meat on one side, or if you make a misshapen pile of meat to start with, nothing will make a perfect patty – make it into a ball and flatten it between your palms a little bit before placing in the center of the patty press area. Another tip: use patty papers (wax paper) beneath and on top of the meat; if the meat sticks to the papers, give the papers a quick squirt of cooking spray – or my preference, a quick spritz of canola oil with a Misto Frosted Glass Bottle Oil Sprayer (on Amazon). Patty papers eliminate cleanup issues, too.The press unit is sturdy and easy to use, and can accommodate a wide range of patty thickness. A nice feature is that it makes every patty the same thickness (if your meat is measured out pretty much the same), eliminating human error with that. It's also quick, so you don't have to devote a lot of time to pressing patties.One more note. It's not like other presses. If you get this thing, sit down and take it apart as if for cleaning, and reassemble. Understand how it works instead of just going at it out of the box and you'll get the results you want. RTFM! :)The only (slight) minus is that it doesn't store in a small space, and it doesn't break down into smaller pieces to store. Be prepared to find a place for this thing if your kitchen storage space is already crowded.It's not cheap but I think it's worth it.

This press is well-built and sturdy and does exactly what it says it does and, sadly, makes a very simple process overly complicated. Used this once, then realized that by the time I'd taken it apart to clean it, I'd spent about three times as long preparing patties than if I'd just made them by hand. Hear me out. . .I thought somehow that this patty maker would simplify or improve the patty-making process or, I don't know, make it more fun or something. It doesn't. It just makes it take longer. It's kinda like having a 1,000 lb gadget to pour tap water from the kitchen faucet into a glass. So, the way it works is you get your hamburger meat ready to press, then you have to get the wax paper down so the meat doesn't stick to the press, then you place the meat in the press and push down on it with your greasy hand, then you open the press and press the plunger to get the patty to release. Then, when you're done, you have to take the thing apart to clean all the grease off it and the bits of raw meat that get caught inside the press, then you have to put it back together. . . . So many steps when all you'd have to do after getting the meat ready to press is simply flatten it out by hand in about three seconds like you've done all your life. The burgers from the press don't cook up any better, and most of the time the patties aren't perfectly shaped anyway because one patty had a little more meat than the other when pressed.So anyway, I bought two of these to give one away as a gift, but after using mine once, I'm not gifting the other to my family member as it's simply an impractical gadget. Very nice, very well-made, and completely unnecessary and impractical. And it's not returnable. : ( Just press your patties by hand like usual and save yourself time and money. Or, if you absolutely have to have some kind of gadget to press the meat, just get one of those hand-held thingamajiggers. Really, though, take it it from me: pressing patties by hand is the simplest and fastest, way simpler and way faster that using this.