Hi All. Got this cheese burger and when I cut into it, the inside looked very soft and quite pink/raw, like tartare. Some minced meat pieces fell apart.
They replaced my burger when I pointed it out, but the staff and owner/manager said it is the normal doneness of their burgers. I wasn’t asked my preferred doneness when I ordered.
Is this typical here or does this look undercooked to you?
Not trying to complain, just want to know if I am missing something
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Posted by Fearless_Pizza4933
23 Comments
I guess you’ve never eaten a burger before
Fearless pizza is worried about undercooked burger
If its fresh mince, some people will serve it like that, if it was frozen it can give you food poisoning.
Burger should never be medium!!! Always well done as it’s made by grounded meat and the bacterial charge is much higher in grounded meat.
Some people wrongly think that because steak can be eaten raw, that any beef product can be eaten raw. In the case of ground beef burgers, they should be cooked fully.
Source:
https://hpdp.gov.mt/sites/default/files/2025-05/HPDP%20Food%20Safety%20Booklet%20A5_ENG.pdf
Nah, pink is one thing but it should be just that, a little pink; not raw or red; this was probably cooked from frozen and someone pulled it too early
So you are 90% of the burger but now you’re asking us if it’s undercooked?
Food safety auditor here; no it’s not safe. It’s never safe to eat undercooked burgers. I am going to spare you the explanation unless you ask for it.
dannys is random mate sometimes very good sometimes overpaying for raw shite
The vet can still save it
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This is undercooked by “pink” standards, but burgers can be served pink.
If the beef is well sourced and you trust the place serving it then you shouldn’t need to worry about all the scares people are posting here.
No risk with this crap
Just a burger mate. Move on..
its so raw a skilled vet could still save it
Undercooked. This idea of medium cooked burgers is wrong. Minced beef has to be cooked all the way through
Undercooked. This obsession that originated in America that burgers need a temperature like a steak is wrong. Mince needs cooked through.
That’s clearly undercooked. They messed up, agreed to replace it but wanted to cover their asses with the classic “that’s how we always do it and no one complains”
I did have a similar experience, they took our order wrong and remade our order, serving it as fast as possible where we had an undercooked patty. Having raw areas isn’t really ideal in burgers. See the explanation from Hydra.
I think they cook them from frozen and end up like that. Ideally they have a high fat content to allow the fat to render, keep the burger juicy which also cooks it to a safe temperature.
It’s undercooked mate. I love a good medium burger… if I’ve made it myself and I know it’s 100% beef, not with pork mixed in.
Omg.. i would not est it
It’s raw
Frozen patty will never cook thruly…eat at your own risk, food poisoning is common in Malta