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Treatment Plan

The Big Doc Smash Burger Clinic

Diagnosis: your burgers are assembled, not composed. Prescription: proper smash technique and a sauce with a bedside manner.

Patient chart

Serves: 4 · Total: 25 min

You will need

• 1 lb 80/20 ground beef, in 8 loose 2-oz balls
• 8 slices American cheese
• 4 potato rolls, buttered and toasted
• 4 tbsp Big Doc Sauce (minimum effective dose)
• Shredded iceberg, minced white onion, dill pickle chips
• Salt — more than feels polite

Treatment plan

1. Get a cast-iron skillet or griddle screaming hot — a drop of water should skitter and vanish.
2. Drop 2 beef balls in, and smash flat with a spatula (press with a second spatula for leverage). Salt aggressively.
3. 90 seconds untouched — lacy brown edges are the goal. Flip, cheese immediately, 30 more seconds.
4. Stack two patties per bun. Sauce the top bun like you mean it: a full tablespoon of Big Doc.
5. Lettuce, onion, pickles, lid on. Serve before the cheese stops flowing.

Doctor's notes

The double-thin-patty structure maximizes crust-per-bite, which is the clinically meaningful metric.