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Wahlburgers At Home Review – Ground Beef at the Grocery
So the Wahlberg family from Boston, ex con, one celebrity, one half celebrity, one fry cook, one overbearing parent.
Start a burger restaurant, sign lots of expansion deals – “coming soon” is their most famous location. Wahlburgers they call it.
They’ve made a big deal with the Iowa-base grocery chain of Hy-Vee, which is attempting to set the pace in the new genre of “groceraunt.” Yeah, we’ll see.
They expanded to grocer counters as a premium brand of patties or bulk, at my store in the range of $8 a pound.
Blend of chuck, brisket and short rib. Blends are the new “thing” in burgers. New as far as the mass market, not new to high end suppliers to restaurants. I pan fried a patty, and found it had more than adequate beef flavor, but is a very fine grind (not my preference). Curiously, there was nearly 1/2 c grease left in skillet from 1 lb burgers. But the patties crumbled. So lean to begin with or all the fat cooked out? I can’t anwer that.
(Note broken patty on bun pic) Be a disaster on an outdoor grill, me thinks. Odd labeling on package: “Color is not a good indication of
freshness.” (Tested without condiments or seasoning). Worth $8 a pound? Nope.
According to the USDA plant number on the package, the Wahlbergs have contracted with AVA Pork of New York, to make and package the product. AVA has been supplying institutional users since 1985, primarily in pork.
Want to visit one of their restaurants? Locations.
I tried one of the competitors recently, Schweid & Son, which I wrote about here. So the Wahlbergs aren’t going to be on my shopping list regularly, but I do wish them success.
If money was no object, I’d put Creekstone Farms as my favorite ground beef supplier, found in a lot of fast casual restaurants, like The Company Burger in New Orleans. Pat LaFrieda, who sells to Shake Shack, would be number two, and these Schweid fellas come in third.
Wahlburgers At Home Review
Wahlburgers At Home Review
