Smashburger Making Tool & How to Make a Smashburger

Hello! Have you ever had the problem of REALLY wanting burgers but REALLY not wanting to spend tons of money of them? The solution is smashburgers, where you make your own patties out of ground beef, steak, bacon, or anything you can think of. I absolutely LOVE doing this but there's a problem, its messy and can take lots of time to create these delicious creations. I decided that i wanted to optimize this process for speed and make smashburgers more easy and quick to make! I designed a smashburger making tool in Autodesk 3D design CAD Tinkercad with a tray where you load all your tasty ingredients in and then you push down on the compressor to create a burger patty saving money and time and creating a delicious burger of whatever thickness and composition you want!

You will need food grade filament like this https://a.co/d/0hEb3m3i, if the link didn't work copy and paste it into search bar and it should bring you too the site. You will also need a 3d printer to create the object, i recommend Prusa for quality, Elegoo for good printers for good prices, and Bambu labs if your a beginner. You will also need my file which is below.

The first step is to download and print the object, i have attached the file above. It's an stl so it should be pretty strait forward to print, you must download it here then import it into a slicer that is compatible with your printer. I recommend 45% sparse infill for strength and honeycomb infill type, supports are not necessary. I have linked a filament above but you are welcome to go cheaper and less quality if you want too. It would be better to print this using a 0.2 mm nozzle to make it harder for food to get in crevices as they would be smaller.

Now you should have printed out your smashburger maker and you are ready to get cooking

Now that you have your tool you must gather the ingredients and make the patty, I recommend ground beef, bacon, onions, bell peppers, egg, or whatever you decide to incorporate in your burger. Once you have collected your materials roll them all into a ball 2-3 inches in diameter and place them on the bottom tray part of your smashburger maker. Now take the top part that looks like a lid and compress the ball until you can't go further or you have the patty size you desire. This maker creates burgers that are 4.5 inches in diameter around the size of a traditional patty, though if you scale it down either in the slicer or in tinkercad you can customize the size of burger you get!

To cook your burger oil a pan or skillet and lay your burger on, turn the heat to medium and cook it for 3-5 minutes or until the pink goes away and it's however cooked you desire. I also recommend adding seasonings like salt, pepper, steak seasoning, or maybe something different as long as it's not cinnomin i garuntee you will survive. Thank you for using this instructable, i hope you enjoy your freshly made smashburger!