Sous Vide Bacon Cheese Burger

Kick off grilling season with thick, juicy, flavourful cooked to perfection Sous Vide Bacon Cheese Burger with all the fixings.

This Sous Vide Bacon Cheese Burger is so in your face, you may find yourself leaning in to lick the screen. My back is turned...just do it! OK, now that you've gotten that out of the way, let's work on making that virtual experience a juicy reality.

I am both fascinated and fearful of fire, so I generally leave the major grilling to the Dude. We have an outdoor grill that connects to the gas line of our home and the few times that I've been tasked with firing it up, involved me holding my breath and uttering prayers to not blow up our home. Cold sweats included.

Sous Vide Burgers... Really Tho?

Well, if you tend to overcook burgers, like I used to... then yes! If an appliance doesn't beep to remind me that it's doing doing its thing, I'm likely to have moved on to the next thing and forget. Which translates into countless burnt meals. I wish I were kidding...

I love cooking sous vide for many reasons, but especially for comfort that comes from not overcooking food. There is also the consistently great results one gets from meat to mixology.

I'm not going to lie... protein cooked sous vide can look downright gross out of the bag and that's where we play with fire.

Grill, Sear or Torch?

As fearful as I am of fire, it makes me feel like a total bad-ass. Once the grill is lit and my house blowing up fears are temporarily put to rest, I feel right at home flipping and mopping that meat. Throw some bacon on the grill while you're at it, it's in the post title, after all!

In the summer months, finishing sous vide meat on the grill is definitely our preference - especially when feeding a crowd. When it's just the two of us and below zero out, I stick to searing or torching - usually the latter using my Searzall torch.

These Sous Vide Bacon Cheese Burgers took on some much needed colour with high heat applied for less than a minute per side.

Serve With A Side...

Fries are nice (and can also be made sous vide), but the hot summer months beg for a bowl of fresh, crisp vegetables. And if you are lucky enough to have a green thumb in your household (that would be the Dude), home-grown veggies are even better. This one is packed with kale, golden and red beets, carrots and tomatoes.

Now all that is missing is the weather one would normally associate with outdoor grilling. Any time now, spring... any time. Check out the video below.