The Philip Burger
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A giant burger with beef, woven bacon, cheese, pickles and a sausage omelette, built using a custom-made cooking tray.
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A baking tray was fabricated from sheet metal using cooking tools that no man should be without; and angle grinder and a mig welder (0.3m x 0.1m).
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4 kg of beef, 96 bacon strips, 18 eggs, 2.2kg of flour, 18 sausages, 40 cheese slices. 10kg total weight, 37,000 calories. 330mm diameter by 260mm tall. Total cost = £80.
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The Philip burger;
The burger that’s so big, it has a name.
4 kg of beef, 96 bacon strips, 18 eggs, 2.2kg of flour, 18 sausages, 40 cheese slices.
10kg total weight, 37,000 calories. 330mm diameter by 260mm tall. Total cost = £80.
A baking tray was fabricated from sheet metal using cooking tools that no man should be without; and angle grinder and a mig welder (0.3m x 0.1m).
The layers:
– Bread base
– Bacon weave
– The 4kg burger
– 40 cheese slices
– Two more bacon weaves
– Sliced "chip shop" gherkins
– Sausage omelette
– Home made Jack Daniel’s sawce
The big "P" on top stands for PIMMMPED, and of course the burger’s name; Philip.
