Kentucky Hot Brown

The Hot Brown is ostensibly an open-faced sandwich—it starts with a piece of toasted bread (the original recipe calls for Texas Toast) and gets topped with sliced roasted turkey. But from there it leaps directly into Hangover Helper territory when a precisely measured volume (known as a morethanyoucouldreasonablyhopetoneed) of cheesy, creamy Mornay sauce is poured over the top and the whole thing is placed under the broiler to bake until bubbly.

Amatriciana Burgers With Tomato-Onion Jam, Bacon, and Pecorino Romano Crisps

Inspired by the famous Roman amatriciana sauce, a 6-ounce juicy patty of beef is topped with a spicy tomato-onion jam, crisped bacon, and a Pecorino Romano cheese crisp.

Juicy Broiled Burgers

There's no need to fire up the grill when you need a satisfying burger fix: Here's the secret to think, juicy broiled burgers.

Barbecue Bacon Burgers

A barbecue sauce-glazed juicy burger with crisp grilled bacon, grilled onions, and cheddar cheese.

Hot and Smoky Cheeseburgers With Bacon and Pickled Cherry Pepper Relish

An homage to the Smoke Stack burger from Shake Shack, this big, fat, grilled burger gets topped with American cheese, crisp bacon, grilled onions, and a spicy and tangy bacon and pickled cherry pepper relish.

Pepperoni Garlic Bread Burgers (Grilled Cheeseburgers With Pepperoni Sauce Served on Garlic Bread Rolls)

Burgers covered in provolone cheese under a blanket of a hot-and-tangy pepperoni sauce and parmesan cheese, all served on a hamburger bun toasted in garlic butter.

The Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburgers

The ultimate bacon cheeseburger with beef cooked in bacon fat, a bacon fat mayonnaise, onions caramelized in bacon fat, buns toasted in bacon fat, and a crisp bacon weave topping.

Serious Heat: How to Spice Up a Burger

A great way to zest up a burger is by making a spicy version of the Southern standby, pimento cheese. Whether you stuff it inside the burger, or melt it on top, it's a mouth-watering sensation.

The Bacon Attack! (Or, the Bacon^4 Burger)

Note: Read my breakdown of the burger's components to see how I came up with this recipe....

The Spotted Pig's Chargrilled Burger at Home

[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Note: Interested in learning how we developed this recipe? Read about it here....