Well bless your heart.

The uneven cuts of tomato and onion in your pictures of your food belie your claimed knife skills. Perhaps inattention to detail, much like your instructions for thin cuts and pictures of cuts that aren’t thin.

Just because many people do something doesn’t make it right. Lemmings jump off cliffs. Butter and no condiments are certainly not common among the predominantly American audience of Budget Bytes. I can’t say I’ve noticed in my regular travel to the UK, EU, and throughout the Caribbean. And no pickles?

Smashburgers are beloved in restaurant circles because you can cook them on a flattop and hire anyone off the street at minimum wage to cook them. They sell because people grew up eating McDonald’s. They are nothing for a “chef” to be proud of.

Google says you’re a reality TV “personality” (who lost) and blogger whose blog doesn’t show up in Google searches. Hardly sterling certifications. The only mention of you on the James Beard website is as a member of an “advisory committee” for what amounts to a contest funded by a bank with naming rights for high school vocational track graduates. Some people work their way up the hawse pipe. No indication of that in your case.

It’s a poorly written article about something of questionable taste that doesn’t even execute your own instructions in your own photographs. People trust Budget Bytes for good advice. You do not live up to the standard.

I continue to think well of Budget Bytes. Indeed I’ve shared three deep links just this morning. You, however, are a hard pass.

Thank you, Elisa!

Thanks, Annoyed!

Thanks, Judy! I will edit ASAP. xoxo

Thank you, Uhhh!

Thanks, Dave!

Thanks, Borgor Kieng! I see what you did there!

Thank you J!

Thank you Lz!!! This is the absolute sweetest.

Thanks for trying them out Dawn! Butter in the beef is a chef’s trick. Gordon does it with his fancy burgers in Vegas. xoxo