“A backyard burger is an experience that you try to convince yourself is better than it actually is,” Chang said. “It’s the nostalgia, it’s the smells, it’s your friends. But if you actually take it out of the context, it’s not that good.”
“I actually think the grill is a horrible thing for the burger… I think this viewpoint could get me in trouble,” he said. Chang added that the link between burgers and grills “is a marketing lie.” Chang explained that the best way to cook your burgers is in a griddle because “the success rate of the griddle is better than the grill, and also there’s no clean up, you have nothing to worry about.” Turning away from burgers, he also did note that grilling corn was “clearly the only champion” and that he couldn’t “think of anything else” that makes corn taste quite as good., he sought out sacred cows to slaughter.