Rachael Ray's Burger Bash

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Scoring Sliders at Rachael Ray's Burger Bash

Friday night at the New York City Wine & Food Festival saw the return of Rachael Ray's biannual Burger Bash.
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Friday night at the New York City Wine & Food Festival saw the return of Rachael Ray's biannual Burger Bash. With 3,000 people in attendance, it was the biggest Burger Bash ever held in New York. "They worked their patties off to give you thousands of patties!" Rachael reminded the crowd.

No doubt Burger Bash was hard work all around, as partygoers sampled 28 different pieces of beef. We couldn't tackle 'em all, but did notice a wide range of beefy buns from perfectly cooked to poorly executed. See what worked (and what didn't).

Photo: Anna Monette Roberts

Shake Shack Ai Fiori Gotham Bar and Grill Bill's Bar and Burger Artisanal Park Avenue Autumn Burger and Barrel
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Burgers From Rachael Ray's Burger Bash 2011 in South Beach
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Grading the Beef at Rachael Ray's Burger Bash

Eating the burgers at Rachael Ray's twice-yearly Burger Bash: it's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it!
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Burgers From Rachael Ray's Burger Bash 2011 in South Beach

Eating the burgers at Rachael Ray's twice-yearly Burger Bash: it's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it! The event, which took place in a giant tent overlooking the waves of South Beach, was the big party of Thursday night, and everybody, from Spike Mendelsohn (dressed in a Hamburglar costume) to the NFL's hunky Jason Taylor, was there. We tried as many burgers as our stomachs could fit to decide who took top billing when it came to the beef. Here, a few standouts, and why they did — or didn't — work for us.

Shake Shack's Shack Burger Morimoto's Nikomi Burger Love Shack's Wild Love Ai Fiori's The White Label Bobby's Burger Palace's Napa Valley Burger Crunchified B Spot's Yo! Burger Good Stuff Eatery's Colletti Smokehouse Burger
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