When my grandmother came to visit, we would make one of her favorite easy recipes for pineapple burgers. A seasoned hamburger is combined with a piece of pineapple and covered in bacon. That simple, and it gives a basic burger a fantastic flavor!
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 burgers |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- ½ cup prepared barbecue sauce
- 1 (8 ounce) can sliced pineapple
- 8 slices bacon
Instructions
- Prepare the grill for indirect cooking.
- In a large bowl, mix together ground beef and barbecue sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
- Shape mixture into 4 large patties. Place a slice of pineapple on top of each. Crisscross 2 bacon strips around each burger, and secure with toothpicks.
- Brush oil on the grate. Place burgers on the grill over medium-low heat. Cook, covered, until burger is cooked through. Turn often to avoid burning bacon.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 946 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 23 g |
| Cholesterol | 208 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 47 g |
| Saturated Fat | 27 g |
| Sodium | 978 mg |
| Sugars | 18 g |
| Fat | 72 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Everyone thought these were delicious although I added the bbq sauce to the burger while cooking and cooked the pineapple and bacon separately. They didn’t fall apart that way. I don’t get adding onions, carrots, egg and breadcrumbs to the meat. To me, that’s like making a meatloaf. We all like the taste of the meat. Will definitely make again and again!!
Great flavor will make again.
This is the 2nd time we’ve made these and they were a big hit again! We use ground chicken breast for a healthier alternative. Will definitely have them again and again!
OMG!!! Surprisingly DELICIOUS!!!!
Excellent combo of tastes! However…..doesn’t everyone know yet that you need an egg and some seasoned breadcrumbs to bind the meat together & soak up some of the grease The BBQ sauce is just for extra flavour, and BTW…. some onion & cheese wouldn’t go amiss either!
Fantastic. Didn’t change a thing.Putting this on our rotation
The BBQ sauce made the burgers fall apart, but the flavor was pretty good. I think next time I will just make regular burgers and top with bacon, pineapple, and BBQ sauce for less frustration.
Added a little more BBQ sauce & turned out great. Will definitely make again!
Wanted to follow the recipe, but couldn’t fingure out how to hold bacon on with toothpicks and still be able to flip them on grill. So I ended up cooking everything separately. The burgers were dry and fell apart. But I did like the flavor combination.
I baked at 400 for 25 min
Best burger I’ve ever had & I made no changes. I do think it helps to mix ingredients, form burgers and put in refrigerator ahead of time. The burgers tend to stay together better. Take the burgers out 15 minutes or so to sit, before grilling
This is an awesome burger! I added some crushed red pepper flakes to the bbq sauce, to add heat to the sweet and salty tastes. I also cut back on the amount of bbq sauce I used. To prevent the burgers from crumbling, I brushed layers of sauce on as they grilled, rather than mixing the sauce in with the meat to begin with.
Followed the simple instructions and they fell apart on the grill. Might try it next time and add an egg.
I made these for the family and they were really good! I did grill everything separately and put them together at the end. Will use this one again.
As always, when mixing in a sauce, we used our grill basket to keep everything together. All the ingredients cook up nicely and the flavors so are wonderful!! Grill baskets are great for many things and people doing this type of grilling may consider getting one. You will be able to eat the food you spent time and money on. This was s great recipe! Thank you for sharing!!
I love it, the sweetness makes the meat even tastier. I only had problems with one patty breaking, but bsides that, a great alternative for a different hamburguer. made them for my BF I KNOW HE’LL LOVE IT
drooooooool
I tried this recipe last night getting very excited about it. Well lets just say epic failure. The burgers fell apart and if you do this on a grill do not use charcoal and close the lid. I did and there was soot all over my burgers everything was so watery and fell apart. I have never had a recipe on here that I wouldn’t eat. Please do not waste your time. If you do grill pineapple seperately add bacon on after you cook it and then add egg to meat and bbq sauce on as a condiment. Just a suggestion. Very disappointed!
I had a hard time keeping the burgers from falling apart. Im not sure if I just mixed the hamburger meat too much, or what.
I made these this evening for me and my wife, and we loved them! I followed the recipe closely except I used 1 pound lean ground beef mixed with 1 pound ground pork sausage and one egg to help hold it together. This was a great recipe! Thanks for sharing!
was not real thrilled with the integrity of the burgers. I did not put all the BBQ sauce in and they still did not stay together well. I also did not want to add extra carbs with the bread crumbs. I did LOVE the sweetness of the pineapple slices grilled and the bacon topping the burgers. Next time I will season the burgers and keep the BBQ sauce as a topping.