{"id":224330,"date":"2025-05-05T07:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/barbecue\/the-5000-burger-girls-can-grill\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T07:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:05:09","slug":"the-5000-burger-girls-can-grill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=224330","title":{"rendered":"The $5,000 Burger – Girls Can Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I competed at the 2025 National Hardware Show Celebrity Burger Cookoff in Las Vegas and won $5,000 with this Thai Inspired Cheese Stuffed Burger with Thai Basil Mint Chimichurri and Spicy Mayo. <\/p>\n

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I was invited to represent Monument Grills at the National Hardware Show Cookoff in March 2025. Teams had 90 minutes to grill up a burger slider and appetizer for a star-studded panel of judges.<\/p>\n

Judges included Chuck Matto (Chuck\u2019s Flavor Train), Tony Ramirez (TFTI), Chef Chris Binotto, Kathryn Emery, Dan Correa and Rob Conrado Jr.<\/p>\n

We had to prepare everything on site and present seven servings to the judges and dozens of samples to the crowd. I turned in bite-size Filipino-inspired BBQ chicken<\/a> on an ube waffle<\/a> and this Thai-inspired burger. <\/p>\n

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When creating this recipe, I knew I had to wow the judges with their first bite. So I set out to create the following:<\/p>\n