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@DenghisCon I have been eating rare burgers since I was a teenager (that was back in the 1980's) since reviewing burgers here at AHT I have eaten 100's of burgers always rare when I am given a choice. I have never gotten ill from a hamburger (although I can't say the same thing about pork, which is invariably cooked through) I am not saying that e,coli and other food born illness don't exist but they are far more likely the result of poor hygiene and cross contamination (from raw chicken or eggs for example) For all its faults if you eat meat you have to at least have faith in the USDAs inspection system which monitors any meat you will eat in a hamburger. Now obviously once the meat reaches the restaurant there is the chance of contamination that can effect even in well cooked meat. The point is that a dirty kitchen is dangerous no matter what temp you get your burger. But eating raw or rare meat is not in and of itself a health risk.

@WinedAndDined Sorry about the experience you had, sounds awful. It is a fairly new restaurant (it was the middling Spanky's BBQ until recently) so they may have been working out the kinks. How was the char on the patty? And no they didn't know who I was, I never announce myself when reviewing.