Try these burgers for your grill

What better way to celebrate Memorial Day than by grilling up some burgers for your family and friends. But which recipe should you use to add a little extra kick to the old burger recipe? Jake Linzinmier, owner and executive chef of Chair 8 restaurant in Telluride, Colo., Sang Yoon, chef and owner of Father's Office in Santa Monica, Calif., Maureen Petrosky, contributing editor of Bon Appetit magazine, and Henry Meer, chef and owner of City Hall restaurant in New York City were invited on the “Today” show for “Today's Big Burger Cook-Off” on the plaza. Here are the recipes they made for the competition.

BBQ Potato Chip Seared Burger Jake Linzinmier, Sang Yoon, Maureen Petrosky and Henry Meer Makes 4 8-ounce burgers INGREDIENTS • 2 pounds lean natural ground beef • 2 bags Kettle or other premium BBQ potato chips • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese • 4 all natural onion buns • 1 sweet red onion, thinly sliced • 1 cup natural all purpose flour • 4 eggs, whipped • Salt and pepper to taste • BBQ sauce to taste • Mayonnaise to taste • 1/4 cup peanut oil Recipe continues below ↓ advertisement DIRECTIONS Open the potato chip bags to let the air out. Crush the chips in the bag with your hands to small flakes (cornflake size).  Mix the ground beef with half of the eggs and half of one bag of the chips. Add salt and pepper to taste. Portion the meat into four separate 8-ounce patties.  Put the flour and remaining eggs in two separate shallow dishes. One at a time, place one side of each burger into the flour first, and then press into the mixed egg. Next put each burger into the BBQ potato chip bag, one at a time, and press into chips.  Set aside burgers, potato chip-crusted side up. Heat pan with oil until hot but not smoking. Place burgers one at a time, potato chip-side down, into hot pan. (Remember to put burgers into pan away from you to avoid getting burned from splashing oil.) Cook burgers until potato chips are firm and golden brown. If possible, turn burgers over onto hot grill for more flavor. If there is no grill available, simply turn over in pan. Add shredded cheddar to potato-crusted side to melt. Cook to desired doneness. Take off grill or remove from pan and let burgers rest (The burgers will taste much better if you let them sit for 2 to 3 minutes before eating).  Spread a little mayo onto buns and toast slightly. Put cooked burgers onto buns; add sliced onions and BBQ sauce and mayonnaise to taste. MANAGE YOUR RECIPES

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