Ham-blogger: Toronto's 25 best burgers

In the May 2012 edition of Toronto Life magazine, they posted "Toronto's 25 best burgers ranked in order of heart-stopping, messy magnificence."  My husband and I are burger FANATICS so we have challenged ourselves to try each and every one of these burgers and give our own rating. A rating by someone with no culinary background and no ties with any of these restaurants (so no bias judgements).  We are just a couple of people who love food and appreciate the work that goes behind a mouth-watering creation. 

Burger assessments:

1. BURGER:BUN ratio - there needs to be a clear balance between the patty and bun.  The patty cannot be smaller in radius and thickness then the bun.  There's nothing worse then a bun eating the patty.  Then again, the patty cannot be over flowing out of the bun.

2. Moisture of the patty - There is a ridiculous law in Toronto that every burger patty has to be 'well-done'...B.S.!  The best burger is a medium to medium-rare burger. When I take my first bite, I like to check how pink it is in the middle, but since this is about Toronto's best burgers I will have to endure a 'well-done' patty so it better not be dry and falls apart into crumbs.

3. The Bun - The best bun I have ever had was a pretzel bun at Kuma's Korner in Chicago (which also happens to be one of my top 5 burgers personally).  The bun was delicious, kept the structure of the burger in tact and it did not need to be toasted.  Hopefully the buns in the top 25 list are just as exceptional and not just acceptable. 

Here we go!