The big cities like to brag about their burgers. New York has its corner spots. Chicago has its griddles. Los Angeles has its food trucks with hour long lines.
Missouri just smiles and keeps flipping. Because out here, the smash burger isn’t a trend.
It’s a way of life. That crispy, lacy, greasy edged patty pressed flat onto a screaming hot griddle until it develops a crust that shatters when you bite into it…