Tammy and I have a highly optimized team approach to making smash burgers. It is a complex choreography that ends with delicious burgers. This years Blackstone upgrade added air fryer so tater tots and french fries now included! It was five years ago we made these for the first time. Our technique is much better!

Two people smiling on a deck as a man in a black apron flips cheesy smash burgers on a flat-top griddle while a woman holds a tray of finished burgers. Man in blue plaid shirt and black apron uses a burger press and spatula to plate cheesy smash burgers onto a blue tray Blackstone air fryer drawers pulled open showing golden tater tots in the lower basket and french fries in the upper basket.

Photos courtesy of Tammy’s sister Angie Lundeen.