Dine and Dish: Hammy's Smash Burger

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It starts with a shot of beef that's smashed and seared.

Owner Hamzah Ahmed showed america the patties are not perfectly circular astatine Hammy's Smash Burger astatine Shaw and Peach successful Clovis.

"I've been 'Hammy' each my life," Ahmed said. "It was really a nickname that I got erstwhile I was younger, and that's what inspired Hammy's Smash Burger."

They look a small different, sensation a small different.

"A batch of radical are skeptical astir bladed patties," Ahmed said. "They deliberation it's going to beryllium adust oregon flavorless."

The misshapen patty sticks retired of the bun.

The burgers person been a smash deed among customers.

"We similar to spot the archetypal clip they effort it," Ahmed said.

"Hammy" opened his archetypal determination astatine Shaw and Blythe successful 2022.

"We had our hands full, but we got truthful overmuch feedback from customers that unrecorded successful Clovis that conscionable hated driving each the mode crossed municipality to person our burgers," helium said.

The archetypal smash burger comes with condiment and grilled onions, but you tin besides person lettuce, herb and pickle.

"We person much patties -- double, triple," Ahmed said. "We besides connection a bacon burger, a jalapeno burger and a bbq bacon, which has bulb rings connected the existent burger."

Of course, we had to get down the grill to effort to smash 1 down.

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