I've noticed that the quality of Iceland's food has gone down and the price has gone up. I noticed some of their meat based products have a strong "processed" flavour to them.
@@KimmyWood yea iceland stuff uses mechanically separated meat , if the meat looks gooey or finely ground , its bone scrapes , thus the grizzle , even in the 90s i hated my mum buying iceland meat , sausages burgers pies , all had grizzle in them, absolute trash
Remind me when Iceland had quality food? 😂 I'm not say it's bad, But all their meats have always been cheaply processed. The prices have gone up though, Like everywhere and everything.. And still rising.
Tbf iceland quality was never the best but it as certainly gone down alongside prices going up. No wonder iceland is struggling and closing stores. Compared to other budget stores like aldi. They are just not up to standard anymore.
"Quarterpounder" has always referred to the uncooked weight. After cooking, any quarterpounder will have lost quite a bit of weight because the meat of a burger always contains quite a lot of fat.
@@SpeccyMan Food is referred to using the term "net weight", which happens to be the same as mass while we are on Earth. But this isn't a physics class, so I used the term weight as that is what people use when talking about food.
Its the same with a bit of lamb it weighs a couple of pound at the butchers but once roasted its half that. Had a wool jumper like that too it was half size after washing, I reckon it came off the same sheep.
@@calibrax now there is an irony as net its also what is left after all deductions, so maybe the burger should be sold cooked after these deductions, the fat taken away etc. Or label as gross which would be appropriate with some burgers.
Birds Eye burgers with onion loved them too with beans, in buns or just alone. You’re spot on, they always came out like shrunken rubber mini burgers - stunk the house out after grilling for hours as well. Loved them though. Thanks for always making me laugh - our experiences of childhood are very similar.
If you're at all worried by cooking smells in house then cook outdoors. It's a good backup to own camping cooking system in case of gas/electric outages, which you can use at home for outdoors cooking.
I think icelands to expensive now. It's shocking the amount of weight after cooking. When I make a burger I do it the same as you and half the time it falls to bits. I noticed on the front of the box they put the salad stuff on the bottom. I'm going to try that next time. Good review Gareth
I agree with you, Iceland is now too expensive for me as I'm living off the state pension. I now mostly shop for food at Poundland and Heron Foods, their prices have obviously risen over the past months, but no where near as the price rises at Iceland.
I used to do my main shopping at Iceland but they put up their prices way higher than anyone else. I mainly use Farmfoods and wait til I need enough to get to £25 to then use a £2 voucher. For non-frozen non-fresh stuff B&M Bargains is usually good prices.
Hi David I'm on the pension as well so I try to save where I can. I used to go in Lidl but there prices have shot up, about 10 of the items I used to buy have gone up fifty pence each. I went round Tesco the other day and just got the basics as i had quite a bit stuff in the house and it came to forty pounds, there was nothing there. I don't know how you are expected to live. If you are on the new pension you can't claim anything
@@SandraDent-lf4xy I know food inflation is higher than pension increase so there's a squeeze. However, during the covid lockdown I did the shopping for those older than me, I was shielding them. I took multiple pensioners shopping lists and bought in different shops. What I did was bulk purchase and get the different offers in each shop. Somethings cheaper in Tesco, other in Iceland, other in Farmfoods, etc. I then split up the bulk purchases (BOGO, 3 for price of 2, discount for 2, etc) and told each pensioner their amount owed. I was told I was lowering their food bills because I'd moved them from buying for 1 or 2 to buying for more. My lesson learned was to keep doing that and bulk purchase. I'd get together with others nearby and take turns at shopping and you individually buy less variety but in greater quantity, and divvie up. That lowers food costs probably around 20%-30%. Next is you take turns at cooking and cook in bulk and take turns visiting each other's house for dinner. That lowers energy costs of cooking. In winter you also heat fewer rooms as you sit together. So don't shop for 1, don't cook for 1, and don't spend time alone. Yes I know not everyone can do that, and those with weaker immune systems arguably should not do it, but those who can should. BTW Tesco is more expensive in general, I tend to only get their clubcard offers but there aren't many which are cheaper than others so my Tesco shopping is smallest. If someone cannot do that shopping method of many different shopping trips each leaving with bulk purchase offers method and you only wanted to do one weekly shop in one place, it would have to be Aldi, on average lowest prices. Personally I hate Aldi as I do a daily smaller shop on a bike and Aldi's checkout queues are horrendously long, suits a weekly big car shop type.
Hi Nigel you are right in what you say, I usually buy offers to save money and I bulk bake and freeze meals. Unfortunately I haven't got the time to go round different shops as I am my husband's carer and i don't like to leave him too long and I'm not in the best of health myself. It was a lovely thing you did during covid. It's very rare i go to Aldi as it's farthest away from me and as i said about Lidl prices going up, Aldi is more or less the same.
Not if you're too bone idle to cook, it isn't. Every day I see neighbouring families, bitterly complaining about the cost of living. Then buying takeaways and microwaveable crap, rather than spend some time making up a casserole or pan of soup. They'd rather watch TV while waiting for the microwave to ping.
What bugs me is all the normal burger buns in supermarkets are way to big for any burgers they sell,and the brioche ones are the right size,if anyone knows why…..or where to get a burger big enough after cooking it I’d love to know🤣
i love the double cheese burgers, all company's use frozen weight unless they don't of course as shrinkage cannot be controlled. some cook them for longer or shorter time, different temps and cookers etc legally it is frozen weight.
I usually buy Iceland 100% beef quaterpounders at 3 packs for £10. So 83p each. The Aberdeen Angus burgers are 2 packs for £10. So £1.25 each. So they are 50% more expensive. 🤔
Hahaha, got me nostalgic there Gareth. No indigestion. Eat the lot as quickly as you could and get back on the Raleigh Burner, or the mongoose. Haha. Simpler times. Another cracking review. No need reply, must be exhausting. Do keep going, the reviews are fkn brilliant.
Hi Gareth, another good and informative video. Like everyone says, home-made burgers is the way to go. Doesn't take that long, and I make some extra and freeze them, so just as handy. Not convinced about the Iceland "named" ranges. We tried the TFI Fridays ribs and they were rubbish. Most of them went in the bin. Aldi's ribs are far better. Also tried the Greggs steak pies, which were also rubbish and went in the bin. All in all, a waste of time and money.
Cmon!! These FROZEN products rarely contain less than a substantial amount of WATER. That is what bumps up the weight. I've never known (even our home made burgers) NOT to shrink in cooking. However bought ones can be some of the worst. If we buy we tend to like the Morrisons Aberdeen FRESH usually pack of 4, burgers. Aldi do them as well (fresh AND frozen). Good vid as always Gaz ! 👍
Another cracking and honest video gaz. Nothing worse than grizzle in any meat to put you right off, but youd expect better from TGI. They seem to be going downhill according to their restaurant reviews. Makes me wonder why theyve resorted to freezing their products and selling them in supermarkets… anyways, a wee rating in the food you review out of 10 at the end of the video would be awesome! 😁
They have fallen into the trap that their brand name will guarantee them success..... "TGI"..... Nah.Their restaurants are going south...now they are grasping at straws. And...the are not "freezing their products"...they are merely passing on someone else's! Did you honestly believe they actually made their stuff? Get real.
@@patagualianmostly7437 i said they freeze their product. In no way does that state i said they make it. Youve dissected my comment and came over as passive aggressive. No need!
Years back me and the Mrs used to enjoy going to TGI’s for a meal. However last couple of years I’ve been 3 times and all of them bad, food not as good, slow service and very expensive. I kept trying thinking it was just a one off bad experience but 3 in a row… never again. It has put me off trying any of their supermarket food. I would always make my own burgers anyway, just season and shape some good mince and whack in the air fryer, incredibly simple. Love your videos 👍
I’ve said before and I’ll say again. I’ll tip my hat to you for eating things we’re all learnt not to touch…. As others have said, make a video of you making a home made burger and compare weights and costs while your doing it. Cheaper and better . 👍🏻
Thanks Gareth. I'm not a vegetarian, so I appreciate reviews of meat, fish and poultry. But today, I was tempted to try a vegetarian meal at Wetherspoons this morning. I have to confess, sometimes a vegetarian meal has some really great flavours and textures. And sometimes my body tells me to eat vegetables. I think veges go well with any main.
Yes we all eat a bit of veg, I mean its hard to do the 5 a day regular but we all get a bit one way or another we just happen to like a good gravy and a nice bit of meat too and to be honest I think that is quite natural. Just because we have become half civilised doesn't mean we are going to lose all the instincts and become grass grazers.
Lidl fresh Aberdeen Angus four quarter pounders are £3.49. Very little shrinkage (although I haven't weighed them post cooking). My latest thing is to prick them and spread Marmite (or in this case, Lidl's own brand yeast extract, at half the price) on both sides and leave for an hour before cooking in the oven for 20-25 mins. The saltiness of the Marmite cooks out and leaves a delicious umami flavour.
New tripod! Nice one, Gaz, I would only buy burgers when when they are yellow sticker, and probably the higher end own brand ones. I made my own the other day but I think the fat content was too low and it crumbled lol.
for me Iceland has gone downhill the last few years, too many brand names they’ve licensed to stick on the box of an inferior product at an inflated price. it used to be a great place to go to for cheap frozen food
One thing I never buy is burgers.I always make my own ,I know what is in it and I can add or leave ingredients out if I want. And I consider my home made burgers more tasty.
Add french yellow american mustard to your sauce. They add gerkin pickle juice to coleslaw with vinger , oil and sugar in southern usa instead of mayo seasoning too
Hi gaz . When i was a little boy my mum used to call me a little burger! Well thats what it sounded like!!!! Ha ha . Good review mate. Ps loved the lamb curry yesterday👍 Steve.
Do yourself a favour pal, toast the "fluffy" side of that bun in a pan with a small amount of butter - then put your cheese on your burger (thinly sliced) and add a pan lid on top to steam the cheese. What do you have now? Melted cheese with a burger bun that won't fall apart when you put it together. You're welcome pal. Merry Easter.
Have you noticed that although the air fryer is the cooking method of choice these days, you don’t seem to get cooking instructions on the packaging for this method.
I'm not sure what's allowed, but 27.5% weight-loss does seem quite a lot to be honest. You're probably right that they'll quote frozen weight. Add to this the fat/gristle content in these, I think I'll avoid. Thanks for the video as always. Great work!
If you buy a quarter pounder at a burger van, are you buying the weight you receive or the weight it was raw? Crazy that the weight of the raw item is used, nobody would ever experience quarter of a pound in food in a bun.
I've only recently found your channel and I've watched a few (chicken kebab, lamb curry and this one). Great content thank you. You've got me thinking I need a worktop oven but after looking and only ever owning conventional ovens and microwave ovens I'm a bit lost. Can you tell me what yours is and would you recommend it?
Iceland seem to have gone down the road of charging top dollar for stuff but sadly there not giving you a top quality product I rarely go in the shop these days.
The reason the burgers are ground very finely is they use the rubbish parts of the cow and put a load of other stuff to make it taste reasonable. McD's do the same. Get some decent beef mince and make your own, it will be a lot cheaper and non of the rubbish they put in
Fantastic review. I did not know about the gherkin water that’s a new one for me. Put foil on the tin. Then put a second looser layer and then add your baking paper. Afterwords,just ball up together the second foil and baking paper and leaving the first one wrapped around the tray. 👌🔥🔥🙌☺️
I know the 454g for the 4 burgers is the uncooked weight, about 113g each. If you look at the nutritional info it is 231 kcal per 100g pan fried so 2.31 kcal per gram. Divide the 150 kcal per burger pan fried by kcal per gram the cooked burger is roughly 65g, of which 9g is still fat. That means the pan fried burger is about 58% of the uncooked weight and the cooked burger is still 14% fat.
Greetings from Whitehaven. Another great video but I believe regardless of raw fresh or frozen a burger weight is always based on the raw weight. It isn’t the weight after cooked
Another great reveal! If there was one thing that used to put me off when I was a youngster it was gristle and I've always hated it. Value for money? Not at that sort of price, I really wish they wouldn't do so much window dressing to sell their less than brillilant products, I can make burgers better than that - so can you! - for less and know what I'm getting! BTW, I tried the Big Spicy that you reviewed - it was a mess, spicy yes but not worth the money, won't be doing that again! Keep smiling.
Thanks for the recommendation of the Morrison's lamb curry. Just had it for our Saturday tea. Your review was spot on, it was as good as you said it was.
4:00 exactly the same as restaurants do to make their 'seafood sauce' for prawn cocktail. I challenge anyone.....take a teaspoon of salad cream/mayo and add a smidgen of ketchup....smell 'n taste it and tell me it's not the same lol. Thanks Gareth for another review mate.
You can make your own me and my wife have turkey burgers we get the mince from Tesco and mix some onions and flavouring you can make few great value for money
Always brought iceland burgers up too this year , now we just buy mince and make our own smash burgers its so quick and easy, we perfected the fake away big mac with morrisons burger sauce.
I like the way the packaging actually tells you exactly what your getting and what percentage of it. That is helpful. On another note, I was wondering if you ever go to Costco? If you do, will you post it?
I used to buy frozen burgers, I now buy fresh ones on sale with a meal deal. They are either bacon cheddar or portobello gouda. I have a grill pan that I use to cook meat, and I cook them rare. As for condiments, ketchup and mustard. I do like pickles, but they would sit in the refrigerator for forever. I have to remember to get parchment paper, a great tip!
Well in Scotland the dear steak cost them 3 quid they are all frozen and you can't get rare if you wanted lol not sure how you micro frozen uncooked food but it is all frozen and cheap quality
£6 bloody hell. £2.50 80/20 fat grab a tennis ball size form it into whatever shape you want. Wallah you have a burger. Obviously add whatever you want to them. Seasoning,chilli flakes. Garlic. Onion. Its fool proof
Interesting how you said if it was an Angus , i thought it was a silly cow . Yes our local does Wagyu burgers 2 @ 10Euro but just about fill your Brioche bun , I like burgers with not a lot of pepper.
Your dead right G, I went to Iceland warehouse today and couldn’t the prices, just an example, the birdseye 10 chicken fingers were £3 each or 3 for a fiver, I can get those anywhere for £1.25 per box. Ohh I could crush a grape!!!!
Great Job Iceland used to be part of my regular shop. NO LONGER. Prices have gone UP for quantities that have gone DOWN Aldi and Lidl are so far better these days, I suggest that the big stores now actually Wake Up, We have had ENOUGH of being Ripped Off.
Whenever the weight of meat is given its always the pre-cooked weight. The contents of the box weigh 454g which is a lb so divide that by 4 burgers and each one is a quarter pound.
Homemade smash burgers are the way to go, you need 20% beef mince to get the best flavour and texture they will walk all over these expensive processed supermarket rubbish
The weight on the packaging refers to the raw weight. If you go to the butcher's and ask for 250g of steak, it will be less than 250g after frying. Weigh those burgers out of the packet and reduce by 5g to account for the ice.
I worked for Iceland years ago as a product buyer. The tricks they get up to in the product development "lab" would shock you. Basically, the cheap cost but high profit priniciple. Furthermore, most food producers follow the same principles. For a 5er you could make it yourself.
I used to get frozen large cottage pies. Until bits of boney things where chewed. Makes me think they throw everything in the grinder. Still go occasionally for chicken strips. But everything's way over priced with little in the boxes now.
You reminiscing at the end reminded me of when Bejam was actually cheap! Not anymore is it.. Yes it's a better range of food, but most items have nearly doubled in past 12 months... As for the gristle in burgers or hard lumps, it puts me off like fish with bone's, not for me! 😂 Great honest review though Gareth, but... At that price with gristle I'll give them a swerve I think.. Cheers mate, all the best 🍻
With minty lamb, minty pork, pure steak, Cumberland pork and American style burgers , my local butcher has as much choice and their deals (a tray of 6 for £4.46 0r 3 trays for 12 quid) make more sense than paying a premium for this sort of stuff. Less shrinkage too. Thanks G.
Worst thing about burgers today is those ridiculous trendy brioche buns. I like brioche as a cake etc but not with a burger. Think they taste a bit dodge with a lingering after taste.. Just a plain bap will do . Thanks for the vid.
I have tried a couple of TGI Fridays products and imo they are over priced and very much charging for the name .I usually have a box of supermarket Aberdeen Angus burgers in the freezer since I think they are better than the usual 1/4 pounders .£6 for a box is pretty ridiculous though so the TGI Friday ones can stay in Iceland .
25 % reduction in weight is pretty standard for burgers - McD's 1/4 pounders start at 120g and cooked are 90g - The main problem with these and most shop bought burgers is all the extra crap they add in. Asda beef & pork mixed mince works out at £2.66 a pound (454g), it's all 'meat' as opposed to 84% for these in the vid. Plus you can make 'em the right size for the buns you have!
Any burger will weigh less after cooking as it'll lose both fat and water. The only real thing that matters is if it tastes nice and is a reasonable cost. The brand name also puts up the price.
If you want a shocker from the TGI friday range from iceland try the rack of ribs, I bought one in the long box as ribs do. When i opened the box the ribs were exactly half the length of the box.....rip off
A does look really good. It would be interesting to find out what the weight is after it has been thawed out before cooking. (Unless it's not recommended to cook after thawed.) Ummm! Great video.😊
I quite often make my own burgers and they also give up a lot of fat, I'm not sure these ones really did worse than any other burger? You'll have to have a burger challenge with various makes - frozen, fresh and home made! I think you need to weight them all before and after too.
Try Jolly cow fresh burgers, Sainsbury's sell them and they have marrow inside the patty, best burger I have had from a a supermarket, juicy and so tasteful.On par with a top end burger restaurant.
I've noticed that the quality of Iceland's food has gone down and the price has gone up. I noticed some of their meat based products have a strong "processed" flavour to them.
Definitely true
@@KimmyWood yea iceland stuff uses mechanically separated meat , if the meat looks gooey or finely ground , its bone scrapes , thus the grizzle , even in the 90s i hated my mum buying iceland meat , sausages burgers pies , all had grizzle in them, absolute trash
Remind me when Iceland had quality food? 😂 I'm not say it's bad, But all their meats have always been cheaply processed. The prices have gone up though, Like everywhere and everything.. And still rising.
Tbf iceland quality was never the best but it as certainly gone down alongside prices going up.
No wonder iceland is struggling and closing stores. Compared to other budget stores like aldi. They are just not up to standard anymore.
Well, I realize that it's never been the best quality but, even though it hardly seems possible, I really do think the food has gotten worse.
That guy who sent the scales gets timeless shout outs 😂😂😂
He weighs his balls on them , before and after sex.
"Quarterpounder" has always referred to the uncooked weight. After cooking, any quarterpounder will have lost quite a bit of weight because the meat of a burger always contains quite a lot of fat.
Mass, not weight. 😉
Usually 20-25% I’m no mathematician but seems about right to me!
@@SpeccyMan Food is referred to using the term "net weight", which happens to be the same as mass while we are on Earth. But this isn't a physics class, so I used the term weight as that is what people use when talking about food.
Its the same with a bit of lamb it weighs a couple of pound at the butchers but once roasted its half that. Had a wool jumper like that too it was half size after washing, I reckon it came off the same sheep.
@@calibrax now there is an irony as net its also what is left after all deductions, so maybe the burger should be sold cooked after these deductions, the fat taken away etc. Or label as gross which would be appropriate with some burgers.
Birds Eye burgers with onion loved them too with beans, in buns or just alone. You’re spot on, they always came out like shrunken rubber mini burgers - stunk the house out after grilling for hours as well. Loved them though. Thanks for always making me laugh - our experiences of childhood are very similar.
Loved them also mate.
Yes I loved them too, always repeated on me, but I don’t care 😂
My school friend was in that advert.
Asda own brand are very similar. Could eat a plate full of them dipped in ketchup!!!
If you're at all worried by cooking smells in house then cook outdoors. It's a good backup to own camping cooking system in case of gas/electric outages, which you can use at home for outdoors cooking.
I've stopped shopping in Iceland these days, you're right, it's getting expensive as with most places. Have a great weekend 😄
Iceland were one of the first stores to put their prices right up!
I think icelands to expensive now. It's shocking the amount of weight after cooking. When I make a burger I do it the same as you and half the time it falls to bits. I noticed on the front of the box they put the salad stuff on the bottom. I'm going to try that next time. Good review Gareth
I agree with you, Iceland is now too expensive for me as I'm living off the state pension. I now mostly shop for food at Poundland and Heron Foods, their prices have obviously risen over the past months, but no where near as the price rises at Iceland.
I used to do my main shopping at Iceland but they put up their prices way higher than anyone else. I mainly use Farmfoods and wait til I need enough to get to £25 to then use a £2 voucher. For non-frozen non-fresh stuff B&M Bargains is usually good prices.
Hi David I'm on the pension as well so I try to save where I can. I used to go in Lidl but there prices have shot up, about 10 of the items I used to buy have gone up fifty pence each. I went round Tesco the other day and just got the basics as i had quite a bit stuff in the house and it came to forty pounds, there was nothing there. I don't know how you are expected to live. If you are on the new pension you can't claim anything
@@SandraDent-lf4xy I know food inflation is higher than pension increase so there's a squeeze. However, during the covid lockdown I did the shopping for those older than me, I was shielding them. I took multiple pensioners shopping lists and bought in different shops. What I did was bulk purchase and get the different offers in each shop. Somethings cheaper in Tesco, other in Iceland, other in Farmfoods, etc. I then split up the bulk purchases (BOGO, 3 for price of 2, discount for 2, etc) and told each pensioner their amount owed. I was told I was lowering their food bills because I'd moved them from buying for 1 or 2 to buying for more. My lesson learned was to keep doing that and bulk purchase. I'd get together with others nearby and take turns at shopping and you individually buy less variety but in greater quantity, and divvie up. That lowers food costs probably around 20%-30%. Next is you take turns at cooking and cook in bulk and take turns visiting each other's house for dinner. That lowers energy costs of cooking. In winter you also heat fewer rooms as you sit together.
So don't shop for 1, don't cook for 1, and don't spend time alone.
Yes I know not everyone can do that, and those with weaker immune systems arguably should not do it, but those who can should.
BTW Tesco is more expensive in general, I tend to only get their clubcard offers but there aren't many which are cheaper than others so my Tesco shopping is smallest.
If someone cannot do that shopping method of many different shopping trips each leaving with bulk purchase offers method and you only wanted to do one weekly shop in one place, it would have to be Aldi, on average lowest prices. Personally I hate Aldi as I do a daily smaller shop on a bike and Aldi's checkout queues are horrendously long, suits a weekly big car shop type.
Hi Nigel you are right in what you say, I usually buy offers to save money and I bulk bake and freeze meals. Unfortunately I haven't got the time to go round different shops as I am my husband's carer and i don't like to leave him too long and I'm not in the best of health myself. It was a lovely thing you did during covid. It's very rare i go to Aldi as it's farthest away from me and as i said about Lidl prices going up, Aldi is more or less the same.
Basically if you won't a decent burger you make it yourself! It's so easy!
Or you get a Angus burger from lidl, job done!
Absolutely. I can’t understand anyone that buys a pre made burger. Makes no sense!
Morrisons chuck ones are the best by far
Not if you're too bone idle to cook, it isn't.
Every day I see neighbouring families, bitterly complaining about the cost of living.
Then buying takeaways and microwaveable crap, rather than spend some time making up a casserole or pan of soup.
They'd rather watch TV while waiting for the microwave to ping.
@Carl T you're right, they're absolutely banging. Their old English recipe bacon is amazing too.
What bugs me is all the normal burger buns in supermarkets are way to big for any burgers they sell,and the brioche ones are the right size,if anyone knows why…..or where to get a burger big enough after cooking it I’d love to know🤣
Farm foods do their own large burgers 6 for 2.99.once cooked they are pretty much the same size
Buy beef/pork mixed mince for £2.66/lb (454g) in Asda and make burgers as big as you like in about 15 seconds
@@jiggely_spears not just asda , anywhere
But brioche buns are sweet. I've never found they go well with savoury things. Jam is fine. Or honey. Or just butter.
@@SuperLittleTyke if you’ve never had smashed burgers in brioche bun your missing out!
I love the prep, surroudings and your chat most of all. Somehow reassuring. Smashing!
Glad you enjoy it!
I make my own , buy beef mince 20 % fat as recommended by most chefs. Buy 500 grams and and split into 4 , perfect
Buy a Kilo it's cheaper and put the rest in the freezer.
Incredibly expensive if they shrink that much. Poor value, but frozen burgers always are. Great video BFG. Enjoy the sun this weekend.
Good work Gareth. The truth is very telling now you have revealed it. Thank you bonny lad.
Cheers pal
I can remember when Iceland were quite cheap. These days they seem to have bypassed reasonably priced and gone straight to taking the piss pricing.
Don't buy much from Iceland,their pizzas are quite nice,but never bought burgers! But 5 quid a box that's steep! Great review as always Gareth 👌
Cheers Andi
i love the double cheese burgers, all company's use frozen weight unless they don't of course as shrinkage cannot be controlled. some cook them for longer or shorter time, different temps and cookers etc legally it is frozen weight.
I usually buy Iceland 100% beef quaterpounders at 3 packs for £10. So 83p each. The Aberdeen Angus burgers are 2 packs for £10. So £1.25 each. So they are 50% more expensive. 🤔
Hahaha, got me nostalgic there Gareth. No indigestion. Eat the lot as quickly as you could and get back on the Raleigh Burner, or the mongoose. Haha. Simpler times. Another cracking review. No need reply, must be exhausting.
Do keep going, the reviews are fkn brilliant.
I love how you go from a burger review to talking about old memories 😂 ur a top bloke love ur content fr
Cheers
Hi Gareth, another good and informative video. Like everyone says, home-made burgers is the way to go. Doesn't take that long, and I make some extra and freeze them, so just as handy. Not convinced about the Iceland "named" ranges. We tried the TFI Fridays ribs and they were rubbish. Most of them went in the bin. Aldi's ribs are far better. Also tried the Greggs steak pies, which were also rubbish and went in the bin. All in all, a waste of time and money.
A lot of the food at Iceland is processed rubbish!
Cheers Bob
Cmon!! These FROZEN products rarely contain less than a substantial amount of WATER. That is what bumps up the weight. I've never known (even our home made burgers) NOT to shrink in cooking. However bought ones can be some of the worst. If we buy we tend to like the Morrisons Aberdeen FRESH usually pack of 4, burgers. Aldi do them as well (fresh AND frozen). Good vid as always Gaz ! 👍
Another cracking and honest video gaz. Nothing worse than grizzle in any meat to put you right off, but youd expect better from TGI. They seem to be going downhill according to their restaurant reviews. Makes me wonder why theyve resorted to freezing their products and selling them in supermarkets… anyways, a wee rating in the food you review out of 10 at the end of the video would be awesome! 😁
Cheers Gav
They have fallen into the trap that their brand name will guarantee them success..... "TGI"..... Nah.Their restaurants are going south...now they are grasping at straws.
And...the are not "freezing their products"...they are merely passing on someone else's! Did you honestly believe they actually made their stuff? Get real.
@@patagualianmostly7437 i said they freeze their product. In no way does that state i said they make it. Youve dissected my comment and came over as passive aggressive. No need!
I think the rating idea is a good one.
Years back me and the Mrs used to enjoy going to TGI’s for a meal. However last couple of years I’ve been 3 times and all of them bad, food not as good, slow service and very expensive. I kept trying thinking it was just a one off bad experience but 3 in a row… never again. It has put me off trying any of their supermarket food. I would always make my own burgers anyway, just season and shape some good mince and whack in the air fryer, incredibly simple. Love your videos 👍
I’ve said before and I’ll say again. I’ll tip my hat to you for eating things we’re all learnt not to touch…. As others have said, make a video of you making a home made burger and compare weights and costs while your doing it. Cheaper and better . 👍🏻
I don't know why people don't buy minced beef and make their own without all the added crap.
Much better and considerably cheaper, I quit buying supermarket burgers when I started watching Gareth’s product reviews 1-2 years ago.
Thats what I do Mel.
Gareth has staying inn beer reviews gone AWOL ? Or left quietly with an escapea
I did that today, see my reply to Gareth. As for the burgers, they tasted so good and better than any shop bought ones.
@@rundattmedia2106 It's just so easy, plus you can make them any size you want, mix in whatever you want, but of course you are right.
Great and honest review as always Gaz it’s a emergency burger or for the kids 🤔 keep up with the great work 👏👏👍👍
Cheers Peter
Thanks Gareth.
I'm not a vegetarian, so I appreciate reviews of meat, fish and poultry.
But today, I was tempted to try a vegetarian meal at Wetherspoons this morning.
I have to confess, sometimes a vegetarian meal has some really great flavours and textures. And sometimes my body tells me to eat vegetables. I think veges go well with any main.
I have been a vegetarian for years meat makes me ill
I'm partial to the odd veggie thing aswell. Makes a change.
Yes we all eat a bit of veg, I mean its hard to do the 5 a day regular but we all get a bit one way or another we just happen to like a good gravy and a nice bit of meat too and to be honest I think that is quite natural. Just because we have become half civilised doesn't mean we are going to lose all the instincts and become grass grazers.
Lidl fresh Aberdeen Angus four quarter pounders are £3.49. Very little shrinkage (although I haven't weighed them post cooking). My latest thing is to prick them and spread Marmite (or in this case, Lidl's own brand yeast extract, at half the price) on both sides and leave for an hour before cooking in the oven for 20-25 mins. The saltiness of the Marmite cooks out and leaves a delicious umami flavour.
Thank you
They seem incredibly poor for that price. What a rip off! Exposing the chancers again good work!
You're welcome
Another great video Gareth, the reminiscing about your younger days are SPOT ON.
I’ve never seen a burger bun not toasted before .. what were you thinking ? 😮
Really?
if you add the cooked weight for 4 burgers, you are really only getting 3 quater pouders.
New tripod! Nice one, Gaz, I would only buy burgers when when they are yellow sticker, and probably the higher end own brand ones. I made my own the other day but I think the fat content was too low and it crumbled lol.
That's it. It's hard work lol
for me Iceland has gone downhill the last few years, too many brand names they’ve licensed to stick on the box of an inferior product at an inflated price. it used to be a great place to go to for cheap frozen food
i bought some birds eye burgers the other day - blimey, they end up being about the size of a 2 quid coin!
One thing I never buy is burgers.I always make my own ,I know what is in it and I can add or leave ingredients out if I want. And I consider my home made burgers more tasty.
If you look at the texture of a homemade or a butchers burger, compared to the mass produced stuff, they are totally different. IMO
That's because they are frozen burgers.
Add french yellow american mustard to your sauce. They add gerkin pickle juice to coleslaw with vinger , oil and sugar in southern usa instead of mayo seasoning too
Hi gaz . When i was a little boy my mum used to call me a little burger! Well thats what it sounded like!!!! Ha ha . Good review mate. Ps loved the lamb curry yesterday👍 Steve.
Haha cheers Steve lol 😆
Quite new to your channel absolutely love your reviews, top job. Top fella.
Cheers Win thank you 😊
Do yourself a favour pal, toast the "fluffy" side of that bun in a pan with a small amount of butter - then put your cheese on your burger (thinly sliced) and add a pan lid on top to steam the cheese. What do you have now? Melted cheese with a burger bun that won't fall apart when you put it together.
You're welcome pal. Merry Easter.
Have you noticed that although the air fryer is the cooking method of choice these days, you don’t seem to get cooking instructions on the packaging for this method.
Yes they are sneaking on I've noticed but because all air fryers have different Watts they say refer to manufacturers instructions.
I'm not sure what's allowed, but 27.5% weight-loss does seem quite a lot to be honest. You're probably right that they'll quote frozen weight. Add to this the fat/gristle content in these, I think I'll avoid. Thanks for the video as always. Great work!
i bet if u cooked them inside them metal containers so it keeps the fat, ud get less shrinkage
@@girlsdrinkfeck I think Gareth followed the manufacturer's instructions, but you could be right there..
If you buy a quarter pounder at a burger van, are you buying the weight you receive or the weight it was raw? Crazy that the weight of the raw item is used, nobody would ever experience quarter of a pound in food in a bun.
Nothing worse than a man's meat shrinking once it gets warmed up. 😮😅
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I've only recently found your channel and I've watched a few (chicken kebab, lamb curry and this one). Great content thank you. You've got me thinking I need a worktop oven but after looking and only ever owning conventional ovens and microwave ovens I'm a bit lost. Can you tell me what yours is and would you recommend it?
£6, no chance, this is why I make my own now. Thanks baldie😁👍
Iceland seem to have gone down the road of charging top dollar for stuff but sadly there not giving you a top quality product I rarely go in the shop these days.
Spot on video as always! You have to try the TGI Cajun Onion Rings
Yes will do mate cheers
The reason the burgers are ground very finely is they use the rubbish parts of the cow and put a load of other stuff to make it taste reasonable. McD's do the same. Get some decent beef mince and make your own, it will be a lot cheaper and non of the rubbish they put in
Fantastic review. I did not know about the gherkin water that’s a new one for me.
Put foil on the tin. Then put a second looser layer and then add your baking paper. Afterwords,just ball up together the second foil and baking paper and leaving the first one wrapped around the tray.
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Thanks
Good idea
Thanks for another honest review 💜💜💜
Cheers Barbie x
I know the 454g for the 4 burgers is the uncooked weight, about 113g each.
If you look at the nutritional info it is 231 kcal per 100g pan fried so 2.31 kcal per gram. Divide the 150 kcal per burger pan fried by kcal per gram the cooked burger is roughly 65g, of which 9g is still fat.
That means the pan fried burger is about 58% of the uncooked weight and the cooked burger is still 14% fat.
who cares the about fat worrying thing is the carbs in a burger! wouldnt touch any burger with more than two ingredients protein and fat!
That burgers a few rounds short of a full magazine.
Greetings from Whitehaven. Another great video but I believe regardless of raw fresh or frozen a burger weight is always based on the raw weight. It isn’t the weight after cooked
Cheers pal. Just up the coast from us here.
Never buy a pre made burger, make your own
Another great reveal! If there was one thing that used to put me off when I was a youngster it was gristle and I've always hated it. Value for money? Not at that sort of price, I really wish they wouldn't do so much window dressing to sell their less than brillilant products, I can make burgers better than that - so can you! - for less and know what I'm getting! BTW, I tried the Big Spicy that you reviewed - it was a mess, spicy yes but not worth the money, won't be doing that again! Keep smiling.
Thank you 😊
Thanks for the recommendation of the Morrison's lamb curry. Just had it for our Saturday tea. Your review was spot on, it was as good as you said it was.
You're welcome
4:00 exactly the same as restaurants do to make their 'seafood sauce' for prawn cocktail. I challenge anyone.....take a teaspoon of salad cream/mayo and add a smidgen of ketchup....smell 'n taste it and tell me it's not the same lol. Thanks Gareth for another review mate.
Cheers Ady
You can make your own me and my wife have turkey burgers we get the mince from Tesco and mix some onions and flavouring you can make few great value for money
Always brought iceland burgers up too this year , now we just buy mince and make our own smash burgers its so quick and easy, we perfected the fake away big mac with morrisons burger sauce.
£2 for the burgers and £3 for the tgi name to be on the box. marketing done well.
I would pay more for the TGIF name to be taken off . Dreadful place , only for non foodies and way overpriced for what it is
A great honest review. I've just subscribed.
Thank you kindly and welcome
I like the way the packaging actually tells you exactly what your getting and what percentage of it. That is helpful. On another note, I was wondering if you ever go to Costco? If you do, will you post it?
I used to buy frozen burgers, I now buy fresh ones on sale with a meal deal. They are either bacon cheddar or portobello gouda. I have a grill pan that I use to cook meat, and I cook them rare.
As for condiments, ketchup and mustard. I do like pickles, but they would sit in the refrigerator for forever.
I have to remember to get parchment paper, a great tip!
Cheers pal
I used to know a fella who worked in the kitchen at TGIs and he said they just used to microwave everything, EVEN the burgers!!!
Well in Scotland the dear steak cost them 3 quid they are all frozen and you can't get rare if you wanted lol not sure how you micro frozen uncooked food but it is all frozen and cheap quality
Where did you buy your mini oven, and how much was it please?
Amazon have a look for deals. Price varies.
Bit pricey for 4 burgers . The Aberdeen Angus ones are usually quite tasty but more expensive. Thanks for a great review x
Cheers
Taking us all back to the early 80s with you. Go carts....BMX bikes.....building hide-outs
Spot on review Gaz is it a tripod 😊
£6 bloody hell. £2.50 80/20 fat grab a tennis ball size form it into whatever shape you want. Wallah you have a burger. Obviously add whatever you want to them. Seasoning,chilli flakes. Garlic. Onion. Its fool proof
Another great vlog. Hope you and family are enjoying the lovely weather xx❤
You too Janice x
Do you ever go to normal places like Waitrose /M&S or Sainsburys, the food in Iceland just looks minging.
You canny beat a home made one!!!!
Interesting how you said if it was an Angus , i thought it was a silly cow . Yes our local does Wagyu burgers 2 @ 10Euro but just about fill your Brioche bun , I like burgers with not a lot of pepper.
Using Gherkin juice to elevate the taste of yr dressing, that's Army training for sure 🙏 S-Rank content no doubt.
Your dead right G, I went to Iceland warehouse today and couldn’t the prices, just an example, the birdseye 10 chicken fingers were £3 each or 3 for a fiver, I can get those anywhere for £1.25 per box. Ohh I could crush a grape!!!!
What about a review of large deep frozen yorkshires? All the ones I've found recently have been really shallow and often diagonal
Nice one thanks
Nothing worse than finding chunks of 'nuclear missile' in a finely ground burger, Good work mate, keep it up.
Great Job
Iceland used to be part of my regular shop.
NO LONGER. Prices have gone UP for quantities that have gone DOWN
Aldi and Lidl are so far better these days, I suggest that the big stores now actually Wake Up, We have had ENOUGH of being Ripped Off.
Whenever the weight of meat is given its always the pre-cooked weight. The contents of the box weigh 454g which is a lb so divide that by 4 burgers and each one is a quarter pound.
Homemade smash burgers are the way to go, you need 20% beef mince to get the best flavour and texture they will walk all over these expensive processed supermarket rubbish
The weight on the packaging refers to the raw weight. If you go to the butcher's and ask for 250g of steak, it will be less than 250g after frying. Weigh those burgers out of the packet and reduce by 5g to account for the ice.
Yes it's just not fair is it. 2.89 oz burger not good enough.
I worked for Iceland years ago as a product buyer. The tricks they get up to in the product development "lab" would shock you. Basically, the cheap cost but high profit priniciple. Furthermore, most food producers follow the same principles.
For a 5er you could make it yourself.
Cheers pal
I used to get frozen large cottage pies. Until bits of boney things where chewed. Makes me think they throw everything in the grinder. Still go occasionally for chicken strips. But everything's way over priced with little in the boxes now.
@@654wsj Ha, I once got a bag of giblet's in a chicken. That's the Army for ye.
You reminiscing at the end reminded me of when Bejam was actually cheap! Not anymore is it.. Yes it's a better range of food, but most items have nearly doubled in past 12 months...
As for the gristle in burgers or hard lumps, it puts me off like fish with bone's, not for me! 😂
Great honest review though Gareth, but... At that price with gristle I'll give them a swerve I think..
Cheers mate, all the best 🍻
The beer and curry worked. West Ham in the Europa league Final. COYI
When you make your burger sauce, also add a small amount of yellow mustard to it with those same ingredients 👍
With minty lamb, minty pork, pure steak, Cumberland pork and American style burgers , my local butcher has as much choice and their deals (a tray of 6 for £4.46 0r 3 trays for 12 quid) make more sense than paying a premium for this sort of stuff. Less shrinkage too. Thanks G.
You're welcome
Got to toast those buns pal!!
just bought a Heinz beans and sauages in the tin, it's changed. the sauages were a bit tasteless and the sauce was like water.
Hi Gaz, try the next time and put chilli powder on
Roll into a ball then flatten again,put in air fryer on bake, 180 for 12 mins delicious 😋
Cheers Alexis
Or Cayenne pepper.
Worst thing about burgers today is those ridiculous trendy brioche buns. I like brioche as a cake etc but not with a burger. Think they taste a bit dodge with a lingering after taste.. Just a plain bap will do . Thanks for the vid.
I agree, why eat sweet tasting bread with meat, ugh.
I have tried a couple of TGI Fridays products and imo they are over priced and very much charging for the name .I usually have a box of supermarket Aberdeen Angus burgers in the freezer since I think they are better than the usual 1/4 pounders .£6 for a box is pretty ridiculous though so the TGI Friday ones can stay in Iceland .
Bald foodie guy makes fancy sauce from the 'stepbrothers' movie!?
Great start to my weekend, thanks for the upload 👍
You're welcome
I've heard of making ends "meat" but give me a break! Anyway fantastic review Gareth.
25 % reduction in weight is pretty standard for burgers - McD's 1/4 pounders start at 120g and cooked are 90g - The main problem with these and most shop bought burgers is all the extra crap they add in. Asda beef & pork mixed mince works out at £2.66 a pound (454g), it's all 'meat' as opposed to 84% for these in the vid. Plus you can make 'em the right size for the buns you have!
Any burger will weigh less after cooking as it'll lose both fat and water. The only real thing that matters is if it tastes nice and is a reasonable cost. The brand name also puts up the price.
If you want a shocker from the TGI friday range from iceland try the rack of ribs, I bought one in the long box as ribs do. When i opened the box the ribs were exactly half the length of the box.....rip off
A does look really good. It would be interesting to find out what the weight is after it has been thawed out before cooking. (Unless it's not recommended to cook after thawed.) Ummm! Great video.😊
Yes will try and cook the other 2 from defrosted slowly and see how much loss there is.
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Love from the west Midlands bab.
Thank you x
I quite often make my own burgers and they also give up a lot of fat, I'm not sure these ones really did worse than any other burger? You'll have to have a burger challenge with various makes - frozen, fresh and home made! I think you need to weight them all before and after too.
Try Jolly cow fresh burgers, Sainsbury's sell them and they have marrow inside the patty, best burger I have had from a a supermarket, juicy and so tasteful.On par with a top end burger restaurant.
Paying over the odds for these because of the brand I think. Probably get something similar for less in a supermarket own brand.
Anyone that takes the gherkin off their burger needs to have a word with themselves!