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For this, the one-stop guide to the best patties in town, we’ve rounded up more than two dozen that hit the highest marks. You won’t blame us for being a little, well, obsessive.

Call it dogged determination, an investigative exploration of an iconic American sandwich, a quest not just for the unparalleled but an answer to the empirical question: What differentiates a good burger from a great one? It isn’t just the tenderness of the meat or smushyness (consider that a virtue) of the bun – the best burgers stitch it all together, the essential parts adding up to the transcendent whole.

Whether you like yours smashed, with lacy, caramelized edges, or chubby, its middle pink and juicy, that be-all burger is out there. It’s attainable. I know be

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