The Most Delicious Lean-to-Fat Ratio for Meat, Grinding Meat at Home, and a Bold Prediction

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Food, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Dave makes the supposedly ideal lean-to-fat ratio burger, a 70/30 blend...and it proves to be true!The ratio serves as a route for deliciousness, but it isn't found in that many grocery stores, which more commonly have 90/10 or 80/20. Dave delves into the history behind this and predicts that the 70/30 blend may be coming back. He grinds his own blend and makes a delicious cheeseburger for himself and Chris Ying, with lots of knowledge shared and lots of delicious meat consumed. Watch our past episode on tteokgalbi: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2I5Nnpxp2j7NYVv0r1uiP0?si=HHynvWJnQOuvT6_DXBoCBwWatch our past episode on the rise of burgers: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pfnJxYHg1zhK39J10B4UH?si=RTBaRncqR06L0iDoQLiOjQWith Vrbo, what you book is what you get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	They say go big or go home.
0:02.0	But now you can go big at home with the big arch on delivery.
0:06.0	When you're hungry for something big, like really big.
0:09.0	Big Arch for big McDonald's hunger.
0:12.0	Order on the McDonald's app.
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0:16.0	Upcharges and fees apply to delivery orders.
0:18.0	Subject to availability.
0:19.0	Price and participation may vary.
0:34.0	Today on today's show, we're going to talk about the 70-30 ratio for ground beef and sort of how it's like a magic ratio for a lot of things in food.
0:40.3	And make a prediction that you're going to see this blend way more in supermarkets in your grocery store in the coming future. And it used to be served that way.
0:46.8	So we've been told back in the day before 1990 used to be more of a 70% meat to 30% fat ratio, not exact, but closer to that ratio.
0:56.6	And today we're going to make it from scratch.
0:58.2	And I'm going to learn something and I'm going to share it with you.
1:00.7	And it's going to be delicious.
1:02.3	This episode of the Dave Chang Show is presented by Verbo Vacation Rentals.
1:07.0	People are unpredictable, especially when you travel with them.
1:10.8	Sometimes your own family. Someone's in a mood. Someone's hungry. Someone's hungry. People are unpredictable, especially when you travel with them.
1:11.9	Sometimes your own family.
1:13.3	Someone's in a mood.
1:14.2	Someone's hungry.
1:15.7	Someone didn't sleep.
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