Skip the drive through and make your own amazing, flavorful burgers piping hot straight from the oven. Cooking frozen hamburger patties is the perfect to feed a crowd or an easy. weeknight meal!
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Why you'll love this recipe
No grill? No problem! Make tasty burgers right from your oven. Skipping the drive-through will save you time AND money!
Ingredients
For the exact measurements for the froze burger recipe, please refer to the printable recipe card below.
How to Cook Frozen Hamburger Patties in the Oven
Ingredients
- 6 frozen hamburger patties
- 1 ½ teaspoon Montreal Steak Seasoning
- 6 slices American cheese
- 6 burger buns
- Your favorite fixings - burger buns, sliced tomatoes, sliced onions, lettuce, mayonnaise, ketchup or barbecue sauce.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line baking sheet with foil. Spray baking rack with nonstick coating.
- Remove your frozen burger patties from the plastic packaging.
- Using a metal spatula, split the patties apart from each other.
- Place burgers on metal cooking rack. Spritz with cooking spray. Season with Montreal steak seasoning.
- Place in oven for 20 minutes. Flipping patties halfway through cooking time, season side two. Return to oven.
- Top the cooked hamburgers with cheese slices for the last two minutes.
- Remove and build your burgers!
Notes
Storage
Cooked burgers can be stored in an airtight container in the refridgerator for up to three days. You can also freeze them for up to three months. Let the burgers thaw before reheating. To reheat, cook in a skillet over medium-high heat until heated through.Love this recipe? Join the free membership group!
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Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. For complete detailed instructions refer to the recipe card.
FAQ's
Frozen ground beef patties should be used within 4 months.
Yes, in fact you do not want the burgers to thaw. Bake them straight from the freezer.
You can add flavor to frozen hamburger with simple seasonings like salt and pepper, season-all or Montreal steak seasoning.
Yes, a charcoal or gas grill is a great option when grilling frozen burgers.
Yes but the texture is better when cooked in the oven.
Yes, you'll flip the burgers. It improves the flavor and texture.
Deb's tips
- If the burgers are frozen together, use a metal spatula to split the patties apart.
- If you want to add cheese, do it during the last minute of cooking for a gooey, melted cheese topping.
- The cooking spray on the outside of the patties is to help the seasonings stick to your meat patties so don't skip this part.
Variations
- Hatch green chiles would be amazing sandwiched between a couple of patties!
- Slices of crispy bacon? YUM! It does make everything better!
- Add a smear of your favorite smashburger sauce, it makes the best burger!
- Don't have any hamburger buns? Try wrapping your juicy burger in a large piece of lettuce for a low carb option!
Related recipes
I do love a great sandwich and there are several on the blog!
- Air Fryer Burgers - this perfect burger has all the flavor no grill needed!
- Turkey Burgers get a bad wrap, but let me tell you, the flavor of this burger is incredible, so moist and tender. Juicy burgers every time! Be sure to try it and tell me what you think!
- This recipe for a Kimchi Burger uses a combination of beef and pork. It's topped with a big helping of kimchi and melty cheese. This recipe works, let me tell you!
- Prefer Veggie Burgers? Gotcha covered there as well with these super yummy Nut Burgers. Enjoy!
Serve with
- I know this is "technically" a smoothie .... but what really is a smoothie? It's a milkshake! Or make a Banana Milkshake - epic, let me tell you!
- Every great burger needs a yummy side - hands down my favorite has always been Mom's recipe for Deviled Egg Potato Salad!
- Prefer pasta salad? Then be sure to serve the Macaroni Pasta Salad. Everyone will have a second helping!
- Sweet Potato Wedges or Sweet Potato French Fries dipped in campfire sauce? YUM!
Wrapping it up
Dinner doesn't have to be complicated-frozen hamburger patties + a hot oven = easy, tasty, and totally doable! Whether you're feeding a crowd or just need a quick weeknight meal, this method is a total time-saver. AND it's more affordable.
Ready to cook up dinner without the defrosting drama? If this helped you feel confident about tossing frozen patties on the grill or stovetop, be sure to leave a comment and rate the recipe! 🍔👏
Raquel says
I was amazed at how good these turned out and the cleanup was awesome!!! Definitely will be using this method from now on!
Debra Clark says
Right? I love this recipe, it's silly easy, but makes great burgers!! No grill? No problem! Thanks Raquel, I appreciate your feedback!
Colleen says
Yuppers; I do this all the time and I do several patties at one time. Being the oven is already hot I figured I might as well do several all at once. The ones we don't eat; I let cool completely, wrap individually, vacuum seal ( 4 patties per vacuum seal bag)and place in freezer.
When ready to use them frozen ones, I will wrap in foil, place in low-med. oven until heated through. Making it easy for hubby being he doesn't cook. Instructions for him inside each bag.
Side items for our burgers; homemade onion rings and deviled eggs. (eggs that have been laid by the wicked chickens) :-}
Sue Turcsany says
This looks like a great idea. Will have to try it soon. Hamburgers make such a greasy mess when frying on the stovetop and right not it's too hot to go out on in the yard and cook them on the gas grill. This seems perfect when you have a lot of people to feed at the same time. Never thought of doing this.
Debra Clark says
Awesome Sue, it's such a great time-saver or a terific way to pivot if the weather turns bad. Enjoy!
lazyme says
Easy and good. I had just done a deep cleaning on my stove top and didn't want to get it greasy again by cooking burgers. So this worked great with no mess! Thanks for sharing.
Debra Clark says
Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed the recipe. Thanks so much for coming back to comment and share!!
Judy G says
Thanks for the help with cooking frozen hamburger patties. My oven temperature is a little low, so I cooked them for 10 minutes, flipped them over, and cooked for 15 more minutes. This is a great idea for those of us who don't think about what's for dinner until it's time for dinner.
Bowl Me Over says
That's awesome Judy, I'm so happy this will solve that "What's for dinner" dilemma! I appreciate your support of the blog!
Julie Evink says
I'm constantly forgetting to thaw our hamburger patties. This trick to cook frozen hamburger patties is a life saver! They are so good and juicy.
Alyssa says
We usually cook our frozen hamburger patties on the grill. I don't like using the grill, so I can't wait to try them out in the oven!
Camden Rusincovitch says
Cooking frozen hamburger patties in the oven is a huge step up from how I was making burgers in my college dorm. Thanks for detailing this!
Cynthia Rusincovitch says
Ugh! I am the world's worst about forgetting to set out something for dinner in time to thaw. I have always been hesitant to try frozen hamburger patties because I figured they would be dry. Do they actually cook up like homemade burgers?
Bowl Me Over says
The frozen burgers do grill moist and delicious. They won't be dry at all (as long as they aren't overcooked!). Great questions Cynthia!
Kristen says
My oven is broken (UGH!), so I was wondering, "can you cook burgers from frozen any other way"?
Bowl Me Over says
Absolutely Kristen! Do you have an air fryer? There's a great air fryer frozen burger recipe and also frozen burgers on the grill! I've linked up to both. I hope you give them a try!
Brittany says
Using cooking spray to help the seasonings stick when cooking frozen hamburger patties is genius!
Bowl Me Over says
Enjoy the recipe Brittany!
Janet says
This worked out well for cooking ahead for the week. No time to make dinner everynight!
Debra Clark says
Great idea for meal prep Janet, so smart!!
Stephanie says
Came out fine, but…and this could be that I’m at 4500 elevation…they could’ve been done a bit more. I’d recommend 25-30 minutes.
Bowl Me Over says
Yes, that does make a difference. Thank you for sharing Stephanie - I'm down here on the valley floor and we're only 300 ft above sea level.
Leo says
It turned out pretty well even without spraying a non-stick coating on the rack. Can yu please name me one such coating ? Thanks
Bowl Me Over says
I use Pam.