Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 6 cloves garlic , minced
• 1 large sweet onion , such as Vidalia®
• 1 large green bell pepper , chopped
• 0.25 cups chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 0.25 cups brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard , such as Colman's®
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 0.75 teaspoons Greek seasoning , such as Cavender's®
• 0.5 teaspoons hamburger seasoning , such as McCormick® Grill Mates®
• 0.5 teaspoons garlic powder
• 0.5 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 0.5 teaspoons smokehouse maple seasoning , such as McCormick® Grill Mates®
• 0.25 teaspoons hickory smoked salt , such as McCormick®
• 2 pinches ground nutmeg , or more to taste
• 2 cups barbeque sauce , such as Sweet Baby Ray's®
• 1 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 12 hamburgers buns

Instructions

1. 1 Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot butter until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir onion, green pepper, and cilantro into garlic; cook and stir until the onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
2. 2 Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until browned, 5 to 10 minutes; drain fat. Increase heat to medium-high. Stir brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, onion powder, Greek seasoning, hamburger seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper, smokehouse maple seasoning, smoked salt, and nutmeg into ground beef mixture; cook until boiling, 4 to 6 minutes.
3. 3 Stir onion mixture into beef mixture; reduce heat to simmer.
4. 4 Pour barbeque sauce, ketchup, and apple cider vinegar into beef mixture; stir, cover, and simmer until sauce is thickened, 30 minutes. Scoop beef into hamburger buns and serve.

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