People are passionate about their meat - especially when it's sizzling hot and slapped between a bun. 

Hot From The Kettle is brainstorming to compile a list of the best burgers in northern New Jersey. 

The list will be transformed into a Baristanet poll containing the eight most frequently mentioned burger joints. 

Here are the rules:

     1. "Northern" means north of the Raritan Bridge. 

     2. There will be no discriminating between  "Sliders" and full sized burgers.

     3. As much as I love a Quinoa burger, for puroses of this list, the burger must be 100% beef.   

Here are a few to get you started, Pal's Cabin in West Orange, McGovern's in Newark, White Manna in Hackensack . . .  You do the rest