Is it safe to eat rare ground beef?!

Is it safe to eat rare ground beef?

I made a hamburger from ground beef and didn't cook it all the way through...I know you can eat rare steak but its ground beef ok?

Yes and no. But in your case, I'd say no, or at best maybe.

Raw ground beef can be eaten - and it's quite delicious - and it's known as Steak Tartare. But you should really get a fresh cut of meat and have it freshly ground at the butcher's. It's the equivalent of sushi/sashimi, just ground (and meat, not fish).

Ground meat should be cooked, at least somewhat. Officially, all the bacteria gets killed at 165 degrees, which is medium to well done. I like my beef medium rare, and I'm still alive, so I don't totally hold to requiring 165 degrees myself. If you are talking rare - cooked but not medium rare - that's probably okay, if it's relatively freshly ground, but if you mean raw, that's probably not so good unless you KNOW it's fresh.

The reason is E. Coli bacteria, which is basically, not to be too delicate about it, poop (it's an intestinal bacteria, but transmitted by exposure from droppings from animals). If some is on the surface of a raw steak, it really doesn't matter too much, because it'll burn off when the steak is cooked.

But if the steak is ground up into hamburger, it can be on the inside, and if the hamburger isn't cooked sufficiently, it can still exist on the inside and possibly make you sick, or VERY sick.

So, it depends. Was it pretty fresh meat? Did you get it from a decent place? How rare was rare? Was it raw?

If it was cooked somewhat all the way through, I'd eat it. As I said, I like my meat medium rare. But the level of risk-taking is up to you.