Portion burgers, then wet your hands and lightly flatten, making a divot in the center of each patty. Place on a parchment-lined sheet pan and slide into the refrigerator to chill until ready to cook.

Heat a cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Pull burgers out of the fridge and season both sides of each burger with kosher salt, pepper, granulated garlic and granulated onion.

Place 2 burgers in the hot pan and cook 5 minutes without touching (or longer if you like a well-done burger). It's ready to flip when you see the juices pool in the middle. Flip, then top each burger with an ounce of goat cheese.

Cover, reduce heat to medium and cook for an additional 4 minutes.

Let burgers rest for 5 minutes. While the first two are resting, repeat cooking process with remaining burgers.

Assemble burgers: Place lettuce on bottom bun, add 2 slices of bacon,goat cheese burger and pepper jam. Cover with top bun and serve.