What’s your favorite burger?
This one is from Del Taco. Which I actually like- But it isn’t my favorite.
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Some 57 percent of consumers in the U.S. ate burgers more than once a week in 2015, according to Technomic’s Burger Consumer Trend Report. That number is down slightly from 2013, when 68 percent of Americans reported chowing down on burgers more than once in a week.
Here’s a round-up of where to snag free, discounted and specialty burgers:
I have the graphic on my office door in color. Wimpy getting his comeuppance from the purveyors of the burger.
Jumped the gun by one day. Oops.
Bacon cheeseburger with an egg with a runny yolk. Nothing better.
phenry, i’ll one up you. bacon cheeseburger with an egg with a runny yolk. check. however, substitute two grilled cheese sammitches for the top and bottom bun. checkmate.
You win.
Actually the best burger one can get is one cooked at home over natural charcoal in the company of friends and family.
White Castle – no cheese, put 5 patties into one bun and slather with hot sauce. Don’t ask why. I just think they are the best of the fast food burgers. Next best, were my mom’s hand made burgers in our store when I was a kid. There are no comparisons to her burgers.
For store-bought my favorite is 5 Guys with cheddar, bacon, grilled onion, and mayo. That’s one mighty good burger!
But my favorite is the one I make at home. Six oz. of ground round or something in the 15%-20% fat range (the fat is important!). Grilled medium rare, then put on a toasted and buttered ciabatta roll with pepper jack cheese, sliced white onion pieces, and about 6 or 8 slices of pepperoni. A little mayo. Don’t laugh at the pepperoni, try it once and you’ll be hooked and alternate it with bacon.
Bacon cheeseburger with an egg with a runny yolk. Throw away grilled cheese sammitches and replace with two Krispy Kreme doughnuts, brushed with warm bacon grease. Jalapeno onion rings optional. Double checkmate, followed by emergency triple bypass.
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Like Uncle Al, Store Bought: 5 Guys. The grilled onions make it.
At home I want to try Uncle Al’s recipe, it sounds delicious. 🙂
Wbopper, no cheese,no mayo. About ten minutes after they switch over from breakfast.
This is on my to-to-someday list.
Grill on very high heat my home burger as described above until just barely rare so you have a little char on the outside. Lay a slice of white onion on top, then gently dip it in beer batter, the kind you use for onion rings. Again gently, submerge the whole thing in deep fat until golden. I think I’d put that baby on one of those extra-large English muffins, buttered, with not much else.
One of Uncle Al’s burgers shared with a naked super model.
Um. Female super model. One cannot make any assumptions these days.
#1: mine.
#2: Umami
#3: In ‘n Out
@PHenry – I like the way your mind works
Sonic burger for me.
Dairy Queen makes the best burgers. Flame broiled fresh with everything on them.
Yummy
@Al, YES, ciabatta, I abandoned buns years ago.
Ciabatta has so many holes for the cheese to slide into.
Try the Kraft habanero slices, way more flavor.
Swiss and mushrooms.
Thanks, Kat, I don’t think I’ve ever had a DQ burger and now I’ll have to go give it a try!
When I was a kid (a very, very long time ago) we’d go to DQ for frozen custard. REAL frozen custard, eggs and all, that nobody makes any more. When that was no longer on the menu we just sort of stopped going there. I think maybe we cut of our noses to spice our faces if the burgers are that good!
The high activity of this thread is proof of how weary we all are of politics. We’ve gotta do politics for survival, but we’d rather go back to the halcyon days of
Not thinking much about it. Discussing burger recipes makes me happy.
@Corona – Yes, yum, a properly done Swiss and Mushie burger is right up there with the best of them.
I can vouch for DQ burgers.
Kat, yep, DQ is tops but Hardees has really upped their game in recent years, so their burgers are a very close 2nd. Give ’em a try.
@PHenry – Do you know anybody with a good recipe for ground pundit burgers?
@Al
NOOOOO. PUNDIT BURGERS ATE ASSSSSS!!!
Are. Not ate. Stupid phone.
Dang this thread is making me HUNGRY!
I have been cooking up 1/2 pound black angus burgers on a flat grill every Thursday since April at my Elk’s lodge. Choice of cheeses and people can garnish them how they wish, with fries for five dollars. I’ve been told they are the best in the area. I think after cooking several hundred that I have it figured out.
@even steven – um, where is your area? (-:
@Al, Dr. Timothy Darrow may have one.
How come Rough House the diner owner from the old Popeye comic strip is not in that picture? He hated J Wellington Wimpy (just for being a perpetual but lovable mooch) way before those hamburger chain clowns ever opened a hamburger stand.
Interesting that no one is using those horrid grocery store bought hamburger buns — you know, the one that turn into a flat, soggy mess at the sight of meat.
I gotta go with an Aussie Truckstop Burger:
lettuce, tomato, beef patty, Runny egg over easy with the yolk broken, grilled onions, grilled ham, pineapple, sliced beets, BBQ sauce.
Can’t deny your roots.
@oolook – Those buns are perfect for fried soft-shell crab sandwiches, and for sloppy joes, but nothing else.
@wizzum – You had me at runny egg and grilled onion, then lost me at sliced beets.
Ew.
Uncle Al I think the same thing about that white gravy that you put with scones for breakfast.
Beets are great for me but it I acknowledge it might be like Vegemite for you guys.
Had this in des moines, at zombie burger+drink lab.. excellent!
Trailer Trash Zombie
American cheese, fried pickle, chicken fried bacon, cheese curds, ranch dressing
I dig the Famous Dave’s Classic Burger, they mix in some of their Brisket into the ground beef and it gives it a nice, firm texture which I like, and a great flavor. Denny’s serves up a damn fine burger and I concur; DQ Burgers are fine eating. My numero Uno: Whataburger…nuff said!
Figlo, I can’t go past the patty melt when I stop at Whataburger, I love them.
My favorite burger? which ever one is my hand at the time
Been smashing burgers on a ballistic griddle all summer. It’s a great addition to a weber kettle, the craycort cast iron grates put an awesome sear on steak.
http://www.cast-iron-grate.com/ballisticgriddle.html
Nick Tahoe’s Cheeseburger Garbage Plate. If you don’t grok that, turn in your “American Card” and head for the Hermit Kingdom.
@Uncle Al. I’m in south/central Illinois. Moonshine and their famous Moon burgers is within reasonable driving distance, and a couple people told me mine have them beat. Of course, they may have just heaped on the praise, so I’ll keep cooking on Thursdays. I’ve been getting the ground beef from a local butcher shop owned by a family who have raised their own beef for generations. It’s fantastic.
Home-grown grass-fed beef is my favorite. I only eat drive-thru when I’m traveling. My dogs agree.
DQ’s 1/2 pound FLAME THROWER! Then my own.
I like mine with lettuce and tomato. Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes. Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer. Well…..
y’all know the rest. 🙂
With all the cash McD has generated the last 50years, you would think Ronald would have stayed in his own venue and hired Brutus to collect the debt from Wimpy. Why take the risk of getting your ass beat by Popeye?
I was always a fan of Jack-in-the-Box Ultimate Cheeseburger:
Cheese
Meat
Cheese
Cheese
Meat
Bun is optional. Anything more than that is an abomination, IMHO.
BEST: Nothing but at home, 25/75 ratio fresh-ground from the meat packing plant near us, ¾ lb patties marinated in Worcestershire/onion/garlic/black pepper for a bit, topped with a Velveeta slice and a couple of thick Wright’s bacon strips, charcoal flame-kissed to med rare perfection.
PUBLIC: toss up between 5 Guys and DQ. Both are pretty fair when on the road.