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Washington State Inspectors "Deeply Concerned" About Undercooked Beef At Burger King
By Chris Morran on September 8, 2011 2:30 PM
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While most people are used to the grayish, overcooked burgers often served at fast food mega-chains, inspectors for the Washington Dept. of Health have found what they call a "disturbing trend" of undercooked beef being served at Burger King. More »
BK Attacks Japan With Mini Spam Burgers For Women
By Ben Popken on June 13, 2011 2:00 PM
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Swinging the pendulum away from their "Meat Monsters" offering, Burger King is dropping slider-style BK Bites on Japan in a variety of meat patties. Besides the usual beef, you can get a chicken patty or a Spam patty. That's right, delicious Spam. And it's for the ladies. "What Women Want, Women Get," is the tagline for the Spam and BLT mini combo, which the chain describes as "lighter" and "suitable for women." I can only hope something is getting lost in translation, but methinks it's not really. More »
Lady Weeps With Joy As First Texas In-N-Out Burger Opens
By Ben Popken on May 12, 2011 11:00 AM
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Yesterday the first In-N-Out Burger join in Texas opened its doors. The chain is unlike others in terms of the fervent loyalty it engenders in its fans, and they came by the thousands yesterday to Frisco, Texas to partake in its offerings. Some of them wore paper hats. Some of them ran out of gas. And then there's this woman, a Cali transplant, who openly cried on camera as she bit into the burger and memories of her childhood flooded back. That grilled patty was her madeleine. More »
Use Lettuce To Save Your Buns
By Phil Villarreal on April 30, 2011 12:00 PM
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Soggy bun syndrome has been known to afflict many a burger, but you don't have to let it mess up your lunch. Sauces and toppings have a way of ruining the integrity of your buns, turning burgers into withering messes. More »
So What Does A $777 Burger Actually Taste Like?
By Chris Morran on November 24, 2010 3:02 PM
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For some reason we can't fathom, our siblings at Consumer Reports didn't include the $777 burger at the Paris Casino in Las Vegas in its survey of the country's best and worst burgers. So it was left up to the folks at NPR to try out the high-priced hamburger for those of us who either can't afford or would never, ever in a million years spend that much on a food product. More »
Burger King Greases Palms With Oil From Company That Kills Fewer Trees
By Phil Villarreal on September 6, 2010 9:45 AM
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Kings — especially ones with creepy face masks — are there to serve their subjects, so Burger King responded to complaints from critics by switching its source for palm oil in which to cook its delicacies. Led by Greenpeace, environmentalists had harangued the company from buying from a subsidiary of Sinar Mas, Indonesian outfit accused of deforestation. More »
Possibly The Best Review Of Wendy's, Or Anything, Ever
By Phil Villarreal on August 20, 2010 1:15 PM
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Although Zagat says Wendy's makes the third-best burger of American fast food chains, this Google review may convince you that the House That Dave Built belongs at the top of the heap. Runt of the Web claims to have found this somewhere on Google but its source link comes up empty. More »
Get Your Elk Burger On At Fuddruckers
By Chris Morran on July 13, 2010 11:15 AM
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While KFC has its Double Down and Carl's Jr. has its foot-long burger, Fuddruckers, the burger chain with the name that sounds more like a syndrome than it does a restaurant, is out to differentiate itself from the competition by offering up a selection of exotic meats to customers. It already has salmon and buffalo burgers on the menu, and in the last week it's added elk to the list. More »
Carl's Jr. Whips Out A Foot-long Of Its Own
By Phil Villarreal on July 12, 2010 10:15 AM
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Figuring the hot dog and sub sandwich have kept an unfair stranglehold on the concept of the foot-long fast food for too long, Carl's Jr. has struck out in favor of burgers' rights by introducing the foot-long cheeseburger. More »
McDonald's Wants You To Come In For A Drink
By Marc Perton on June 28, 2010 6:09 PM
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Emboldened by its success with coffee and lattes, McDonald's is about to take on Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts and your local coffee shop, and grab a bigger chunk of the $153 billion beverage market. Coming next month: McDonald's smoothies, which the company hopes will lure customers away from Jamba Juice and other smoothie chains. More »
(Burger King Israel)
Ketchup Tastes Behind Burger King's Israeli Flameout?
By Marc Perton on May 13, 2010 11:43 AM
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Burger King is leaving Israel, after its local franchisee, Orgad Holdings, determined that customers preferred the burgers at its other eatery, Burger Ranch. "All the research carried out over the past few months shows beyond a doubt that the taste of Burger Ranch is the preferred taste for most Israelis," said Orgad's directors, who plan to convert their 52 Burger Kings into Burger Ranches. However, according to one Israeli burger lover and former BK manager, the culture clash is less about the beef and more about condiments. More »
(White Castle)
White Castle Candle Promises "Bed-of-Onions" Aroma
By Marc Perton on May 3, 2010 2:30 PM
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If you misspent your youth in a part of the country where White Castle dominates the roadside landscape, the smell of the chain's onion-and-grease-laden sliders may have a Proustian effect on your olfactory nerve — or your bowels. Now White Castle promises to deliver that aroma on demand, minus the actual belly bombers, via the new White Castle scented candle. And here we thought selling frozen burgers in supermarkets was the worst idea White Castle ever had. More »
Behold The 6880 Calorie Burger King Tower Of Meat
By Meg Marco on March 8, 2010 3:57 PM
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Burger King's nutritional information page is apparently quite a lot of fun. If you find it necessary you can create a multi-patty superburger with 6880 calories. Instructions, inside. More »
WSJ Says Burger King Is Hurting Because Addicts Have Abandoned It
By Phil Villarreal on February 2, 2010 10:30 AM
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Burger King has suffered two consecutive quarters of declining sales, and a Wall Street Journal says the drop is due to hard-core "super fan" Burger King eaters shying away from the chain in favor of, gulp, possibly healthier choices. More »
How To Make The Shake Shack Burger At Home
By Meg Marco on October 16, 2009 7:22 PM
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—>Shake Shack is a place that has burgers (example pictured here) that people in NYC seem to think are good. We have not personally tried said burgers, but we've yet to meet someone who has that isn't enthusiastic about them. With that in mind, we direct you to a recipe that claims to allow you to make the Shake Shack burger at home. More »
Fake McDonald's Letter Is Totally Fake, Burger Pusher Confirms
By Ben Popken on October 1, 2009 5:35 PM
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—>Mickey D's down under wants everyone to know that the parody McDonald's letter making the rounds is indeed prankaliscious. Corporate Communications Manager Bronwyn Stubbs writes: More »
Hope And Pray This Canned Burger Makes It To The U.S.
By Phil Villarreal on October 1, 2009 2:59 PM
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—>Reader NORMLgirl, the very person who alerted us to Perky Jerky, has spotted another culinary wonder — the canned burger. More »
(Parody) New Profit Center For Australian McDonald's: Fraud?
By Laura Northrup on October 1, 2009 1:00 AM
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—>Note: This memo is a parodic spoof. More »
Americans Love Burgers. A Lot.
By Chris Walters on September 14, 2009 9:05 PM
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—>Apparently burgers are recession-proof. In fact, according to a recent survey cited by the Boston Globe, "It may be one area of food service where [consumers] are less willing to cut back, despite the current economic environment." We didn't know there was a shortage of burger options in the U.S., to be honest, but about half of us think restuarants should offer more burger variety. More »
Reader Discovers New Secret Menu Order At In-N Out
By Phil Villarreal on September 14, 2009 1:35 PM
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—>A couple years ago we put together a comprehensive list of all the secret menus in the world. But time continues to march on and apparently there are still new menu secrets to be discovered. More »
