There were a bunch of fast-food polls on here a couple months ago, but a search didn’t find a thread asking simply about the quality of the fries.
My vote goes to Checkers, simply because they’re the only fries I can eat without feeling the need to add anything to them - they’re perfect as served.
5 Guys gets special credit for giving you an entire paper bag full of fries when you order the small. I don’t think anybody has EVER ordered the large.
Also some credit to KFC - their fries are the only edible thing they serve.
Worst goes to Burger King - are those warts or zits covering the breading?
The old fries with truffle salt at Edzo’s Burgers in Evanston IL.
Wiener and Still Champion gives them a run for their money also in Evanston.
Seriously, in the last few years Evanston has experienced a burger and fries Renaissance that is difficult to comprehend. Wiener and Still Champ along with Edzo’s are the best, Five Guys is trailing the pack and the local places like the Celtic Knot and Buffalo Joes do some great burgers.
I picked other because fast food fries at their best are not like a true Burbank russet, hand cut and fried properly.
McDonald’s fries are good for the same reason their fountain soda is good. Proper service of the macine. Temps and clean oil used only for fries are major part as well. The actual fry itself I find not all that great. Kinda mushy interior. Seems extruded and does not taste of potato. But it ranks high even in my mind due to proper exicution.
Mmmm…Wiener and Still Champion’s fries. And pretty much anything else they have on the menu. I’ve never been to Edzo’s though, and I lived in Evanston for five years. Need to trek out there.
Of the ones listed, I voted Five Guys. They’re the closest in style to the type of fry that I like. Ten or fifteen years ago, I surely would have gone with McDonald’s, and they’re still my favorite when it comes to that style of skinless, golden fry.
Of the choices I went with Carl’s junior. their waffle fries are great crispy and crunch exterior with a good potato flavor on the interior. I just tried 5 guys for the first time this weekend while the burger was very good I was unimpressed with their Cajun fries to the point that I’d say the curly fries from Jack in the box are better. I like In-n-out but there is a short window while they’re good. Wendys, burger king, and mcdonalds are all the same and I don’t remember the others that I’ve had so they obviously didn’t impress me.
The best of the chains is Red Robin but I think of them more as a restaurant then fast food which is the point of this poll.