# Hamburger Survey (Vegetarians Welcome Too) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934 "2004-09-03T08:06:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/1 "2004-09-03T08:06:19Z")
How many hamburgers do you think you have eaten since you have been alive? Hamburgers in this case will refer to ground beef hamburgers _or_ vegetarian burgers like Boca Burgers no turkey burgers, chicken sandwiches, just beef and Boca. This is hamburgers from anywhere from a fancy restaurant to McDonalds to your neighbors BBQ. Now I will sit back and wait for all 3 responses…just kidding, atleast I hope I am. ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/2 "2004-09-03T08:08:19Z")
I almost forgot…I should answer this survey myself and I am going to say about 1500 Hamburgers in my life time. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/3 "2004-09-03T08:09:42Z")
I have eaten one veggie burger in my life. It was delicious, but I have yet to try another. I have probably eaten hundreds of hamburgers, though. Since I am very susceptible to suggestion, I guess I know what I’m having for lunch today. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/4 "2004-09-03T08:18:49Z")
Well over 1000, considering my time as a computer geek in which I ended up with a 5 minute session bewtwee build to grab lunch. adding in my speciality of grilling, my gneral lack of money to buy the steaks I want, and my fat ass that eats a lot of food, I figure 3000 is a good guesstimate. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/5 "2004-09-03T08:21:00Z")
If it’s numbers you want, I’d said mine is…let’s see…probably about 1300. I wonder how much that many burgers weighs. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/6 "2004-09-03T08:22:10Z")
I should add that the guesstimate involves a more than healthy number of (randomly substance influenced) nights in which I probably ate 20-30 sliders, which I added in. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/7 "2004-09-03T10:33:55Z")
Considering hamburgers are my favorite food, I almost always order one when it’s on the menu at restaraunts, and I’m not what you’d call light, I’d say in excess of 2,500. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/8 "2004-09-03T12:47:58Z")
In my lifetime? I’d guess around 3500. They are my only weakness. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/9 "2004-09-03T12:48:17Z")
Offhand, I’d say 1 a week on averge over about 30 years, so 1500. ---
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/10 "2004-09-03T13:12:36Z")
I went with a one every week guess as well, but that could be conservative. I’ll go with 1820. Jammer ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/11 "2004-09-03T13:16:50Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I should add that the guesstimate involves a more than healthy number of (randomly substance influenced) nights in which I probably ate 20-30 sliders, which I added in. I was idly extrapolating an estimate on the back of a sheet of paper while reading this thread until I came to your post. If I have to count White Castle, then hell, everything’s out the window. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/12 "2004-09-03T13:23:50Z")
I’m guessing that, based on the rough average of eating two hamburgers per week, I’ve probably managed to consume about 1,500 of them in my lifetime of 34 years to date. ---
**Author:** ![Iris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Iris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iris)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/13 "2004-09-03T14:15:56Z")
In all of my 29 years, I’ve probably only eaten a handful of hamburgers. After suffering from food poisoning twice from hamburgers as a child (once from a fast food chain and the other from a regular restuarant) my stomach can’t tolerate ground beef anymore. I sure hope this doesn’t gross out any of you hamburger lovers! The _Boca_ veggie burgers are pretty good, but I’ve probably only had 25 or so in my life. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/14 "2004-09-03T14:40:29Z")
Maybe 1000 or so, but I’m only 18, so I have time to rack up that number to something way more ridiculous. (unless the hamburgers kill me first. O\_o) ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/15 "2004-09-03T16:51:56Z")
This was more complicated than I thought. I’ve never had a Boca Burger, so they’re out. I started with 37 years, (I’m almost 40, but I wasn’t eating burgers regularly when I was really little). That’s 1,872 weeks. Going with one a week, that’s neary 2,000 burgers, but there are some weeks I know I ate two or more. Lots of times at cook-outs I eat two burgers. If you counted turkey burgers the number would defintely jump way up. I’ve been eating lots and lots of turkey burgers lately, and we also eat lots of venison burgers, since my husband hunts. They’re actually a mix of ground venison and ground beef, since the venison tends to be rather dry. The beef keeps them moist. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/16 "2004-09-03T16:54:51Z")
Maybe thirty? I never particularly liked hamburgers even back when I ate meat. And I got food poisoning aftr a veggie burger once so I rarely eat those either. So it’s got to be a really low number… ---
**Author:** ![violacrane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@violacrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/violacrane)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/17 "2004-09-03T17:17:16Z")
First ever burgers in '76 when some girls from Boston decided to initiate their British colleagues in this strange custom of the “barbeque” (but **why** do you want to cook food outside when we have a perfectly good kitchen?!) First and only BigMac Amsterdam in '81. Around 30 to 50 veggie burgers since, mostly at barbeques because we did get the idea in the end (but veggie sausages are usually better). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/18 "2004-09-03T21:39:07Z")
Average of one a week, so about 2,500. I had a lot more than one a week when I was in grad school, but I’m probably averaging fewer than than now. BTW, do you count a double cheeseburger as two or one? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/19 "2004-09-03T21:58:52Z")
I’m going to average one burger a month since I was 7, and then round down a bit since I eat them with greater infrequency. So…300? Sounds right, I suppose (Hot Dogs, however, are another story). ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934/20 "2004-09-03T22:11:42Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Average of one a week, so about 2,500. I had a lot more than one a week when I was in grad school, but I’m probably averaging fewer than than now. > > BTW, do you count a double cheeseburger as two or one? I might have to rethink my 1500 estimate it could be closer to 1000 because if someone that is 34 has eaten 2 a week and they estimate 1500 and I’m still in my teens that sounds like alot of burgers but on the other hand I wouldn’t be all that surprised if I had ate 1500…anyway I’d say a double still counts as one because you have some hamburgers that are single that are still thicker than a double decker… the angus beef burger at Carls Jr for example compared to a Big Mac. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-survey-vegetarians-welcome-too/262934.md?page=2)