# jack, your Really Big Chicken Sandwich is Really Shite **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124 "2010-07-09T18:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/1 "2010-07-09T18:00:30Z")
Gah, that’s a taste it’ll take a while to get out of my mouth. Should have guessed that a double-patty chicken sandwich that costs less than the singles at the same joint would be made of scraps ground into the floorboards of the poultry processing plant. Revolting in pretty much every way something could be revolting. Really, between crap like that, their off-tasting alleged-angus burgers and those, oily, weird-ass tacos, is there a fast food joint with a crappier range of products than Jack in the Box? Oh, wait, yes, there is at that: Burger King. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/2 "2010-07-09T18:06:46Z")
I like Burger King. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/3 "2010-07-09T18:15:59Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I like Burger King. I will pray for your heathen soul. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/4 "2010-07-09T18:22:07Z")
Burger King has done right by me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/5 "2010-07-09T18:24:43Z")
The only non-chicken place I’ve been to that does chicken sandwiches at all well is Wendy’s. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/6 "2010-07-09T18:28:15Z")
Jack’s had a special where you could get one of their new deli sandwiches for free if you bought a large soda. It was worth about what we paid for it. Very disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/7 "2010-07-09T18:35:13Z")
The wife and I were talking about this last night after seeing the commercial for it. It’s one of the few commercial I could remember thinking, wow, that doesn’t look the least bit appetizing We both agreed something happened to JntB baclk around the 90s, I say its when they introduced curly fries. It’s been all gimmicks ever since. It went from being one of my favotite burger joints to the place I go when no where else is open. Anybody remember their Western Bacon Cheesburger from the 80s? Perfection, it was! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/8 "2010-07-09T19:01:06Z")
They still have the funniest commercials around though. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/9 "2010-07-09T19:03:35Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Really, between crap like that, their off-tasting alleged-angus burgers… Well, see, there’s your problem right there- those aren’t _angus_ burgers… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/10 "2010-07-09T19:35:51Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Well, see, there’s your problem right there- those aren’t _angus_ burgers… Whoops, now that you mention it, they call 'em sirloin burgers, don’t they? Well, no matter; they’re more like Soylent burgers to me. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/11 "2010-07-09T19:40:38Z")
Jack in the Box is the household favorite for fast-food burgers, but we stick with the classics, I guess: jumbo jack, spicy chicken sandwich, maybe a sourdough jack or a breakfast sandwich. Any of those are better than pretty much any other big chain’s stuff around here. Every now and then I’ll buy one of their newer fad-burgers and it’s always a disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/12 "2010-07-09T19:44:43Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Well, see, there’s your problem right there- those aren’t _angus_ burgers… Yeah, for some reason, they keep sticking that g into the middle of that word, and it clearly doesn’t belong there… I still go with A&W, myself. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/13 "2010-07-10T11:27:57Z")
I eat at Burger King 4 or 5 times a week (EK knows why), it ain’t bad. Remember “Frings” at JITB?, I want Frings but ordering fries AND onion rings is piggish. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/14 "2010-07-10T12:36:31Z")
The only drive-through I really like is Arby’s; mostly because they have the ultra-salty fried mozzarella sticks. And I completely can not understand any person who is desperate enough to eat fast-food, but has time to stop and go into the store to eat. You’ve at least got time for Friendly’s at that point. . . But we haven’t had a JitB in our area since the 70’s, I barely recall something about food poisoning, but can’t find a cite. Lately I’ve had to stop going to KFC, which really upsets me. I used to love their chicken strips, as did Celtling, but now they have way too much pepper in them. Celtling can’t eat them. And WTF happened to the regular fried chicken?!? The last couple of times I tried it it was gross. Like it has been steamed or something. There’s a Wendy’s down the road that makes great chicken sandwiches, but the one near me cooks the regular ones in the same oil as the super-spicy, so no matter what I order it burns my mouth. ::sigh:: The good news is I’m losing weight. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/15 "2010-07-10T16:31:20Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Well, see, there’s your problem right there- those aren’t _angus_ burgers… Gee, what do you mean? 😃 (McDonald’s is the one with the an[del]g[/del]us burgers. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/16 "2010-07-10T18:09:28Z")
Jack used to have a sandwich that was strips of sirloin with shredded cheddar cheese, lettuce, and tomato, but a lot of the employees didn’t know about it, and would argue with me until I either convinced them, spoke to a manager, or just flat gave up. I think they finally did take it off the menu completely, which is unfortunate, because it was good. I do still like to go to JitB once in a while, if only for the chance that I’ll be offered a yumbo yak. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/17 "2010-07-10T18:10:19Z")
I just wish I could get a Bonus Jack. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/18 "2010-07-10T18:15:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I just wish I could get a Bonus Jack. ☹ I had to look that up- and it looks like it’s [back](http://www.jackinthebox.com/email/bonus-jack-399/index.php)? I don’t see a date, but it’s copyrighted 2010. Of course, you have to be in the secret society of cool people. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/19 "2010-07-10T18:19:34Z")
Not available here. I heard it _might_ be available a couple hundred miles south of here. I’m not going to drive that far for nostalgia. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124/20 "2010-07-10T19:07:11Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > is there a fast food joint with a crappier range of products than Jack in the Box? Oh, wait, yes, there is at that: Burger King. Misspelled “McDonald’s” > [@TruCelt](#): > > The only drive-through I really like is Arby’s; mostly because they have the ultra-salty fried mozzarella sticks. And I completely can not understand any person who is desperate enough to eat fast-food, but has time to stop and go into the store to eat. You’ve at least got time for Friendly’s at that point. . . Perhaps because they noticed that they would be in the drivethru line behind a fatass who couldn’t fit through the front door and is ordering every numbered combo on the menu, four stoned teenagers who can’t remember what they want, and an old lady who keeps trying to order an item they stopped making 12 years ago. In other words, it ends up taking more effort and gas to take the drivethru. Plus, I really only go to Taco Bell anymore, and then only every 6 months or so, and I go in to get an extra handful of sauce. Plus those things are deathtraps. If a gang of ninjas wants to kill you, you can’t drive forwards, can’t drive backwards, you’re screwed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-your-really-big-chicken-sandwich-is-really-shite/546124.md?page=2)