# McDonald's or Burger King **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449 "2009-09-25T01:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/1 "2009-09-25T01:38:22Z")
You’re hungry, and your _only_ choices for obtaining food are McDonald’s or Burger King. Which do you choose? Feel free to explain your choice. I’m not a fast food fan. But I find that McDonald’s quality control is consistently superior to BK’s. I’ve been given inedible food at BK before, but never at McDonalds. [sub]okay, it’s a lame poll, but I am curious about the issue, and I want the practice at creating polls[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/2 "2009-09-25T01:42:07Z")
Being a vegetarian, if I’m really really hungry, I pick Burger King, as they have a Veggie Burger (from Morningstar Farms!) and they do not dip their french fries in beef broth during the production process. (Yes, I’m still bitter about those fuckers at McDonald’s covering that up, why do you ask?) ---
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/3 "2009-09-25T01:44:57Z")
McDonald’s, hands down, if those are my only two choices. While the burgers are _slightly_ better at Burger King, their fries and chicken products (to me) are awful, plus McD’s has hot mustard (yum). ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/4 "2009-09-25T02:01:13Z")
McDonald’s is better. Burger King burns its hamburgers to a crisp. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/5 "2009-09-25T02:11:08Z")
I prefer BK’s charred burgers. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/6 "2009-09-25T02:16:35Z")
BK has onion rings. I go with the King. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/7 "2009-09-25T02:17:26Z")
McDonald’s all the way. The Whopper too often tastes of cheap lettuce and kerosene. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/8 "2009-09-25T02:22:49Z")
BK. I like the Whopper, Jr, but I LOVE cheesy tots. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/9 "2009-09-25T02:28:41Z")
Prior to my giving a crap about my calorie intake: Burger King. Their burgers taste like real food. These days: Mcdonald’s. Their Caesar salad isn’t bad, and BK’s salads are uniformly terrible. I’m still voting for BK, though, just because their burgers are so good. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/10 "2009-09-25T02:29:50Z")
Definitely fuck McDonald’s, push Burger King off a cliff… wait, what were the choices again? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/11 "2009-09-25T02:49:35Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Definitely fuck McDonald’s, push Burger King off a cliff.. wait, what were the choices again? I bet you want to marry Wendy’s, perv. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/12 "2009-09-25T02:53:40Z")
Their whopper juniors were always my favorite. Though I had them again and they weren’t QUITE as orgasmic. Still, very awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/13 "2009-09-25T03:24:53Z")
McDonalds has the better fries, but BK has got the whopper. (and the king). ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/14 "2009-09-25T03:46:17Z")
BK uses more bacon and I just flat-out love things with bacon. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/15 "2009-09-25T04:16:53Z")
Burger King, definitely. McDonald’s’s\* burgers don’t taste like burgers. And McDonald’s’s fries haven’t tasted good since the reformulation. But the main thing is that McDonald’s gets something good, and then takes it away. Burger King adds it to their menu. I still haven’t forgiven the former for taking away the best vinaigrette I’ve ever tasted and those salad shakers. As for the quality control thing: that’s usually more of an individual store thing. I find that my McDonald’s always has the cheapest vegetables, despite their “premium salad” concept. \*Yeah, it looks bad. But how else do you make something possessive that already has an ‘s? We do use Jones’s, not Jones’, so I think I’m being consistent here, if a bit OCD. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/16 "2009-09-25T04:18:41Z")
I’ll get my burger from BK, then run to McD for fries. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/17 "2009-09-25T04:22:36Z")
I voted Burger King. I truly dislike MacDonald’s. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/18 "2009-09-25T04:33:32Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’ll get my burger from BK, then run to McD for fries. Yes, the BK fries? Seriously heinous! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/19 "2009-09-25T04:43:08Z")
Burger King by a mile. For everything. McDonald’s does nothing correctly in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449/20 "2009-09-25T04:48:04Z")
I’d definitely go for Hungry Jacks (the local Burger King franchise) over McDonald’s. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-or-burger-king/511449.md?page=2)