# Now THIS is a bacon burger! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923 "2012-08-19T02:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/1 "2012-08-19T02:05:21Z")
I know how the Dope loves bacon, but [this](http://gma.yahoo.com/photos/the-fattiest-foods-in-america-slideshow/the-fattiest-foods-in-america-photo-1344443717.html) might be a bit over-the-top! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/2 "2012-08-19T02:11:29Z")
I like my bacon crispy, so the idea of a patty made of bacon is foul. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/3 "2012-08-19T02:24:26Z")
How is a patty made of bacon? Isn’t that just another way of saying ground pork? In any event, the bacon should serve as an \*accent \*to the burger so as to maximize the contrasting bacony goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/4 "2012-08-19T02:42:24Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > How is a patty made of bacon? Isn’t that just another way of saying ground pork? I suppose the difference is that regular ground pork isn’t cured and smoked. That being said, the idea of eating a patty of it just sounds awful - and this is coming from a person who thought the Double Down was a stroke of culinary genius. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/5 "2012-08-19T03:07:38Z")
The sodium content would send me to the ER. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/6 "2012-08-19T03:18:27Z")
That’s a load of rich creamery butter. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/7 "2012-08-19T03:45:48Z")
That looks and probably tastes a lot like a sausage patty. I like a sausage egg breakfast sandwich. However, the picture looks like a lot more sausage patty that I would be able to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/8 "2012-08-19T08:14:50Z")
They make ground bacon? Ohmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![robotic\_panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@robotic\_panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotic_panda)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/9 "2012-08-19T10:09:46Z")
We call it… the “Good Morning Burger”. ---
**Author:** ![coolbyrne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@coolbyrne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coolbyrne)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/10 "2012-08-19T16:52:06Z")
At the wonderful [Chuck’s Burger Bar](http://chucksburgerbar.com/?page_id=15) in Hamilton, you can pick up one of these… or a double, if you prefer. The Mrs had it (the single) about six months ago and said it filled her bacon quota for a year. We recommend the bison burger. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/11 "2012-08-19T17:06:32Z")
OMG **coolbyrne** I need to leave the house more often… Chuck’s sounds awesome. Now I want a burger. ---
**Author:** ![coolbyrne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@coolbyrne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coolbyrne)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/12 "2012-08-19T17:13:44Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > OMG **coolbyrne** I need to leave the house more often… Chuck’s sounds awesome. Now I want a burger. We go about once a month as a treat, because it really is a lot of protein and fat. We’ve gone with a friend who is quite fit and he’s downed a plate of turkey wings and a double bison burger. You also get about 2 potatoes worth of fries. I don’t know how he did it. I can put away a Smokey Blue Haze and Bacon and they practically have to carry me home. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-a-bacon-burger/631923/13 "2012-08-19T17:56:03Z")
I can only eat bacon if it’s crispy, so this burger’s not for me. Which is probably for the best.