# The new "whopper melts "from burger king are they as bad as reported?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** food-cooking
**Created:** [March 15, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094 "2022-03-15T10:59:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/1 "2022-03-15T10:59:58Z")
it seems burger king tried to make a patty melt style junior whopper and well its been mercilessly savaged here
> **[Burger King’s Newest Sandwiches Are Making Customers Feel Cheated — Eat This...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/burger-king-s-newest-sandwiches-are-making-customers-feel-cheated/ar-AAV3hyk?ocid=SK2DDHP)**
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> According to dozens of customers who have tried the new Whopper Melts, the name of the item has misled them.
Has anyone tried them yet if so are that bad?
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/2 "2022-03-15T11:09:24Z")
Honestly, every time I’ve been to a Burger King in the last decade I’ve regretted it. I used to like them but the quality seems to have deteriorated over time. Will take McD’s over them every time (in a choice between the two - obviously, other options are available and usually preferable).
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### Author:  [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/3 "2022-03-15T12:08:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Honestly, every time I’ve been to a Burger King in the last decade I’ve regretted it. I used to like them but the quality seems to have deteriorated over time. Will take McD’s over them every time (in a choice between the two - obviously, other options are available and usually preferable).
Wow! That’s the exact opposite of my experience, which maybe goes to show that McD’s does excel in their famed objective of “consistency”, but IMHO they are just consistently mediocre at best.
As I’ve said before, I did give up on BK for a while because the place near where I used to live was pretty crappy and badly managed. The last straw was a burger that tasted like the meat should have been thrown out a week before, or possibly was made from a deceased ancient horse.
But it’s now my favourite burger place (Harvey’s is better, but BK has better fries and quicker service). The Whopper has flame-broiled smokiness and is loaded with tomato, onion, pickle, and other goodies. I’m practically addicted to them! And the fries are great! I have to restrain myself because the stuff is obviously not healthy. There is a McDonald’s that’s actually a bit closer and directly on my way to BK, but I haven’t been there in probably at least a year now.
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### Author:  [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/4 "2022-03-15T12:51:11Z")
And yet the “Big Mac” is still regarded as “big”.
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### Author:  [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/5 "2022-03-15T15:24:29Z")
> [@nightshadea](#):
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> Has anyone tried them yet if so are that bad?
Reading the article, it doesn’t look like the issue is that they are bad, but that they’re called “Whopper Melts” but aren’t Whopper size.
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### Author:  [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/6 "2022-03-15T15:33:43Z")
That seems to be one issue. Another issue, from what I can tell, is that they fail as patty melts, which is what they are emulating. A patty melt has toasted rye bread and Swiss cheese. These apparently use sourdough bread, which is not toasted, and American cheese.
A proper patty melt is the single greatest thing that has ever existed, or will ever exist, in this universe. These do not appear to meet that modest standard.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/7 "2022-03-15T15:41:09Z")
I feel like I had a toasted sourdough bread burger from BK within the past 3 years. Am I imagining this? It was quite good. It wasn’t a whopper-styl sandwich, it was just meat and cheese and maybe a sauce.
Maybe I’m thinking Culver’s. I know I’ve had one there, but I’m thinking BK _in addition_ to that one.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/8 "2022-03-15T15:50:12Z")
> [@wolfpup](#):
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> Wow! That’s the exact opposite of my experience, which maybe goes to show that McD’s does excel in their famed objective of “consistency”, but IMHO they are just consistently mediocre at best.
It’s a fast food chain - mediocre is the best you’re ever going to get.
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/9 "2022-03-15T16:05:33Z")
> [@wolfpup](#):
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> The Whopper has flame-broiled smokiness and is loaded with tomato, onion, pickle, and other goodies. I’m practically addicted to them! And the fries are great!
I agree, this has been a controversial subject within other fast food threads in the past, but yes, BK whoppers are much better than either the McD Big Mac or Quarter Pounder, and BK’s fries are better than McD’s as well.
As for the whopper melt, can’t speak to that-- first I’ve heard of them.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/10 "2022-03-15T16:09:23Z")
> [@solost](#):
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> I agree, this has been a controversial subject within other fast food threads in the past, but yes, BK whoppers are much better than either the McD Big Mac or Quarter Pounder, and BK’s fries are better than McD’s as well.
Yeah, that’s a No. BK is by any objective standard inferior to McD’s.
The Takeout seems to like the new melt. They gave it an “A” grade.
> **[Death to the Whopper, Long Live the Whopper Melt](https://thetakeout.com/burger-king-whopper-melt-review-1848641600)**
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> Burger King's newest sandwich, the Whopper Melt, packs a pint-sized punch.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/11 "2022-03-15T16:09:32Z")
> [@solost](#):
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> whoppers are much better than either the McD Big Mac or Quarter Pounder
Now _that’s_ a low bar to jump.
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/12 "2022-03-15T16:15:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Now _that’s_ a low bar to jump.
I know, it’s like saying airline food is better than hospital food.
Generally speaking I don’t eat much fast food. But if I’m on a roadtrip and the choice to grab a burger is between BK and McD’s it’s no contest.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/13 "2022-03-15T16:18:15Z")
I haven’t eaten a whopper melt. I won’t after seeing the photos. You can’t call a small burger a whopper.
They should have just called it a patty melt.
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### Author:  [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/14 "2022-03-15T16:37:10Z")
BK has been noticeably slower and dirtier than the competition for at least 30 years in my area. I think there’s still one hanging on but I can picture at least 4 that have closed.
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### Author:  [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/15 "2022-03-15T16:43:34Z")
Yeah BK at least in my seat is the only fast food place that’s actually LOST stores as opposed to making more like McDonald’s, Jack in the Box, Del Taco and Taco Bell.
The last remaining BK (of originally 3) has a menu that’s always in disarray (either missing panels for prices, or the LCD order screen is messed up in some way), a drive -through that will take you 5 minutes to get through even if there’s nobody else in line, and a bizarre scenario that once happened to me when pre-pandemic at 2pm they locked the doors and were refusing certain people entrance and told them to go to drive -thru. I followed someone else who was “allowed” in and the counter work yelled at me for doing that.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/16 "2022-03-15T16:45:22Z")
I avoid chain restaurants as a general rule. The last time I ate at a McD was a few years ago in the Southwest somewhere. My blood sugar was crashing and I needed something quick, so that’s where we stopped. OMG, what a horrible burger that was. I couldn’t finish it. Tiny, tasteless, and dry, like Joan Rivers on a bad stand-up night.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/17 "2022-03-15T16:48:54Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> I feel like I had a toasted sourdough bread burger from BK within the past 3 years. Am I imagining this? It was quite good. It wasn’t a whopper-styl sandwich, it was just meat and cheese and maybe a sauce.
They have, indeed, offered sandwiches on sourdough as a limited-time offer from time to time in the past. Here’s a Business Insider article from February of last year, describing the return of the “Sourdough King” sandwich, which had first been introduced in 2018.
> **[Burger King's Sourdough King is back on the menu through mid-April](https://www.businessinsider.com/burger-king-sourdough-king-promotion-burger-april-2021-2)**
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> As part of the promotion, individuals with a silent G in their names can get a Sourdough King for free.
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/18 "2022-03-15T16:52:11Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> I feel like I had a toasted sourdough bread burger from BK within the past 3 years.
And it’s _still_ backing up on you?
Not good.
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### Author:  [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/19 "2022-03-15T16:52:45Z")
> [@Asuka](#):
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> Yeah BK at least in my seat is the only fast food place that’s actually LOST stores as opposed to making more like McDonald’s, Jack in the Box, Del Taco and Taco Bell.
MacDonalds has not been particularly successful in recent years, I was reading pre-pandemic that they’d overexpanded and a lot of their franchises sat empty as the third or fourth in town when the others aren’t even busy.
Personally I rate McDonalds much lower than Burger King. Not a great fan of the latter either, but I’d choose them over the utter horror that is McDonalds. But my memory of McDonalds is of UK ones, and the one in Stevenage I used to go to was by far the worst burger restaurant I’ve ever been to. I’ve only ever had a US McDonalds once, in Vegas on the strip, in the early hours of Christmas morning, because everything else was closed. I was drunk. It was hot. It wasn’t a revelation compared to other ones I’d had.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-whopper-melts-from-burger-king-are-they-as-bad-as-reported/961094/20 "2022-03-15T16:58:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> They have, indeed, offered sandwiches on sourdough as a limited-time offer from time to time in the past. Here’s a Business Insider article from February of last year, describing the return of the “Sourdough King” sandwich, which had first been introduced in 2018.
Thanks! It was indeed a good sandwich.
> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> And it’s _still_ backing up on you?
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> Not good.
🤣 _urp_
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