I’ve never gotten a medium-rare burger at the local Fuddy’s, even though I always ask for one. They’re cooked gray all the way through but at least there’s some juice left, unlike when I slip up and forget to specify.
In-n-Out I get a 2x1 rather than the double double; that makes it the right amount of cheese for me.
And concerning the worst signature burger, add me to the Big Mac chorus.
Big Mac is the worst IMO. Proportions are all wrong, particularly in terms of sauce, which there is far too much of. Dave’s Doubles at Wendy’s are my go-to fast food burger, especially with blue cheese added.
The best is Jack n the Box and the worst is MacDonald’s. Jumbo jacks are cheap use high quality veggies and are better when they aren’t a cheeseburger in terms of value to price. The Big Mac is the opposite it is 60% more expensive but they use gross wilted lettuce and the secret sauce is a worse version of thousand island dressing plus there is that weird dry bun in the middle.
I’ve been eating a bunch of Wendy’s lately since they are next to my office and I just can’t find anything I like on their menu it isn’t gross like MacDonald but nothing is good. The whopper is second on my list because it’s big and again it has decent veggies though not as good as jack n the box. The fake smoke flavor doesn’t bother me. I’d put Carl’s Junior in the middle though they are hard to eat cleanly and have a bit a weird flavor I find hard to describe.
I don’t get the Wendy’s hate. To me it’s by far the best of the nationals.
IHOP’s recent foray into burgers.
Yes, I went in and had one. It was maybe the worst burger I have ever had. Tasteless. I have better burgers that were pan fried and places on wonder bread.
Any burger that has ketchup on it by default is suspect.
I don’t often have a Whopper appetite these days when I eat fast food, but I eat the occasional Whopper Jr., and they’re fine.
I like the Big Mac as long as it has enough special sauce.
I used to eat at Wendy’s a fair amount, but that was >20 years ago; there’s no Wendy’s that’s on my usual routes these days. Back then they didn’t even have a signature burger, just single/double/triple with whatever you wanted on it.
And I’ve never eaten at any of the other four places in the OP.
The last time I was in McDonalds, I was shocked to find I had to pick a burger on ‘my choice of artisinal roll’ on a fucking TOUCHBOARD. Pay, take a number (an actual sign with a number, go sit down, put it on the table, and they would deliver it to me. This shittery, from the Home of Ronald McDonald…All I can think is, it might be a ploy to keep the homeless and poor out of the joint. Because there were poor people in there, paying with handfuls of change…I mean. La di f’ing LA. McDonalds???
The Whopper Junior is better I think. The smaller size means it’s not as sloppy.
I think the top three are the only truly national burger chains. I may have eaten at Jack-in-the-Box once. I know I’ve never been to any of the other three.
What is wrong with them trying to upgrade their menu and customer experience?
It’s a great restaurant and I also think their fries are the best. Honestly, they are probably the best in most areas.
I would say that In-N-Out is the worst chain overall. They make the worst french fries I’ve ever seen in a fast food restaurant and their burgers are decent, but no better than Wendy’s(I would put Wendy’s above them actually).
Worst signature burger?
Probably the** Big Mac** from the choices you listed. McD has other, much better, food.
Yeah. It’s one of the few that doesn’t make me feel sick after eating.
I went to Arizona once and was excited to try Whataburger. That place is a god damn joke. Like our A&Ws around here. They must only exist because of nostalgia.
Best burger chain burger is from Johnny Rockets. Red Robin is ok, maybe beating Wendy’s
When I was in grad school there was a chain called Burger Chef with an outlet near campus. Worse than any of the stuff mentioned here. Much worse.
Dead now. May it rest in puke.
The Sonic Cheeseburger isn’t very good, but it’s better than their hotdogs which constitute a war crime in Wisconsin.
oh god, I lived in a place that had a burger chef … it was closed down by the health department and then it company bankrupt and the building was sold to Hardees after a few years… burger chef I think has gone down as the worst fast food chain in American history
I had Whataburger once in Texas. Nothing special.
I would put Johnny Rockets and Red Robin in a different category. They are sit down restaurants not fast food.
You know nobody’s forcing you to use the touchscreen, right? The cashiers are still there. Say hi to them! I promise they won’t tell at you.
I go to McD’s for the chicken sandwiches.
The touchscreen at the one nearest to here almost always has none of those little numbered signs available, making it virtually useless.
That’s the value menu burger that’s roughly equivalent to the McDonald’s McDouble, not a signature burger. I think Wendy’s is trickier to pinpoint because they mostly operate off the "Dave’s " (single/double/triple) burger system with everything in 1, 2, or 3 patties with chicken options all with the choice of 3 different chicken product patties possibly just as popular as the burgers.
I would say their’s is The Baconator, unless you go with “Dave’s (Whatever).”
The Baconator is OK for meat volume but I like toppings on burgers. I miss the Big Bacon Classic (I think that’s what it was called). Now they even have all these other gimmick burgers like the S’awsome Sauce Bacon Cheese.
Same about Whataburger. I got one in Houston and it was a decent burger but he literally reminded me of every single burger you would get at a non-chain hole-in-the-wall burger place. They all have that “almost fresh” taste to them like the ingredients are just slightly past their freshness date.