# Which do you like better out of a Big Mac or Whopper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836 "2014-06-28T01:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/21 "2014-06-28T04:58:25Z")
The Whopper. I like the flame broiled taste and I like that it has mayo and tomato on it. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/22 "2014-06-28T05:04:20Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > The whopper has ketchup and mayo by default. The Big Mac has special sauce, the ingredients of which are…ketchup and mayo. So what? It’s the _individual_ taste of mayo I dislike on a burger, not the ingredients themselves. Special orders seem to defeat the purpose of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/23 "2014-06-28T05:38:23Z")
Of those two, I like the Whopper better. I get them both plain, and prefer the taste of the Whopper. However, I like the Quarter Pounder with Cheese better than both of them. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/24 "2014-06-28T05:47:25Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Neither is as good as a real burger made at a fish and chip shop or burger restaurant but at least the Whopper vaguely resembles one. A Big Mac is just alternate layers of sugar and fat. My opinion is the mirror image of yours. _Of course_ neither is as good as a proper hamburger. While the Whopper tries to be one, the Big Mac is so different from a proper hamburger that it’s not really fair to compare it to something cooked on a campfire or barbecue. The Big Mac is its own category, measured by its own yardstick. And it’s pretty good by that standard. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/25 "2014-06-28T05:53:01Z")
Big Mac by far. Not even a contest. I loathe whatever it is BK uses to make that “flame-broiled” flavor. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/26 "2014-06-28T05:57:56Z")
Not a big burger eater, but BK burgers taste as if they’ve been marinated in charcoal lighter fluid. Yuck. So I’m going with the Big Mac as well. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/27 "2014-06-28T12:09:04Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > A Big Mac is just alternate layers of sugar and fat. Mmmmm, alternating layers of sugar and fat. Love the sauce. Haven’t had one in years, though. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/28 "2014-06-28T12:22:53Z")
The Whopper is a huge, flavorless lettuce sandwich on a peculiarly textured bun. The Big Mac has the sauce, which I don’t especially like, but otherwise tastes like any of their burgers…not great but not offensive either. Kind of like cafeteria burgers from when I was in high school. Of the two, I will go with the Big Mac. Worst comes to worst, I can scrape off the sauce. Nothing, really, to be done about the Whopper. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/29 "2014-06-28T12:26:23Z")
Didn’t vote, not even option 3, because it’s been so long since I had either that I don’t remember which I liked better. These days it’s Hardee’s. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/30 "2014-06-28T12:35:31Z")
A junior Whopper. The junior Whopper is much tastier than a full size Whopper. It’s my favorite fast food item ever, I would eat two a day if I could. I loathe hamburger in any form, gourmet, fast food, or home cooked - but I do love me a junior Whopper. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/31 "2014-06-28T12:44:01Z")
“Regular” McDonald’s patties are _tiny_, and that extra bread in the middle ain’t helping them seem bigger. The bread/filling proportions are way off. There are so much better options on the menu I don’t even consider getting a Big Mac. The Whopper OTOH also has too little meat, but I get a second patty put on it. I don’t go to Burger King but maybe once a decade, anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/32 "2014-06-28T12:45:13Z")
I’m pretty surprised to see the Whopper winning this one, based on McDonalds’ market superiority. Big Mac for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/33 "2014-06-28T12:57:24Z")
Big Mac but, as pointed out, the competing product to the Whopper is the Quarter Pounder. Between those two, I might take the Whopper. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/34 "2014-06-28T13:44:58Z")
Meanwhile, Burger King now has the “Big King”, which is attempting to compete directly against the Big Mac. I suspect it’s doomed to failure: If someone wants a Big Mac, they’re going to go to McDonald’s. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/35 "2014-06-28T14:16:01Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I like the Quarter Pounder with Cheese better than both of them. And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/36 "2014-06-28T14:20:33Z")
I think the Whopper is better. But rarely do I eat _just_ a burger. Fries are a mandatory requirement. And McDonald’s fries are superior. They are so much better than BK’s fries that they offset the Big Mac’s subtle inferiority. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/37 "2014-06-28T15:21:38Z")
Whopper for me. I just don’t like McDs meat. It tastes like a fairly good fake-meat burger. But there is no excusing that when it’s real beef, I don’t know how and why they do that. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/38 "2014-06-28T15:29:21Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I dislike big Macs. I just don’t like thousand island dressing. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/39 "2014-06-28T15:31:11Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > The whopper has ketchup and mayo by default. The Big Mac has special sauce, the ingredients of which are…ketchup and mayo. And sweet relish, which has no business being on a burger. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836/40 "2014-06-28T15:35:16Z")
I not sure sweet pickle relish belongs on anything. Except pastrami. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-better-out-of-a-big-mac-or-whopper/691836.md?page=3)