It looks pretty horrific to me. The best burger I have ever had came from a little roadside convenience store in Corsicana Texas, Carpenters. It wasn't that it was so big you couldn't get it down without going into convulsions, it was just a great burger made with good meat and vegetables and a bun that was toasted on a buttered grill.
Art's in downtown Phoenix, an old dive building right in the middle of homeless'ville, you wouldn't dare stop there if you didn't know, serves breakfast/lunch only.
The other place is Harbor house, Sunset beach, great burger and salad.
Most of the chain restaurants like applebees and such are just ho hum.
"Best" always come down to individual preferences. Yours and that guy's over there will not agree.
For my part, a great burger would be one that does NOT include weird things like avocado, fried onion rings, pineapple, peanut butter, or edible gold leaf. I want good ground beef cooked medium on an untoasted burger bun. I'd rather have one thick patty than two thin ones. Extras may include one or more of lettuce, tomato, cheese, raw onions or jalapeno slices, plus something like steak sauce or ketchup.
Certainly not from any of the chain places. The best I've eaten are at 1 of 2 very small places owned by the same guy. One's in land of liberals Hailey, ID, called the Snow Bunny. The other's the Wrangler, located in Fairfield, ID, pop 500. Don't be in a rush. You won't get any burgers cooked yesterday like McD's and the places are popular so there's often a waiting line. Milkshakes are the eat-with-a-spoon type. If you eat in, you'll get one of the old fashioned plastic baskets. The Wrangler still has the checkered oil cloths on the tables.
There are great burgers all over the U.S.! Just stay away from Mickey D's, the "King", et.al. Some of the best BBQ I've ever had came from "hole-in-the-wall", off the beaten path huts and roadside stands.
Ralph's in Palestine, Tex had as good a burger as you could get. It's long gone.
Paw-Paw's Onion Burgers in Chickasha, Okla. DO NOT go at 12 noon! The locals swamp them.
The Iron Skillet in Kilgore, Tex. They had homemade fried pies and coffee for breakfast. Went in the first time for breakfast. You could hear, "whop, whop, whop!" coming from the kitchen. I looked through the "pass through" and there were 2 older women swinging 6" cast iron skillets, whopping out burger patties from balls of ground meat! The Diamond Cafe in Taylor, Tex had a burger so good, you could lick the grease off your elbows! LOL! It was about 3 doors down from Louie Mueller's BBQ. One of the top 10 BBQ joints in Texas.
LOVE a good burger! ....and it ain't good unless you have grease running down your arms to drip off your elbows! 😋
Didn't say a damn thing about "healthy"! I said "GOOD"!
The absolute worst I've eaten was at a Burger King in Yakima, WA. I was on the road and stopped for a quick takeout lunch. I was in the car when I bit into it and it was completely cold in the center. It had obviously been in the cooler for a while. I took it back in and asked for a fresh cooked one (I was less than polite). They gave me one that had been cooked until crunchy. They also gave me a complimentary order of fries....stone cold and soggy.
I don’t know about best ever, but I had a good one at a joint called Farm Haus in Indian Land SC this week. Easily one of the better ones I remember.
Folks in Tacoma love this schit hole called Frisco Freeze. Total dump staffed by dirty tweakers. Burgers suck azz. People here get wet in the panties about it though. 🤷♂️
The Cover Burger at the Alamo Springs Cafe in Comfort,Tx. used to be a really great burger.Now,a yankee has taken it over and the food has gone downhill.
For home cooking, Costco sells pre-made patties for about the same price as bulk burger. They come in several sizes and % of fat. A burger with 25% fat will be dripping fat and kicking up the flames. We get the 85 to 90% lean versions. We also have a burger press for making elk burger patties. We'll make up a bunch of them and freeze them for quick meals.
Art's in downtown Phoenix, an old dive building right in the middle of homeless'ville, you wouldn't dare stop there if you didn't know, serves breakfast/lunch only.
The other place is Harbor house, Sunset beach, great burger and salad.
Most of the chain restaurants like applebees and such are just ho hum.
Kent
The Chuckbox in Tempe is good, right in the student ghetto. And yes, Art's is a good place in a dicey neighborhood (on Van Buren).
Individual likes... mine... don't want 15 things on my burger, it's a burger not a club sandwich... to be in the running...
Bun toasted is a plus, no seeds or extra crap on it, patty must be fresh made not frozen, iceberg lettuce not the dark green leaf chit, onions is fine, tomato ok... NO MAYO... mustard and ketchup... cheese is fine. Must be the total package and just taste great.
And no seasoned fries with orange chit all over them... just F'n fries...
Art's in downtown Phoenix, an old dive building right in the middle of homeless'ville, you wouldn't dare stop there if you didn't know, serves breakfast/lunch only.
The other place is Harbor house, Sunset beach, great burger and salad.
Most of the chain restaurants like applebees and such are just ho hum.
Kent
The Chuckbox in Tempe is good, right in the student ghetto. And yes, Art's is a good place in a dicey neighborhood (on Van Buren).
My niece is going to ASU, I'll have to take her there next time we go to lunch.
My favorite at home is from the trailer trash menu, fry up a big patty, toast regular bread slices, cheese melted, mustard, ketchup and relish... steak fries in the air fryer.
Two nights in a row, my wife and I went to a different tavern/brewpub in Des Moines while we were attending the LPGA Solheim Cup. One of them was Wellman's Pub (I think) but can't remember either name for sure. Both nights we got burgers and both were as good as any I've ever had. Different fixins. but I'm betting they used the same meat supplier. Both had good local craft beers available as well. Good trip. The meat makes or breaks a burger IMO.
Wifeys home made are fabulous. I had one at the club house at Panoramic Gulf club in Willis Texas two weeks ago. It was best store bought burger I’ve had in years.
The in and out I tried when they put one by the house, put so much 'sauce' or whatever it is on it the patty was swimming, can't stand a burger or sub 'wet'.
For home cooking, Costco sells pre-made patties for about the same price as bulk burger. They come in several sizes and % of fat. A burger with 25% fat will be dripping fat and kicking up the flames. We get the 85 to 90% lean versions...
85-90% lean isn't suitable for a good burger, it'll be too dry and flavorless to be decent. 80/20% ground chuck is the best for burgers.
My girlfriend is almost scared of fat in or on beef. When we started dating she wanted 90% lean beef so I went along for a couple of times. Finally after suffering that I put my foot down and told her no more of that crap. Same with the steaks, she won't eat a ribeye, she wants filet with no fat at all. Not coincidentally she also wants everything well done. I told her I'd grill what she wanted the way she wanted, but I'm not eating dry overcooked beef.
I’m reluctant to claim anything the best, without trying everything. My wife on Tuesday, the ride home from chemo. Obviously A fan of In-N-Out with grilled onions.
Individual likes... mine... don't want 15 things on my burger, it's a burger not a club sandwich... to be in the running...
Bun toasted is a plus, no seeds or extra crap on it, patty must be fresh made not frozen, iceberg lettuce not the dark green leaf chit, onions is fine, tomato ok... NO MAYO... mustard and ketchup... cheese is fine. Must be the total package and just taste great.
And no seasoned fries with orange chit all over them... just F'n fries...
I tune in to Jesse Kelly whenever I can - he's a true patriot. Here's a bit about him, taken from his shows website:
Born in the Ohio Rust Belt, Jesse Kelly joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2000 and on 9/11, watched the towers fall from inside his barracks. He later deployed to Iraq as an infantry Marine during the Second Persian Gulf War and received an honorable discharge after four years. In 2010, with no political experience to speak of but many opinions to share, Kelly ran for Congress in a Democratic-controlled district of Arizona. Though a virtual unknown in the race, he was only narrowly defeated by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The race initially ended in a vote recount. After his Congressional run, Kelly continued to be a major voice among conservatives, using his large social media following as a platform to continue many of the conversations started on the campaign trail. He signed on to host a one-hour show on 950 KPRC in Houston, Texas, in 2018, which was expanded to a two-hour program. “The Jesse Kelly Show” debuted as a three-hour program in national syndication in April 2020. Fans can follow Kelly on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For more information, please visit https://www.jessekellyshow.com/ or www.PremiereNetworks.com.
Back to burgers, I've heard him talk about this burger on his show and I intend to give it a shot sometime, sounds good.
The best store-bought?
Ice-Burg drive-in in Walla Walla, Washington. They've been around for god only knows how long. I bought my first one in 1975, and the last one I had from them was about a month ago.
Honorable mention would be Don's Place in Burbank California. It was an icon there for many years, but burnt down in the mid 90's I think. Celebs used to come in all the time, not that I give a rats ass anymore about celebs in general, but back in the 60's/70's/80's it used to be kinda cool to be hanging out at Don's on a Sunday afternoon with a cold brew and a burger, and seeing some of them coming in with street clothes on. Autographed pictures covered the walls. It was the kind of place that they could come in and get a burger, and be treated just like anyone else. Very few tourists in there, it was mostly just locals, so they didn't have adoring fans gushing all over them.
Nic’s Grill at 10th and Pennsylvania in Oklahoma City. Tiny place, seats about 12 to 16 total. Only open a few hours a day. One of the best burgers I’ve ever had.
There are two possible paths here. One is to exalt some obscure dive in the voter's area of operations that no one else will ever visit. The other is to proudly proclaim that "There ain't no damned place that can make a burger as good as I can make myself!".
There are two possible paths here. One is to exalt some obscure dive in the voter's area of operations that no one else will ever visit. The other is to proudly proclaim that "There ain't no damned place that can make a burger as good as I can make myself!".
Was your favorite Sesame Street character Oscar the Grouch?
Long ago when Wendy’s very first opened up they had burgers made from genuine hamburger and was square . Hands down the best burger around for a restaurant burger , but of course greed kicks in and they soon became just another patty . The best was grandmas and my own . Some good stuff Deer burger over beef anyway Kenneth
There are two possible paths here. One is to exalt some obscure dive in the voter's area of operations that no one else will ever visit. The other is to proudly proclaim that "There ain't no damned place that can make a burger as good as I can make myself!".
Was your favorite Sesame Street character Oscar the Grouch?
Hold into the Metamucil.
Double sheesh.
Actually, I lean more to Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets. They speak the truth as they see it.
I just ground some venison and bacon together. Might be my new favorite.
What is it that makes folks want to take something as tasty as fresh venison and GRIND BACON WITH IT??? Why the hell not just make a bacon sandwich? You're doing a disservice to bacon* AND venison!
Calm down Karen. It’s my venison and my bacon and I’ll eat the chit the way I want.
lol
TRUTH…!
Some people clearly get their panties in a wad over how other people eat THEIR hamburgers and drink THEIR bourbon and cook THEIR steaks…and it’s never not funny.
There are two possible paths here. One is to exalt some obscure dive in the voter's area of operations that no one else will ever visit. The other is to proudly proclaim that "There ain't no damned place that can make a burger as good as I can make myself!".
Was your favorite Sesame Street character Oscar the Grouch?
There are two possible paths here. One is to exalt some obscure dive in the voter's area of operations that no one else will ever visit. The other is to proudly proclaim that "There ain't no damned place that can make a burger as good as I can make myself!".
Was your favorite Sesame Street character Oscar the Grouch?
I just ground some venison and bacon together. Might be my new favorite.
What is it that makes folks want to take something as tasty as fresh venison and GRIND BACON WITH IT??? Why the hell not just make a bacon sandwich? You're doing a disservice to bacon* AND venison!
Calm down Karen. It’s my venison and my bacon and I’ll eat the chit the way I want.
lol
TRUTH…!
Some people clearly get their panties in a wad over how other people eat THEIR hamburgers and drink THEIR bourbon and cook THEIR steaks…and it’s never not funny.
Wild Willies in Worcester MA is purty good! Hamburger Heaven in Palm Beach FL was way up there. Not sure if it’s still around or not. It was so good that people ate it raw (steak tar tar) not me though. Hard for me to eat a medium rare burger.
The best burger I tasted was in the diner in Churchill, Manitoba 1981. Had finished 45 days of canoeing ending in Eskimo Point, NWT (now Arivat, Nunavut) where we caught a boat down to Churchill where I had my first meal not out of a Duluth pack in nearly 7 weeks.
The burger was a plain old California with lettuce, tomato, and mayo but it was exquisite. I was experienced enough I didn't put ketchup (the old vinegar type was typical up there,not the sweet type more common down here) or mustard on it as those are too strong tasting after the bland diet of the trail. It was the second best meal I had on the trip, the best being a merganser twirled over a driftwood fire I tried two days before.
Meer's Store - Medicine Park, Okla is the best "buffalo" burger. Made with "real" buffalo. Right tasty!
Meers is a little NW of Medicine Park. I’ve been going there since I was a little boy, and I’ve eaten at the Meers Store and Restaurant many times. I agree that the Meers Burger is damn good. All of the burgers I’ve eaten there over the decades have been made outta Texas Longhorn beef.
It looks pretty horrific to me. The best burger I have ever had came from a little roadside convenience store in Corsicana Texas, Carpenters. It wasn't that it was so big you couldn't get it down without going into convulsions, it was just a great burger made with good meat and vegetables and a bun that was toasted on a buttered grill.
Every day at our local drugstore grill. (except Sundays) The girls whip up a good hamburger or tenderloin basket. Grilled hamburger with a toasted bun and French fries. They will even make you an honest to God malt to go with it.
Wild Willies in Worcester MA is purty good! Hamburger Heaven in Palm Beach FL was way up there. Not sure if it’s still around or not. It was so good that people ate it raw (steak tar tar) not me though. Hard for me to eat a medium rare burger.
Venison is better than beef only if your brain has no wrinkles.
Truth, though to make venison burger I second grind in the fattiest beef hamburger I can find.
Kent
Same here.
I’d like to say that I love venison but at it’s best it’s almost as good as beef to me but with a lot less margin for error as far as cooking. I’ll eat a bowl of beef chili over Frito chips cold a bite of cold venison chili and you can’t scrape the tallow off.
We like venison black and blue burgers.... 2 thin patties pinched together over a clump of good blue cheese. Sous Vied for maybe 90 minutes then a brief high sear often on a George Foreman grill. Garnish as desired.
We like venison black and blue burgers.... 2 thin patties pinched together over a clump of good blue cheese. Sous Vied for maybe 90 minutes then a brief high sear often on a George Foreman grill. Garnish as desired.
I’m mostly a ketchup and mustard guy but that’s my favorite venison burger recipe.
Growing up my parents would take us up to the okanagan to see relatives and I remember a spot on hwy 3 past a town called Hope and before Manning Park and I can’t remember if it was an actual cafe or a mobile set up, but I remember they made the best burger.
Not sure how many BC people remember it, it was years ago and not sure when it closed. I was born in 1955 so it had to be there in the 60’s.
Had the best burger of my life last weekend actually. At the Blackcap Grille in North Conway, NH. Snake River Farms Waygu beef patty, Highland Farms Alpina cheese, some bacon, and tomato. No sauces, cooked a nice blue rare. Was absolutely amazing.
Nick’s Old Fashioned Burgers in Welcome, N.C. are the best I have ever had. There are several burger joints across the state that are darn good. Go to the coast and you can get yourself a shrimp burger. Awesome!
Raised our own calves to butcher all through my childhood, also had deer, doves, quail, rabbits, frog legs, fish... now add elk and antelope... but beef still rules even from the market.
"Best" always come down to individual preferences. Yours and that guy's over there will not agree.
For my part, a great burger would be one that does NOT include weird things like avocado, fried onion rings, pineapple, peanut butter, or edible gold leaf. I want good ground beef cooked medium on an untoasted burger bun. I'd rather have one thick patty than two thin ones. Extras may include one or more of lettuce, tomato, cheese, raw onions or jalapeno slices, plus something like steak sauce or ketchup.
It was the second best meal I had on the trip, the best being a merganser twirled over a driftwood fire I tried two days before.
That sounds down right awful.
Today it would be, back then fresh meat (excluding some fish) was something not seen in almost two months. That merganser was mighty tasty at the time.
Miner’s burger in Yakima Wa always has a huge line. Nothing special about their burgers other that they’re big. My wife and I split a burger and fries. We still can’t help but stop in when we’re in the area.
My favorite burger is made at home. Elk burgers made like meatloaf. Egg, breadcrumbs, minced onion, Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic and whatever else sounds good at the time
Raised our own calves to butcher all through my childhood, also had deer, doves, quail, rabbits, frog legs, fish... now add elk and antelope... but beef still rules even from the market.
We like venison black and blue burgers.... 2 thin patties pinched together over a clump of good blue cheese. Sous Vied for maybe 90 minutes then a brief high sear often on a George Foreman grill. Garnish as desired.
I’m mostly a ketchup and mustard guy but that’s my favorite venison burger recipe.
Yeah, I wanted a burger and didn't have any fatty ground on hand to mix in with the straight venison.... we have gone to processing straight ground venison and add fat or sausage spice when ready to cook it. We put up 50 pounds of ground last season and are pretty much out of it now.
There used to be an old Chevron station outside of Lawrenceburg, near the Bluegrass Parkway intersection with US 127, that had an old coot chain-smoking Camels and flipping burgers on a flat-top.
You would walk in and he would growl "Hey bud wadda ya want bud?" through his throat tumors. And he would flick ashes all over that flat-top. His burgers were real good, even with the Camel ashes.
There's not anything left in this region worthy of the name. The usual fast food places like McSalty's and Booger queen and Jack in the Crack are here if you want a sandwich with extra spit put together with hands that just got through scratching a crusty butt. If you had a time machine, there was lots of good hamburger joints here everywhere. Even Whataburger was great back before the corporate days and the apathetic hoodrat employees. Used to be Hunt's drive in, Parkit Market, Van's, Buncha Burger, Pig Stand, Lee's , S&G and others I can't remember. The last good one, Country Burger, has been gone now maybe half a dozen years. Too many of the influx of yuppies gave the place bad reviews based on the crappy building and the restroom and the fact that it was in a dry part of town, no beer. The elderly lady served nothing but top drawer eats, and had a sign at the register that many of the yuppies didn't like. " WE SALT AND PEPPER OUR MEAT, AND SALT OUR FRIES- IF YOU WANT ANYTHING DIFFERENT PLEASE STATE AT THE TIME OF YOUR ORDER "
They had a wall of plaques for "BEST BURGER " going back years, but the power of the pinhead yuppies is sometimes too great to overcome What kind of pinhead goes out to eat without visiting your own bathroom before you leave your house?
Meyer's Store had good burgers and probably still do. Been a lot of years since I had one. My grandmother took us there one time. Wendy's were good when they first came out but now just kinda average. Lived in Yuma when they first started. We like In-N-Out for a pretty decent burger and we don't have much time. Our favorite is cheeseburger at Silver Saddle Steakhouse in Tucson. I think it is a 1/2 pound of meat. Reasonable price. They have good steaks also.
Mac & Jack Burger 1/2 lb. Angus burger grilled and topped with grilled onion, 2 slices of bacon, our white cheddar mac & cheese and pepper jack cheese served on a toasted brioche roll. $13
Or any of their other great burgers! Then you can go to Grice’s Gun Shop about 5 minutes away and get ya some guns and stuff!
a sandwich with extra spit put together with hands that just got through scratching a crusty butt
LOL
That reminds me of the time my wife and I watched some little meth queen come out the rear door of a local pizza place and start furiously digging in her crotch like she was sifting for a gold nugget. After a good couple of minutes she went back in the kitchen. We figured the crabs were biting pretty hard that day.
a sandwich with extra spit put together with hands that just got through scratching a crusty butt
LOL
That reminds me of the time my wife and I watched some little meth queen come out the rear door of a local pizza place and start furiously digging in her crotch like she was sifting for a gold nugget. After a good couple of minutes she went back in the kitchen. We figured the crabs were biting pretty hard that day.
Yeah It's hard to have any confidence in your food or the restaurant when the employees are covered with dandruff flakes. Makes you wonder what else has been scratched besides they haid, or how far those fingers preparing your plate have been up their nostrils
Five Guys makes a pretty good burger around here, last weekend I bought some thick patties at Kroger, soaked some Dale's Steak Sauce on them , bought some Onion buns and doctored them up with Dukes, Frenchs and all the fixins. Two slices of melted American cheese. They were pretty good
I'm a sucker for any little Tastee Freeze type Mom n Pop place that makes a burger served with the crinkle cut fries, with it served in a red and white checkered paper basket. Every time my son and I take the boat out we stop at the local one. We get the deluxe cheese burger basket with a Raspberry shake. That's Americana right there.
Maybe 10 years ago, hanging guard rail in the winter. Busted azz all week, pretty much stayed cold and wet all week too! Stopped at a Shari's on the way home. Bacon blue cheese burger with some bad azz onion rings. Dunno if it was a good burger or if it just really hit the spot. Either way, I still remember it.
Scored some meatloaf sandwiches in Post, Oregon that summer. Probably same deal, but they were freaking good
Venison is better than beef only if your brain has no wrinkles.
Truth, though to make venison burger I second grind in the fattiest beef hamburger I can find.
Kent
Back when I had teenagers, the son and his buds would show up at my place in Ft. Worth Sunday nights to head up to Denton for college. I would buy 2 pounds of fat hamburger from Winn Dixie and mix in 4 pounds of ground venison. Hot charcoal grill and make 12 burgers, medium rare. I get a card from one of the kids every year on Fathers day still.
If your burger is really good, you don't need all that extra special sauce and this and that and lettuce tomatoes and all the other s*** on top. All the extra crap does is cover up the taste of the s***** Burger usually. Good burger don't need that
Two nights in a row, my wife and I went to a different tavern/brewpub in Des Moines while we were attending the LPGA Solheim Cup. One of them was Wellman's Pub (I think) but can't remember either name for sure. Both nights we got burgers and both were as good as any I've ever had. Different fixins. but I'm betting they used the same meat supplier. Both had good local craft beers available as well. Good trip. The meat makes or breaks a burger IMO.
I have had a burger at Wellman's pub, I give them a 7.5. 5 Guys and Wellman's are real close to each other. I like mine simple. Fresh ground beef on my grill, a big slice of the red onion, toasted bun with just mustard and some dill pickles on the side. No need to over think this.
Best ever? The onion burgers made by Lee Garrett at the Hamburger Inn in Mangum, OK years ago. Lee is long dead and they just aren't the same these days, probably use too high a grade of beef in them.
These days it's Clanton's in Vinita, OK or one of the Storm's on Highway 281 in TX.
a sandwich with extra spit put together with hands that just got through scratching a crusty butt
LOL
That reminds me of the time my wife and I watched some little meth queen come out the rear door of a local pizza place and start furiously digging in her crotch like she was sifting for a gold nugget. After a good couple of minutes she went back in the kitchen. We figured the crabs were biting pretty hard that day.
LMBO! Back many decades ago, a scrawny, snaggletoothed red head that appeared to have psoriasis was cooking at the local "Pitt Grill". A customer went off on her, "I didn't want mayo! I want mustard!" She grabbed the plate, pulled the top off the burger and swiped the mayo off with a grubby, scrawny forefinger. Licked the mayo off her finger, smeared mustard across the bun, replaced it on the burger and put the boys plate back on the table. Donnie wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed and apparently didn't see what she did. He checked for mustard, replaced the bun and chowed down. I simply finished my coffee and left, knowing if she was cooking, I would NOT be eating there! 😳
Blue Top Grill in Graniteville, SC. Made fresh every day, home made fries. It's been quite a few years since I ate there, but from what I hear it's still just as good.
Tony’s Lunch. Girardville, Pa. Been operated by Josie and Claire since 1972 but burger and hot sauce recipe is 100+ yrs old. They’re called screamers and we’re invented by Mom Fulgenitti. Mom got married when she was 14. When she was 31 her husband died and she had 17 kids. This is how she raised them. She was still cooking when she was in her 90’s. Died around 1971. They’re worth the trip.
Stay afield eight hours longer than you'd planned, when you get to town, grab a burger. LOL
You'll see all those "Burger King upset my tummy-tums" type comments go right out the fugking window.
Hunger is the best spice.
Only had In-n-Out once. San Jose. It was the day before we got shot at during the Gilroy Garlic Festival a few years ago. It was super busy location and took forever, so I know the burgers weren't under a heat lamp for long. I see no reason to go back. Funny, we drove by a Five Guys on the way there. I've never had one of their burgers, but any fast food burger I've had was better than In-n-Out. Maybe just a bad day for them. Not a fan.