What are your top 5 take out burgers??

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I'm always down for a good cheap burger. that's why AM/PM made my list. Like I said they were made with questionable meat and were sitting under heat lamps but they had this salad bar looking thing with just about every condiment that you can imagine. I would "customize' them and load those burgers up to the point where I could barely get them back in the bag. And they were about a buck each. I think they were $1.29. That and a 44oz. soda for about the same price. 3 buck lunch.

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

I agree.
Whataburger is just New here.
The new will soon wear off.
The Cookout here,
Is as close to a Grilled burger as you can get from a Food chain.

Exactly my opinion as well. Last month when I was home in VA we ate there 4 times in 2 weeks lol.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Exactly my opinion as well. Last month when I was home in VA we ate there 4 times in 2 weeks lol.

I wish they had Cookout around here. But I wish they had anything around here. If I get out that way I know where I'll be heading. I do love a good burger...Oh wait... I think my heart just stopped again. No problem it'll start up in a minute.

Ready for more. Where's the hot peppers?

[57taskforce]

Hot peppers you say? This is THE classic all time NM favorite!
Double meat double cheese and a hot custom developed variety of Hatch Green chile on top, number 2 on my list!
https://www.lotaburger.com/menu/#burgers

[LONGHAIR]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

One thing I can say about Burger King is that they never changed the Whopper. It's still the same. Maybe not the best but it's still pretty good.

Apparently you aren't as old as I thought? The Whopper has definitely changed. It has gotten significantly smaller since the early 70s. The old slogan from back then was "It takes two hands to handle a Whopper" and it was true. They were bigger in diameter, almost to the point of looking odd.

My list:
1) is a local joint called the Thurman Cafe. Many people call it "Thurman's" like it is named for a person. It is not, the name comes from the street where it is located. It is known outside Columbus because of "The Arnold Classic" bodybuilding event. People come here from all over the world for that and they go to that place like it's some kind of Mecca. They are known for those huge burgers. The most popular being called the "Thurmanator" for the obvious reason above.
2) Red Robin, it's good for a chain (casual dining)
3) 5Guys, expensive for what it is, but acceptable.
4)In-N-Out, I've only had them a few times, because they are not here. IIRC the closest one is in East St Louis, Illinois right before you hit the river going west. I had it in Huntsville Texas too.
5)What a Burger, again only a few times because of location. I liked it when I was down there though.

[special-K]

I feel safe eating at restaurants knowing the employees couldn't possibly handle my food any worse that I do

I see mention of Burger King. I'd say they make the best burgers of the national drive-thru choices. I hadn't been for years, but a few weeks ago I headed out Friday after work on my way up to visit my mom. I didn't take time to cook so I rolled through a Burger King, remembering I used to take my younger son there a lot. It was really good.

[mongocanfly]

Our local bk used to be good..not any more..
A town or so over and it's not to bad

[Steeveedee]

I passed on the filet mignon I mentioned earlier, since it was $19 per pound. Got some other decent looking steak for $10 per pound. It's on the grill, right now. Got mushrooms on the sauté, to boot. Yummay!

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

I passed on the filet mignon I mentioned earlier, since it was $19 per pound. Got some other decent looking steak for $10 per pound. It's on the grill, right now. Got mushrooms on the sauté, to boot. Yummay!

Maybe we need to start a Grilling Thread

[1slo64]

1. 5 Guys - Bacon Cheeseburger
2. Jacks - Big Bacon
3. Burger King - Double Stacker

5 Guys is my go to and the other 2 are just ones I get whenever I'm not close to a 5 Guys and I don't want chicken tenders.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

Maybe we need to start a Grilling Thread

Yeah, one of my sons is the grillmeister, I just cook so I have something to eat. He really enjoys the whole process of smoking a tri-tip, but he leaves the kitchen a real mess. I usually just "boil" chicken tenderloins from CostCo. I use a lot of water because of the salt content in those things. I end up with low salt and low saturated fat. I'll just die from something else, is what I told my doctor.

[Greg58]

Omaha area has a lot of good burger choices.
Goldberg's Bar excellent!
Stella's Bellevue
Bucks bar in Venice
Louie M's burger lust
Don And Millie's drive inn. Get the Double Don! plus they have 99cent margaritas!!

Greg

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Hot peppers you say? This is THE classic all time NM favorite!
Double meat double cheese and a hot custom developed variety of Hatch Green chile on top, number 2 on my list!
https://www.lotaburger.com/menu/#burgers

That looks like a good burger. You New Mexico guys have all the luck getting Hatch Chile's locally. I love green chile on anything and Hatch's are the best.

Reminds me of a time my first wife and I went over to her sister's place for dinner. She made hot dogs with green chile, some sort of white cheese, avocado, and get this... Mayonnaise. Mayonnaise on a hot dog ? WTF? are you crazy? But I didn't care because I liked watching her run around the kitchen. She was pretty easy on the eyes. I'd keep my sunglasses on so my wife wouldn't catch me checking out her sister. Didn't work. She looked at me and said " Who do you think you're fooling' ?? Busted!!!

But those were some of the most delicious hot dogs I've ever had and I had to sleep in the car because I pissed off my wife flirting with her sister. Her sister liked me a lot and vice versa and my wife didn't like it at all.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by LONGHAIR

Apparently you aren't as old as I thought? The Whopper has definitely changed. It has gotten significantly smaller since the early 70s. The old slogan from back then was "It takes two hands to handle a Whopper" and it was true. They were bigger in diameter, almost to the point of looking odd.

I am pretty old. I just don't remember a lot of things. Like if my wife gives me a chore list for the the day I forget all about that.

I still think the Whopper is a decent burger despite its shrinkage. Unlike the Jumbo Jack, and the Famous Star. Those were good burgers and now they are just garbage. The same with Taco Bell. It's not what it was. They just cut too many corners. At least a Whopper is pretty much the same. I'm older and don't eat as much as I did when I was young.

[Richard]

We do not take out a lot because it is expensive. My wife like's McDonalds every once in a while. Two smallish burgers, two fries and a 6 piece nugget is almost $30 and no drinks. So they do not see business much anymore. Five guy's was okay but to expensive. They closed here anyway. We liked Island's fine maybe once a month, they closed as well. The Habit is fine as well.
Really no preference, prefer to make my own at this point in time. To me a burger is a burger. Kind of hard to make it really bad.
Remember we went to place in Westlake that had these Kobi beef burgers. My wife's friend who raved about the place had given her a gift certificate for $50. Still cost us about $15 more and I would have preferred a burger form BK, not a frequent place.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Greg58

Omaha area has a lot of good burger choices.

I'll bet. Omaha is known for the best meat. Best meat equals best burgers.

Omaha burger meat, Wisconsin cheese, and Hatch Chile's. Heaven on earth.

And don't forget the Idaho potatoes for fries. Give me those ingredients and you better fasten your seatbelt.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Richard

We do not take out a lot because it is expensive. My wife like's McDonalds every once in a while. Two smallish burgers, two fries and a 6 piece nugget is almost $30 and no drinks. So they do not see business much anymore. Five guy's was okay but to expensive. They closed here anyway. We liked Island's fine maybe once a month, they closed as well. The Habit is fine as well.
Really no preference, prefer to make my own at this point in time. To me a burger is a burger. Kind of hard to make it really bad.

Fast food is not inexpensive food anymore. I just like it because every once in a while. I don't want to mess up my kitchen. I'll have to clean it up. I make a mess when I cook.

It's like washing your car. You can do it. But sometimes you just would rather pay someone else to do it.

I've been to Island's and found it to be so so . The Habit is good but it's not inexpensive. Never went to 5 Guys because I heard it was pricy. My buddy was complaining about the fact that he spent something like 20 bucks on a burger and fries there. So I passed.

[LONGHAIR]

It seems to me that pretty much all of the big chain places have traded quality for profit. Whether it is the lowest-end fast food or the more mid-range casual dining joints, none seems like it used to be.
I don't know if it's because they are testing the market, to see what is acceptable and try to surf that edge, or what?

In more recent times, some of the problem may be attributable to lack-luster employees, but that doesn't explain the actual food, just the prep and presentation. If the quality or size of the food itself drops, that's a corporate choice.
A lot of places around here are limiting hours because of staffing issues. Some have even closed some locations and shifting employees to others, to keep open.
Friday afternoon, on my way home, I stopped at the local Meijer for some groceries. The Subway inside the store was closed! at 4:00 on a Friday?
They had a sign apologizing for the closure, due to staffing shortage.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

I passed on the filet mignon I mentioned earlier, since it was $19 per pound. Got some other decent looking steak for $10 per pound. It's on the grill, right now. Got mushrooms on the sauté, to boot. Yummay!

I knew a guy who was a hopeless mooch. He couldn't hide it. For a while he was in the habit of popping by on Sunday before I'd fire the grille up, so naturally he would get an invite to a meal. I had noticed the pattern, it bothered me, before starting the grille I'd say something like "Tim's going to be late for dinner this week". The one Sunday I had steaks to grille. As the coals were lighting I asked if he'd like to joint us and he said, "I can't eat steak. My teeth are so messed up it get's stuck between. I can only eat hamburger". I said, "Sounds good to me!" . No, just kidding. I said, "Darn, that's too bad. I'd be wanting to get those teeth fixed asap! How about pork chops? The same?". As I knew he would say, "Yep, same with pork chops". "Sorry to hear that".

So from then on Sunday was either steak or pork chop night! He stopped coming for our family cookouts

[joedoh]

i like freddys double steakburger, it was great then meh for a while but lately its better, it came out during the whole smash burger craze and has stuck around. disappointing fries though.

in n out is a fav of mine, but none local, i had it 3-4 days of the week i spent in az. talk about disappointing fries though.

five guys is ok, i wish someone would tell these big chains how to blanch potatoes after cutting though, five guys is the worst for mushy fries and its all because they dont blanch them, which i get it, it costs a lot more money to cut fries and boil them and then freeze them than it does just to cut on site and throw them in grease. but every time you ask for well done fries or extra crispy they get pissy and dont do it.

i loved the carl jr/hardees super star till they changed the bun in about 2010. another money decision. the hot ham and cheese is still a banger though.

if i got in the truck to go for a burger i would probably go to ihop. great burger, great fries and you can get gravy on them and a side of pancakes.

red robin is on the maybe list too, mostly because of the fries. they wont put the pub burger aoli on the reg burgers though. very strange.

fatburger just opened here and its ok, not what i remember from the 90s. whataburger is coming next year.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by special-K

I knew a guy who was a hopeless mooch. He couldn't hide it. For a while he was in the habit of popping by on Sunday before I'd fire the grille up, so naturally he would get an invite to a meal. I had noticed the pattern, it bothered me, before starting the grille I'd say something like "Tim's going to be late for dinner this week". The one Sunday I had steaks to grille. As the coals were lighting I asked if he'd like to joint us and he said, "I can't eat steak. My teeth are so messed up it get's stuck between. I can only eat hamburger". I said, "Sounds good to me!" . No, just kidding. I said, "Darn, that's too bad. I'd be wanting to get those teeth fixed asap! How about pork chops? The same?". As I knew he would say, "Yep, same with pork chops". "Sorry to hear that".

So from then on Sunday was either steak or pork chop night! He stopped coming for our family cookouts

I had a neighbor like that, but with beer. I found out which beer he didn't like and started buying that. A mooch with taste preferences was a first, for me.

[special-K]

^^^ That's funny, too. I couldn't afford to share my beer with some of the guys I know. One guy buys Milwaukee's Beast cases in quantity to get a big discount on cheap beer. He likes a lot of beer and he has a handful of beer drinking neighbors who stop by often. I don't have neighbors I mix with and it's rare to have a visitor. I drink a couple decent bottled beers and am good. I probably spend less than he does on beer.

Originally Posted by joedoh

... red robin is on the maybe list too, mostly because of the fries. they wont put the pub burger aoli on the reg burgers though. very strange.

I see fries are very important to you (). I haven't been in a Red Robin for years. There was one near where we were working in the early-80s we'd frequent, but they ended up closing down. This was in an area with plenty of money spending people. I figured they went out. Ten or more years ago one popped up in the corner of a mall property in my local city up the road. I haven't been in.

But you struck a chord with Red Robin fries. They sell ranch fries in grocery stores and those are what I have to have. But again! Since earlier this summer I haven't been seeing them in the frozen food section. I need to check other stores. Not sure if Food Lion dumped the brand or maybe they are having issues... or no longer sell in stores

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by joedoh

i like freddys double steakburger, it was great then meh for a while but lately its better, it came out during the whole smash burger craze and has stuck around. disappointing fries though.

in n out is a fav of mine, but none local, i had it 3-4 days of the week i spent in az. talk about disappointing fries though.

five guys is ok, i wish someone would tell these big chains how to blanch potatoes after cutting though, five guys is the worst for mushy fries and its all because they dont blanch them, which i get it, it costs a lot more money to cut fries and boil them and then freeze them than it does just to cut on site and throw them in grease. but every time you ask for well done fries or extra crispy they get pissy and dont do it.

i loved the carl jr/hardees super star till they changed the bun in about 2010. another money decision. the hot ham and cheese is still a banger though.

if i got in the truck to go for a burger i would probably go to ihop. great burger, great fries and you can get gravy on them and a side of pancakes.

red robin is on the maybe list too, mostly because of the fries. they wont put the pub burger aoli on the reg burgers though. very strange.

fatburger just opened here and its ok, not what i remember from the 90s. whataburger is coming next year.

We have had a Freddy’s here for 7-8 years. I like there burgers a lot. Only problem is that 100% of the 7-8 I’ve eaten there I’ve had Paul with three day old chili dog syndrome. Straight thru me, don’t pass go, don’t collect $200, straight to the crapper. And it usually hits about 10 minutes after I start driving home. The restaurant is 30 minutes from home… the math is not in my favor

[DeadheadNM]

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

We have had a Freddy’s here for 7-8 years. I like there burgers a lot. Only problem is that 100% of the 7-8 I’ve eaten there I’ve had Paul with three day old chili dog syndrome. Straight thru me, don’t pass go, don’t collect $200, straight to the crapper. And it usually hits about 10 minutes after I start driving home. The restaurant is 30 minutes from home… the math is not in my favor

I call that a quickie burger, a member of the quick food group

Eh, and please no pictures thank you very much

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

No thanks. I can live without pics of Tyler goose stepping to the pooper.

I worked with a guy and we would go to McD's He always ordered fries with no salt. Then he would salt them. So I asked him about it. He said it was because they have to make them fresh if you order them that way. He didn't want the fries that were piled up sitting under the heat lamp for god knows how long. It kind of makes sense. He would also order the ketchup that they put on the cheeseburgers. He said it was better than the packets that they gave you. I remember thinking jeez dude it's just McDonald's. Take a chill pill.

I worked with another weird guy and we would go to BK. He would order 2 Whoppers with no mayonnaise because he was on a diet. Huh???