Favorite Hamburger Chain (Poll)
 

It is a diverse field.

Loads of options. You have the mighty chains of McDonald's and Burger King. Wendy's lurks. Hardee's and Carl Jr's are regional forces. Whataburger brings the heat. Jack in the Box is a dark horse. A&W is a classic. Five Guys has a market share. Roy Rogers continues to survive. White Castle and Krystal continue their Civil War set-up from the 1920s.

As always; vote and discuss!

RIP to the old classics: Burger Chef, Sandy's, Hot N Now, Red Barn. Etc.

Goldie's. No other options necessary.

Five Guys is in a different league than those other places.

Seconded

Where's Clint? There was a burger joint down in Wichita in the early 90's that maybe had the best burger and crinkle cut fries I had ever tasted to that point in my life. It was like In-n-Out, but not exactly the same name.

Five Guys.

Their fries are damned near as good as their burgers. IMHO, of course.

Culver's.

Yeah absolutely.

My wife was just telling me that she used to take Five Guys home all the time in her college years.

She’s a vegetarian though, so you know it’s damn good.

I'm a Culver's stan. Although I really really like what Freddy's does as well. Five Guys doesn't have a drive through so I'm not going there. Maybe been there three times and it's very solid but doesn't have the same number of tries as the first two.

Ah, Sonic - how far you have fallen. Ten years ago, Sonic might have run away with this poll.

Oh I still really like Sonic, and they are killing it with the app. Order, drive over, they walk it out. Beautiful. But the location close to me is the most hit or miss one I've been to and it's kinda soured me. And it's the one by Park Hill on Barry Rd so there's no excuse for it to be so awful, but that's the risk you run with franchises.

if I have to pick just one I'm picking Cook Out

White castle

So are their prices. Seems they are almost x2 the cost as In-and-Out.

They do make a great burger though.

The old weber grill in my back yard. It's always fresh and made exactly how I want it.

Fries are a little more work however the drink (adult beverage) selection is outstanding!

In-N-Out is the most overrated fast food joint in the country.

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Am I the only one that thinks Five Guys is a greasy mess? Maybe it's the store here?

Freddy's has been my go to. Love the crispy-edged steak burgers. Now that I can make them at home on my own griddle, I haven't had to go there lately.

Backyard Burgers still exists? Haven't seen or heard of one of those in a decade. That was the original Five Guys IMHO.

Probably The Habit, with honorable mentions to Smashburger and Fuddrucker's.

On a recent trip back from the coast, I bought some Krystal burgers and took em back to the hotel. First time ever even hearing of Krystal. I could tell it was in a former DQ building. Knoxville TN, I think.

Those were some god-awful excuses for food in general, let alone specifically burgers. Blech

Oh yeah, it's slop on a bun. But the taste makes it so, so worth the cleanup*.













*that's what she said

BYB was king in the late 90s

Thirded.

There's an In-n-Out within walking distance but I drive the extra couple miles to Five Guys any time I get a fast food burger. Burgers are better, fries are better, and you can't even compare the milkshakes. Clean sweep by Five Guys.

In and Out animal style GOAT

This times a hundred. All the hype and it was like eating a burger from a concession stand at a little league baseball game.

Shake Shack is amazing. SmashBurger is very underrated

I feel like they're really inconsistent. I've heard this several times, but never experienced it in KC and thought they were really good. I've had it a few times here and the last couple times were really bad.. and the opposite of a greasy mess, really dry like it was made 3 days prior.

Eating a burger from a bowling ally

I went with In and Out. But it's not like I ever get them because the nearest one is 5 hours away in Dallas. I guess that I should have went with Five Guys instead. They're a very close 2nd (probably 1a) and I can actually go to a Five Guys locally.

I voted Sonic, but it’s more on how they used to be. Haven’t been to one in years, unfortunately. Shake Shack is the best one I’ve had recently.

In-N-Out. The food is fresh, the restaurants are clean with good service and it's a good value.


Five Guys is good, but JFC it's overpriced. I went a few months ago with a buddy and paid. 2 Burgers, Fries and Milkshakes was like $50.00. :eek:

In N Out would be more worth the hype if the fries weren't soggy cardboard

I don't get the five guys love...I've had it multiple times, fries are really good...burgers are bland and overpriced.

HI-Boy but you have to get the Junior Doubles not the regular size burgers, the regular is too much meat and bland. The Juniors are plenty of meat and have tons of flavor. Great shakes too.

Yeah, no ****ing shit 5 Guys is better than most. It better ****ing be at $10 a burger. They almost shouldn't be in the discussion just based on that. It's like comparing Taco Bell and an actual Mexican restaurant.

1. Smashburger has real nice size and flavorful burger and good fries and sell beer.

2. Culvers very good too and their pot roast sandwich is excellent as well as their fries and top notch shakes. I just had a banana milk shake last week.

3. Burger King Whopper and Wendy's Dave Single are the two best of the big names.
Tasty, good size so you can taste the burger, plus fresh lettuce tomato onion.

In-and-Out and Five Guys overrated.

McDonald's the worst and getting more shitty by the day.

I don't eat at Checkers, Rally, Sonic, Steak Shack.

Whataburger has horrible dry buns.

Roy Rogers makes a big burger but it is flavorless and tastes like it sat in water.

Never tried Shake Shack but hear it's good.

Also I've heard Dairy Queen has a good burger but takes 15-20 minutes at a minimum from order.

BackYard Burgers is such a tragedy. The one in Independence is still decent but other than that they've all but died.

Five Guys is probably the best, but since there's no drive-thru, it didn't get my vote. A drive-thru is pretty important when you're an old guy with arthritis. Therefore, Culver's gets my vote.

Yeah I love a good burger basket at a dive bar. Nothing better

I should really try Culvers now that I live in chain restaurant purgatory.

I tried Freddy's awhile back and while I enjoy that style of burger it was way too dry, so possibly just a bad time of day for them.

And despite having a bad experience at the Whataburger in KC, their green chile burger is pretty darn good at the location near me.

From that list, if they were all lined up on the same street in their current state, I'd probably go Shake Shack based on what I've been able to try.

jack in the crack

I went with Five Guys, but there's a broad ecosystem of burgers and there are different roles that they can fill. I like Wendy's and McDonald's sometimes, and even White Castle. But they're not competing with Five Guys if we're talking taste.

I also have a positive perception of Steak N Shake, though I haven't been to one in years. Are they still (or were they ever) good? I seem to remember liking them.

I'm not familiar with a majority of the places in the poll so maybe there's some magical discovery that awaits me in the future.

Ones l like up here in this area: The Burger Joint, Red Robin

Ones I loved that aren't here currently: Fuddruckers, Fatburger

Veggie Grill.

This right here is true, I'm not much of a true fan of any chain. Don & Millie's is a local one in Omaha and they're pretty much the only one I ever go to.



Give me a Wacko's in Knoxville or Primrose in Corning any day of the week.

Did you know that Carl Jr and Hardees are the same franchise?

Yes. But they are treated like separate chains by their company.

https://www.consumerreports.org/cons...ith-two-names/

"Does fast food chain by any other name smell as… burger-like? Even though Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s now share (almost) the same menu, the same graphic design elements in their branding, and the same parent company, they still retain their original names and there is virtually no geographic overlap of the two brands."

Culvers burgers are always good. I think their fries are the best, along with their cole slaw. Great food!

Always liked Winsteads. It was probably the onion rings and chocolate malt more than the burger.

Town Topic and Earls also have a special place in my memory. In the 80s, going out to eat was an adventure with the whole crew.

Sonic #1 double with onion rings.

Why no Habit on the list?

I don’t get the five guys hype at all. It’s expensive af and just a regular burger too me.

Smashburger

Red Robin not in the Poll but they have some really good burgers and awesome fries.

They have the largest variety of burgers of all chains

Love Five Guys. Don’t love Five Guys prices.

never had an in-n-out burger and five guys was nasty grease, so what-a-burger it is

Haven’t had them in forever so I couldn’t vote for them. Thankfully one is about to open very close to my house. Gonna have to try them after the inevitable new restaurant rush ends.

habit is BOMB AF


this actually might be my fave

I went 5 Guys, but they don’t hold a candle to Bomber Burger in Wichita Ks.

Bionic Burger is better also.

Mugs Up Whiz Burgers need love too, wash them down with an Ice Cold Root Beer. Profit.

Got to give backyard burgers some love. It used to the the closest fast food restaurant to my house in Blue Springs. Their 2/3 lb burger with some seasoned fries probably took a good 10 years off my life, but I have no regrets.

Utah has a fast food chain called Crown Burger that has a Pastrami Burger that is incredible for a fast food chain and they claim to have invented fry sauce (basically just ketchup and Mayo mixed together, but so good on the fries and on the burger.

My favorite burger in the country is Zombie Burger out of Des Moines though.

I voted Steak n' Shake, because whenever I go back East I have to get my fix. Still love me a SnS double bacon cheeseburger everything sans pickle/tomato and some cheesy shoestring fries.

But as i posted earlier, i think Goldie's burgers are orders of magnitude better than any of the other choices in the poll. Still the only burger i want to eat with nothing on it. Just buns, cheese and the meat. God, I miss those things.

I chose Five Guys. Their food is consistent, fresh and delicious. I've never had In N Out or Shake Shack.

I used to love Backyard Burgers decades ago. Somewhere along the line, they changed. And not for the better. They became just another fast food burger joint, although still better than your McDonalds, Burger King, or Wendys.

The last couple times I've had Burger King or Carls Jr, it was flat out awful. Not even fit to feed to a dog. Complete and total shit. I'll never eat at those places again as long as I live.

Because they ****ing suck, that's why.

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You go stand over there next to MagicalFruit.

5 guys serves a soggy, wet burger. The bun is dripping wet, even if you eat it there. So in no universe can it be #1, unless your normal method of eating a burger is to dip it in water. In that case, I imagine a person would consider 5 guys to be elite.

The real thing to note about this poll is that in-n-out doesn't even operate in the midwest, yet in-n-out is still in 2nd place. If Mr. Carr had posted this poll on a Raiders forum (i.e., with a lot of California people), it would be getting 80%+ of the votes. And that's for a very simple reason: it's #1.

Around my area it Runza. Easily Runza

Overall McDonalds, but Five Guys has the best burgers around here.

Did that gif blow up the thread for everyone else?

I've never had a soggy burger from 5 Guys. Ever. Every thing you said in this post is wrong.

Yes, every time I quote someone...there it is

Yes it did.

Yup

If I'm not mistaken Checkers and Rallys are the same too. Rallys use to be one of my favorites but I haven't had them in a while. Culver's just opened in my area and the de ent prices plus service, plus an actually damn good burger makes them hard to beat

BAD BEARCAT!!!!

Nope

Because it is a greasy shitburger. Their fries are even greasy that the sack is saturated. I hate that place with a passion.

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FIX YOUR SHIT BEARCAT!