You have a choice! Whattaburger or In-N-Out?

[Taverner]

Poll question: You have a choice! Whattaburger or In-N-Out?

What be your burger, ye?

And this is not a referendum on which burger is best - because we all know that would be Kirk's in South Bay Area, CA.

[UndertheOcean]

1. Whatever serves Veggie burgers

[Taverner]

2. Arrrr - ye be a FRENCH FRY lubber, aren't ye!

[azmouse]

3. I'd go hungry first.

I eat fastfood maybe once or twice a year. Most of it sucks.

[Taverner]

4. Arrrr walk the plank, ye lily livered landlubber!

Avast ye!

[azmouse]

5. The best burger in the universe comes from

my backyard grill. :9

Why would I eat a substandard burger from somewhere else?

[Taverner]

6. Then you have to come over to my place and challenge me

Because I make the greatest burger on my grill.

See? This is why we have to limit it to mass consumption

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Where are these places? Nothing by that name here.

But my nieces in California love In-N-Out. Why do I remember that name?

[Taverner]

14. Whattaburger is in TX, AZ, NM and a few other SW states

In-N-Out is CA, and NV

[Curmudgeoness]

17. I feel ignored up in PA. Not that there is much in way of chains here.

McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys. I have a little bar close by with the best burgers, and real french fries---just like mom made. So who wants to go to other places, especially when I can have a beer there.

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. After hearing people absolutely RAVE RAVE RAVE about In-and-Out burgers...

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...for YEARS, I finally had a chance to sample these legendary meatfellas
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Meh.
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They were... ... ... kinda OK.
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However, I wonder how the hell something as tasteless as Whataburger
survives in this country. Truly puzzling.
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For a fastfood burger, I don't think you can beat Carl's Jr. 6 Dollar Burger.
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Comes closest (while still far apace) to what comes off my grill.
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[Curmudgeoness]

11. We will decide whose grill makes the best. When's dinner? nt

[quakerboy]

24. Agreed, with one difference

The Carls Jr "big hamburger" which occasionally sells for a dollar is actually a far superior burger to the 6 dollar, taste wise(purely speaking of the meat involved). If they were to offer it with the sizing and topping choices of the many 6 dollar variants, it would be one of the best things they had ever done. To my way of thinking, at least.

[Ron Green]

9. Having had and enjoyed both, I have to say that Burgerville in the Pacific NW

beats them and all others, including your own backyard grilling efforts.

[quakerboy]

25. Which one you been eating at?

I gotta differ with you on this one. Burgerville should stick to shakes and fried items of local origin. These are areas where they excel, unlike their burgers. I have partaken in copious amounts of virtually every fast food joint available in the greater Portland area, and of them all, Burgerville burgers are superior only to McDonald's. All others have been superior.

[Ron Green]

27. Monmouth. I don't eat there often, but every burger I've had there has been great.

[quakerboy]

28. hmm. Wonder if they're doing something different down there

Ive eaten at 5 separate locations in Portland, and every time the burger has been blah. Way over greasy, Bun a bit stale and un noteworthy, and meat flavor blah, verging on a tiny bit unpleasant. Plus moderately pricey.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. Kirk's is too fucking expensive, period.

If I go to Safeway and get the same quality ingredients I can make TWO "Steakburgers" for the price of one at Kirk's.

There's no way to justify the price unless the burgers are dipped in 24K gold.

They are not.

Plus the restaurants are toilets. The one on Bascom was the filthiest place I've been to in a long time. They leveled it to the ground and built a brand new restaurant where the old one was standing and a couple of weeks after it opened it was just as filthy as the old one.

[Taverner]

13. Aw come on - they're CHARCOAL GRILLED!

Takes at least a few hours to fire up a charcoal grill at home, and have all the condiments, and those fry/ring thingys...

Yeah they cost, but for a treat, they're worth it...

And if you feel like low-balling it for the same thing, there's Red Tractor :)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. T.F.E.

And the people who work there act like they're pissed off to still be on parole.

Kirk's can bite me before I'll bite their burgers. I said toilet, I meant toilet.

:rofl:

:toast:

[MiddleFingerMom]

16. You don't use a chimney coal starter?

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3-5 sheets of newspaper, a match and about 10-15 mins and you've got a bed of fully-engaged coals.
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This one listed at $13.
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[WolverineDG]

12. Whataburger hands down

not only do they taste great, the company pulled all of its ads off any station/network that showed the Swiftboat Liars propaganda in 2004, but it also supports local charities AND this week, my local Whataburger provided food & cold drinks to waiters/chefs/bartenders striking their employer (another restaurant obviously) because they had not been paid.

dg

[El Supremo]

19. Whatabuger celebrated its 60th anniversary last week,

They were giving away free burgers.

Man, I wish I lived in Texas again. No - not really.

[WolverineDG]

21. thanks for the back-handed compliment!

Suppose it was asking too much for anyone on DU to appreciate a business that goes out of its way to support striking workers (& btw, you only got the free burger if you showed up at the restaurant dressed in orange....Whataburger took to food & drinks to the strikers)

dg

[quakerboy]

26. Thats pretty cool.

I have heard that in-n-out has a decent name, paying workers more than they have too. They also put bible verses on the food wrappers. I dunno what to make of that.

Either way, they both seem far better than Burger king squelching workers over a few cents on tomatoes.

[WolverineDG]

32. Whataburger is still a privately-held company

owned by the same family of the man who started it back when all he had was a trailer to sell burgers from (my dad was an original customer). They have "one nation under God" posters in their stores, but they have made it clear that they don't get involved in political arguments.

They were decent to work for when I was in high school. I don't know what they pay now, of course, but they seem to hang on to employees a lot longer than other fast food joints.

dg

[quakerboy]

44. As I understand it, so is in-n-out

Its being delivered in parts to the year old grandchild of the founders following the passing of the original owners in 06.

I stand by what I said earlier. Either one seems far superior to McDonalds

[LaurenG]

31. That was really good of them. I hadn't heard about that

:thumbsup:

[Xipe Totec]

43. Vatabas

That's what we called Whataburgers when we were kids.

Coming across the border to have these burgers was a special treat.

I absolutely loved them.

[pokerfan]

18. In-N-Out - Animal Style

Animal Style Burger: Mustard-cooked beef patty, additional pickles, extra secret sauce with grilled onions.

Animal Style Fries: French fries with secret sauce, onions and cheese on top.

[petronius]

20. I've been feeling like In-and-Out quality has declined in recent years,

but that could just be early-onset geezerhood skewing my perceptions of the good ol' days. However, although I do have fond memories of Whataburger I haven't had one in a decade, so I'm still going to vote for the local contender.

I did just hear that Five Guys has come to California, and I think east coasters speak highly of them so perhaps there'll be some tough competition out here in the future....

[MicaelS]

22. I vote Whataburger, since In and Out isn't in Texas, and

it's one T, not two. Whataburger.

[denbot]

23. I live in the Southbay area.. Where is Kirk's?

P.S. In and Out double double animal style, fries animal style, and a rootbeer, Yum!

[HopeHoops]

29. You need a third choice...

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[Glassunion]

30. Neither... 5 Guys Burger and Fries. I have neither of those options where I live.

Check Zagat's guide.
Period. End of story. Fin.

[revolution breeze]

33. Mother-in-law raves about Whattaburger

Find out there is one about 45 minutes from here so we all load up and take a road trip. She spends thirty minutes telling us about these great hamburgers we are going to experience, heavenly onion rings (made with real onions, imagine that). We get there and my youngest daughter who is 9 says "You have got to be kidding, right?" Grandma is sitting at the table with her eyes rolled back in her head and ends up eating her burger and mine.

[av8rdave]

34. Kincaid's, Fort Worth

2nd best burger on the planet, surpassed only by the Azuca Burger at the Cafe Azuca, Quito, Ecuador.

[doc03]

35. Haven't had either n/t

[bigwillq]

36. Never ate at those places.

Want to, though. They're not in my area.

[cloudbase]

37. I like In-n-Out

but they ain't got 'em here in Texas, so the place with the orange and white roof fills in nicely. At least I can get jalapenos at the Whataburger.

[blueamy66]

38. Culver's butter burger

yummy

[lost-in-nj]

39. sorry White Castle beats them all

just needs cheese!!!


lost

[rrneck]

40. In and Out. I gotta drive by there anyway...

to pick up my briefcase.

[haele]

41. Kidd Valley in Seattle. Oh, not a choice - so In-n-Out is it.

But only when you consider the off menu animal style double-double and animal style fries...mmmmmm.....

(BTW, vegetarians - Animal Style Fries is their vegetarian option...)

Haele

[MrSlayer]

42. I've never had either.

I've heard so much about in and out being great but have never had the experience. I've never even heard of whattaburger.

[Crystal Clarity]

45. The 2'nd one looks better, but I've never heard of them

...the burger brands I mean; so I respectfully declined voting in your poll. However... may the best burger win. :patriot:

[TheDebbieDee]

46. Whattabuger! Hands down!

Or should I say, "Hooves" down?!?!?!?