What's your favourite fast food burger?

When I was a kid my dad would take us to Halo Burger in the Flint, Michigan area once in a while. Haven't gone in decades, since I grew up and moved away from the state. Something about how the burger was seasoned, just delicious. Nowadays I usually stop by Culver's for a double deluxe, now that there's one not far from the house (did earlier today, actually).

Everyone keeps saying culver's and my Canadian ass is so curious

None of them? I find it’s worth the extra $2 to go somewhere local or “fast casual”. Places like McDonalds , Wendy’s, and Burger King are overpriced garbage these days.

Five Guys is the only one I would be okay with. McDonalds is probably the worse, followed by wendys being 2nd worst. BurgerKing is... um... its like good for like your first try, then subsequent times it taste worse and worse each time you got there.

I don't eat a lot of burgers so I probably don't know what a "good" burger taste like, I grew up in an Asian household so I don't exactly eat a lot of "western" food for the most of my life (like... relatively speaking, in comparison to the rest of the US).

Nando's' double cheese and bacon burger with added pineapple and hot basting

West coast dude that has visited all over the US. I’ve had BK/McD’s, Whataburger, Jack in the box, In-N-Out, Carl’s Jr, Smashburger, Sonic, Shake Shack, White Castle, Five Guys, A&W, and maybe a couple more I’ve forgotten. Best for me, hands down:

Culver’s butter burger with cheese and everything on it.

Culver’s is the answer.

Only one I can eat, impossible whopper. I wish they would go all in and use the superior black bean burger instead tho

When McDonald's gets an equivalent, they're going to make so much money off of me

Double teen burger from A&W.

Has enough meat with the double patty, and has all the toppings like onion, pickle, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, etc.

You have to specify A&W Canada. The US doesn't have Teen burgers and they're generally inferior.

My current favorite one is a "local" (it's available nationwide though) one called Vicio, which means addiction in Spanish, I tried them because they opened a store near me and had a sign saying "We're called Vicio, and we cook burgers, you can imagine the rest" which I thought was pretentious, and decided to test them, but they're really good burgers.

Before those I would have said my favorite was Five Guys ones, still do but haven't had them in a while. And before those I used to like a local gourmet burger place back in Brazil.

Schoops , Whataburger, Culvers

My options are severely limited since I don’t eat meat, but The Habit makes a really nice veggie burger. They have one of the fake meat burger brands as well, but those honestly make me gag a little with how greasy they are.

I've had impossible burgers and they're surprisingly good but so damn expensive

Tasty Burger's Big Tasty.

Goodtimes, haven't had one since I was in Colorado.

Sweden has a hamburger chain named 'Mr York' and they are amazing!

It sadly no longer exists.

Back in the day there was a restaurant called Lick’s in Toronto. They had an assembly line of people with loud 50s music and them singing whist they assembled your order. It was so much fun.

They had burgers that were actually burgers compared to any other chain. You could actually taste the meat! My favourite side was called tater’s and cream. Fries topped with yummy white sauce that was slightly sweet but creamy with real bacon bits smothered on top with chives. They also had an amazing turkey burger.

They had other unique items on the menu but I forget them.

The only fast food burgers I eat happen to be White Castle single cheeseburger.

How many in 1 sitting?
- Just two.

There's a small chain in Wichita Kansas called Bionic Burger. The double with cheese and fried onions is the most reliable way to introduce someone to that true Americana flavor. Side of fries and a cherry malt, it's not something you should eat but damned if you don't enjoy every second of it.

Cheeseburgers, close second hamburger

A bag of dick's, delicious.

Twenty years ago I lived across the street from Dick’s on Broadway. So many late nights ended with stumbling a few yards for a greasy bag of Dick’s. Interestingly enough, my former residence is now the Capitol Hill light rail station. But thank the good lord Dick’s is still there.
Definitely Dick's.

The kebab shop down the road makes burgers too and they're better than everything I've had from one of the large chains while still distinctly feeling like junk food.

Is it that they spice the patties or something else? What's the liklihood their burgers are mixed meat? Like maybe goat + beef?
- Very low. Goat meat is expensive.

I don't remember the last time I had a fast food burger. And I would like to keep it that way. Thank you.

You know you want to

In N Out

Ah yes, I too desire wet dog shit. I'd rather eat an AM/PM burger.
- In n out was easily the most disappointing experience for me, I ended up enjoying shake shack much more.

These days, I'm really trying for there not to be.

In n out dbl dbl

Assuming the question means fast food chain

Second is dbl cheeseburger from McD, hate me if you need to

ABDL?
There's something about McDonald's paper thin patties, greasy buns, and rehydrated onions that really hits the spot
- I think there is a window of perfection for peak enjoyment. Your description is spot on. It’s purely a McD’s sensory experience.
- Can’t tell if that’s sarcasm but you actually nailed it… it’s nostalgia food for me, I used to eat these as a kid

Best I've cooked: Oklahoma onion burgers

Best I've bought: green chilli burger from Meat Liquor Covent Garden though sadly they don't seem to have that location any more and the green chilli burger is no longer on their menu!

I've always preferred smashing my burgers over a bed of onions and today I learned it has a name
- They're so good, so flavourful. Love them.

Shake shack

The habit

Santa Barbara Style please!

Out of the big three, the whopper by far.

For smaller but still top 100 chains, locally would be A&W, non local would be In-n-Out

What is the third one for you? Obviously McDonalds and BK, but not sure which would be the third one.
- Wendy's probably.
I'm assuming you're American because of In-n-out. I've heard A&W is really different between Canada and America, here in canada the burgers are salty af, drenched in sauce, the buns somehow manage to stay dry af, and crazy overpriced for how shitty it is.
- Crazy talk. A&W in the US is ass. I don't know what's going on with your local A&W franchise, but I've never had anything but a great burger. Outside of local places, It's my go-to.

It's a toss up between a Wendy's Baconator and the Jack-in-the-Box Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger.

Or a classic Double Double from In-n-Out if you can consider an hour+ long wait in line "fast" food.

BK Impossible with no mayo

If I have to pick a burger, then same! But if we're talking vegan fast food options than my first choice is always gonna be fresco style burritos at 🌮 🔔
- i had no idea there was a dairy free taco hell option, ty for bringing this to my awareness!
- I miss the fiesta veggie burrito so much

Good Times is a smaller chain and my favorite

So this is weird, but where I grew up there was a local, non-chain restaurant with 2 locations called Good Times. It was a combination Chinese, American and pizza joint. They don't have the location one town south of my childhood town, but the one I went to most is still there.
I don't suppose the one you're talking about is the same place...? 🤔
- Nah this is a Colorado based fast food burger/milkshake type joint with sliders called "bambino burgers" and malt milkshakes. I get their Deluxe burger with green chile & cheese "wild" fries

"This Bay Area burger is the best I've ever eaten"

https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/hyphy-burger-oaklnd-best-i-ve-ever-eaten-20418108.php

A local joint which I will not name, but they're basically like shake shack. The food used to be way better than shake shack, but unfortunately now it's just on par with shake shack. (Still great though). The fries however are perfect.

small Cheval for regional chain & Culver’s for national.

Which nation?
Do they make horse burgers??
- Horse meat is good and as much controversial. Thankfully they just use dmf cows
  Edit: dmf cows = dumb motherfucking cows
- I only recently learned the answer is "no"! For years I was wondering why people were lining up around the block to eat horse.

Hungry Jacks Bacon Deluxe

R.I.P. 2for$10 Bacon Deluxe deal.

Whataburger Sweet & Spicy Bacon Burger.

Is your name from dune? Finally read all the way to Chapterhouse dune
- Yup!

Isn't that redundant? Are there non-fast-food burgers?

Regardless, if I'm getting fast food I'm getting something better than a burger.

Yes, there are gourmet burger places, and some fancy restaurants serve burgers (I've had a burger in a Jamie Oliver restaurant for example).
What do you consider better than a burger for fast food though?
- tacos, gyros, polish, mandoo, bahn mi, empanadas, fried chicken sandwich, fried pickles, hot wings, french fries, malts, doughnuts, pulled pork, crêpes... and the list goes on
There's a gourmet burger restaurant near me. Semi fancy sit down enviroment.
Square1 Burgers and Bar. They named themselves that because they took making a burger back to square one
You can get burgers at sit-down restaurants. Famously Red Robin. It's a non-fast food burger restaurant.
There are some "craft" burger chains like The Works, don't know if that's only Canada. A burger you get a steakhouse is usually going to be much higher quality too, ground in-house cooked medium rare kind of stuff.