15 lbs. burger

[Desdichado]

They just don't make 'em like they used to.

Most of the time, that's a good thing.

 

[Pielorinho]

I'd rather have a small, well made burger with lots of flavor that some "thing" that someone decided would be good for publicity and threw together but is made of cheap ingrediants.

I was thinking the same thing: if the restaurant is charging $2/pound for the food, the ingredients probably average $0.75 a pound or less. That's not the kind of ingredient I want to be eating, for the most part.

Daniel

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Thats one big a$$ burger!

 

[IronWolf]

I used to wait tables at a place called the Texas T-Bone. We had a deal where you could get the dinner for free if you ate the 4 pound steak, salad, bread and side in an hour or hour and a half (I can't remember which). The steak was actually two 2 pound steaks, so you would take the first half to them and they would say, "Oh that's not so bad!" Then we got to tell them "Just let me know when you want me to bring the second half to you." I believe there was only one person who managed to eat the whole meal and shortly thereafter he was sick from eating too much....

 

[Steve Jung]

How long would it take to cook it thoroughly?

 

[ssampier]

Surely you've seen those steak houses with the "72-OUNCE STEAK - IF YOU CAN EAT IT ALL IN ONE SITTING, IT'S FREE!" deals? People have been doing it for years, now. It's the fast-food version of that ungodly thing. After all, that 15 lbs. is probably BEFORE cooking, which means it's probably 7 pounds afterward...

Right, just a gimmick. I don't see it any different from the pie eating or hot dog eating contests across America and elsewhere.

 

[devilbat]

Our local newspaper had a picture of the burger. that thing is HUGE. But after six or seven beers, I give myself 3-1 odds.

 

[IronWolf]

How long would it take to cook it thoroughly?

If you are talking about the two pound steaks, it could take awhile if someone wanted it well-done. We had a lot of medium to medium-rare eaters, so it usually wasn't too bad on the cooking time.

 

[Steve Jung]

I was thinking the 15 lb burger. But a two lb steak would take awhile too.

 

[Knightfall]

If you actually read the article it says that the "meat" is only 10.5 lb. -- it is 15 lb. with all the other ingredients added to it. Still that is one BIG burger.

Dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, the burger comes with 10.5 pounds of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, three tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half each of mayonnaise, relish, ketchup, mustard and banana peppers — and a bun.

It costs $30.