Wendy's Baconator
Two quarter-pound beef patties with six strips of bacon, two slices of American cheese, ketchup, and mayo; Wendy's premium burger since 2...
Burgers
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Vermont Cheddar Burger
A burger that names its cheese by maker and age, two-year Cabot or clothbound Grafton: sharp aged white Vermont cheddar, crumbly and loud, melted gently over a griddled patty.
Veggie Burger (California Style)
The California veggie burger hands the avocado the job beef fat does elsewhere: it carries the richness, slicks the dry patty, and binds the build, with sprouts for crunch and a toasted bun.
Utah Pastrami Burger
A cheeseburger crowned with a pile of griddle-hot pastrami and fry sauce: the Utah pastrami burger flopped in California and became a Salt Lake institution, the Crown Burgers build.
Tillamook Cheddar Burger
A burger built around aged Oregon cheddar that softens but never pours, trading the melt of a processed slice for a sharp, firm bite: the Tillamook cheese carries the build.
Theta Burger
Smash patty, American cheese, and a whole halved dill pickle laid across it, on a small toasted bun. The Town Tavern's Norman, Oklahoma signature, in a building open since 1936.
Steamed Cheeseburger
Burger patty and cheese steamed in a metal tray, served on a bun; unique to central Connecticut diners.
Spicy Chicken Sandwich
On a spicy chicken sandwich the heat is in the flour, fried into the crust so it stays welded to a juicy fillet. From Wendy's 1996 staple to the 2019 Popeyes launch that lit the chicken sandwich wars.
Smash Burger
A loose beef ball smashed flat on a screaming griddle, browned across nearly its whole face: the crust is not seasoned on, it is built by contact, and the burger exists for it.
Slider
Small burger, typically 2-3 inches in diameter; White Castle origin.
Shrimp Burger
Ground or chopped shrimp formed into a patty and fried.
Shake Shack ShackBurger
Angus beef burger with lettuce, tomato, and ShackSauce on a potato bun; started as a NYC hot dog cart in Madison Square Park (2001), now ...
Salmon Burger
Salmon is too lean to hold a patty, so the salmon burger is an engineering job: a third blended to paste to glue thumbnail-chopped chunks, bound with egg and crumb. The Pacific Northwest standard.
Salmon Burger (Alaskan)
In Alaska the salmon burger tracks the run calendar: sockeye and coho worked into a bound patty, seared and folded into a toasted bun. A state that wrote wild salmon into its constitution.
Sacramento Squeeze Burger
A smash burger with a frico ring: a fistful of cheddar dropped on the steel around the patty, fried into a lacy skirt that overhangs the bun. The Squeeze Inn's Sacramento signature since 1977.
Raising Cane's Chicken Finger Sandwich
Three chicken fingers on buttered Texas toast with Cane's sauce, a one-hand spin-off of the single-item Baton Rouge chicken chain Todd Graves opened in 1996 after his LSU plan failed the class.
Publix Chicken Tender Sub
The Publix chicken tender sub is read off a deli case, not pulled from a fryer, and that one fact decides the whole build, around a tender that has already softened.
Protein Style Burger
In-N-Out burger wrapped in lettuce instead of a bun.
Popeyes Spicy Chicken Sandwich
Popeyes put its spicy chicken sandwich on US menus on 12 August 2019 and sold out everywhere within two weeks: a fried fillet whose heat rides in a thick spicy mayo, not the crust.
Popeyes Classic Chicken Sandwich
Classic is the launch's quiet half. Plain mayonnaise on the bun, plain seasoning in the dredge, same brioche-style bun and barrel-cut pickle as the spicy sibling. Launched 12 August 2019.
Philly-Style Chicken Sandwich
Thin-sliced chicken chopped on a flat-top and bound with melted cheese, the cheesesteak method run on poultry. No breading, no fryer; a griddled sandwich that travels far past Philadelphia.
Panera Bread Frontega Chicken
Smoked pulled chicken, fresh mozzarella, tomato, red onion, and basil under chipotle aioli on black pepper focaccia, pressed flat: Panera's longest-running signature panini.