Mississippi Slugburger
A Depression-era northeast Mississippi burger: a flour-extended beef patty deep-fried in shortening, on a plain bun with yellow mustard, dill pickles, and raw onion.
The American Burger
McDonald's Big Mac
Two beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, American cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame seed three-part bun; created 1968 by Jim Delli...
Maple Bacon Burger
A hard-seared cheeseburger that swaps tang for sugar: bacon candied in maple syrup, sharp cheddar to cut it, built around Vermont's two signature products.
Juicy Lucy
Minneapolis stuffed burger: a slug of American cheese sealed inside two ground-beef patties so it melts molten and bursts when the crust is cut.
Jucy Lucy
Alternate spelling from Matt's Bar; molten cheese-stuffed burger.
In-N-Out Style Burger
Fresh, never-frozen beef, hand-leafed lettuce, tomato, and spread on a sponge-dough bun.
In-N-Out 4x4
Four beef patties and four slices of American cheese; In-N-Out's secret menu maximum standard build.
Impossible/Beyond Burger
Plant-based burger patties designed to mimic beef using heme (Impossible, est. 2016) or pea protein (Beyond, est. 2012); available at Bur...
Hamburger
Ground beef patty on a bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and condiments.
Green Chile Cheeseburger
Burger with roasted Hatch green chiles and cheese; New Mexico's signature burger.
Frita Cubana
Seasoned ground beef patty (sometimes mixed with chorizo) on a Cuban roll with shoestring potato sticks, raw onions, and ketchup; Cuban-A...
Five Guys Cheeseburger
Five Guys's whole design is the press: two loose balls of chuck squashed thin on a flat-top, a free-toppings list on the wall, peanut oil through every fryer, since 1986 in Arlington.
Double-Double
Two thin patties, two slices of American, hand-leafed iceberg on a 3.5-inch toasted bun. Harry and Esther Snyder put the first In-N-Out drive-through in Baldwin Park, California in 1948.
Dominican Chimi Burger
A seasoned griddled beef patty on pan de agua under shredded cabbage, pickled onion, and pink salsa rosada: the Dominican street burger that lines Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights.
Culver's ButterBurger
Fresh, never-frozen beef on a lightly buttered toasted bun; Wisconsin-born chain's signature. The butter goes on the crown of the bun.
Connecticut Steamed Cheeseburger (Ted's)
At Ted's in Meriden the beef never touches a hot surface: patty and cheddar steamed in separate metal trays, the molten cheese poured over the meat. A Connecticut-only burger since 1959.
Colorado Green Chile Burger
A Colorado green chile burger arrives smothered: a cheeseburger flooded with gravy-thick pork green chile until the bun gives way, eaten with a fork. Built on the Pueblo Mosco chile.
Cheeseburger
A seared beef patty with American cheese laid on while it is still on the heat, so the slice melts into the crust and seals the meat. What the cheese changes is the whole sandwich.
Butter Burger
Burger with butter on the bun and/or on the patty; Culver's signature.
Burger King Whopper
Flame-grilled quarter-pound beef patty with lettuce, tomato, mayo, ketchup, pickles, and onions on a sesame seed bun; created 1957 in Mia...
Birria Burger
Beef birria consommé-braised meat formed into a patty or topped on a smash burger with oaxaca cheese and consommé-dipped bun; birria x bu...
BBQ Bacon Burger
Where a plain cheeseburger cuts the beef with acid, this one piles on sweet smoke and a second crunch: BBQ sauce, bacon, onion rings, sharp cheddar. The American burger built by addition.
Animal Style Burger
In-N-Out secret menu: mustard-cooked patty, extra spread, pickles, grilled onions.