Carl's Jr. and Hardee's New Steakhouse Burger: 'Tastes Like It's Made by the God of Hamburgers'

Finally, the Hamburger God has revealed himself. His name is Hamblor and he has the power to shoot onion strings out of his hands and shatter a blue cheese-based bust of himself by using his mighty voice. Like any good god, he has nubile, burger-loving goddesses by his side and rides on a monstrously huge St. Bernard bearing a cask of A.1. sauce around his neck. You can join his kingdom on September 28 for the chance to rise to immortality win free burgers and other prizes from Carl's Jr. and Hardee's.

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 20, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chains, fast food, Hardee's

Video: Carl's Jr.'s Turkey Burger Commercial with Miss Turkey

As they're wont to do, Carl's Jr. is promoting their new line of charbroiled turkey burgers with a commercial featuring a bikini-clad woman eating a burger. But not just any woman: They got Miss Turkey, Gizem Memiç, to eat their turkey burger. And it's not just any bikini: This bikini's pattern is made up of tiny pictures of the burger. If you forget what this commercial is promoting, you're probably not paying any attention.

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, April 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chains, commercials, turkey burgers, videos

Reality Check: Carl's Jr. Philly Cheese Steak Burger

The notion of dropping the entire contents of another iconic sandwich on top of my burger doesn't seem like the best of ideas. Of course, fast food chains aren't always trying to make something delicious. Rather, they're just trying to tempt us to come in again when they offer up things like Carl's Jr.'s most recent experiment: the Philly Cheese Steak Burger. I took the bait and stopped by to see how this new burger compares to its beauty shots.

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22 Comments | Posted by Damon Gambuto, October 12, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chain restaurants, Reality Check

Video: 'Nightline' on Carl's Jr.'s Footlong Cheeseburger

Last night, Nightline featured Carl's Jr.'s limited release footlong cheeseburger in a segment called "Sign of the Times." Aside from the footlong cheeseburger, they also mention KFC's Double Down, Friendly's cheeseburger melt, and Denny's fried cheese melt as examples...

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9 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 28, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr, chain restaurants, megaburgers, Nightline, videos

Videos: Stop Motion Lego Commercials for Carl's Jr.'s Philly Cheesesteak Burger

To promote their new Philly Cheesesteak Burger (a burger topped with thinly sliced steak, sautéed green bell peppers and onions, and American and Swiss), Carl's Jr. made these cute stop motion videos featuring the signing of the Declaration of...

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, August 25, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., videos

Carl's Jr. Testing a New Footlong Cheeseburger

[Photograph: Foodbeast] If thick burgers seem passé, make way for...long burgers. Carl's Jr. (and Hardee's, it seems) is testing a new Footlong Cheeseburger in select locations around the country. As Foodbeast and Fast Food Maven note in their reviews,...

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27 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, July 12, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chain restaurants

Are Carl's Jr. and Hardee's the Same?

Yeah, that's not confusing. Since this question keeps popping up in the chain burger polls, I figured I would address it in a separate post (and thus give me something to refer to every time someone asked this question): Are...

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25 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 26, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chain restaurants, Hardee's

Reality Check: Carl's Jr. Grilled Cheese Bacon Burger

Note: In our Reality Check series, we take a look at fast food in the news and show you what it looks like in all its unstylized glory. [Photograph: Carl's Jr.] We can't be certain that our very own Adam...

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22 Comments | Posted by Damon Gambuto, February 11, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Tagged: Carl's Jr, chain restaurants, Damon Gambuto, Reality Check

Reality Check: Carl's Jr. Six Dollar Cheeseburger

Once again, we investigate fast food burger advertising accuracy with a touch of reality. Living on the West Coast means being inundated with—well, let's call it the Carl's Jr. advertising aesthetic. This time they are pushing their Six Dollar...

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12 Comments | Posted by Damon Gambuto, January 8, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Carl's Jr., chain restaurants, Damon Gambuto, Reality Check

Big Carl vs. Big Mac Fact Checking

[Photograph: cockeyed.com] Rob Cockerham of Cockeyed want to see how truthful Carl's Jr.'s Big Carl vs. Big Mac ads were, so he bought both and compared their sizes. While the Big Carl is heavier and has a larger diameter,...

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2 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, January 7, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Tagged: advertising, Carl's Jr., chain restaurants, McDonald's