Tackling the Largest Burger in Memphis at Kooky Canuck

The South has its share of big burgers, competition monsters at greasy spoons that take up a plate and come free if you get them down your gullet in a certain period of time. Finding one that's also very tasty is the bigger challenge. I recently found a tasty challenge burger at Kooky Canuck in Memphis in the form of their seven and a half-pound Kookamonga Burger.

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20 Comments | Posted by Kat Robinson, September 9, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: AHT reviews, Kooky Canuck, megaburgers, Memphis, reviews, Tennessee

Dear AHT: 'Burgers in Memphis - BOY DID YOU GUYS MISS IT!!!'

Here's an email we recently received in the AHT inbox in response to Nick's post about burger joints he came across in Memphis. You can drop us a line at burger@seriouseats.com with all your recs. [Photograph: Thomas Hawk on Flickr]...

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, July 27, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Tagged: Dear AHT, Memphis, Tennessee

Calling AHT Field Agents in Memphis and Kansas City

I recently took a road trip that found me, amongst other places, in Memphis, Tennessee, and Kansas City, Missouri. I ate a bunch of burgers on the trip, but there were a couple of places that I thought looked interesting...

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4 Comments | Posted by Nick Solares, July 9, 2010 at 2:15 PM
Tagged: Kansas City, Memphis, Missouri, Tennessee

Hamburger America: Zarzour's Cafe in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Editor's note: Burgermeisters! Here's another excerpt from George Motz's book Hamburger America. George and his publisher were kind enough to allow us to run them here, along with George's beautiful photos. We'll be running one every other week. Eat up!...

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2 Comments | Posted by Hamburger America, October 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: books, Chattanooga, George Motz, Hamburger America, Tennessee, Zarzour's Cafe

Blogwatch: Cheeseburger at Brown's Diner in Nashville

A Brown's Diner cheeseburger. Photograph from Green Olive Media OMG. I so want one of these. The folks at Green Olive Media were spurred to action by George Motz's book Hamburger America ("I've driven by here literally hundreds of...

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10 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, August 18, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Blogwatch, Nashville, Photograzing, Tennessee

'A Unique Love Affair' with Deep-Fried Burgers, Indeed!

If you have a dirty mind, this one might be NSFW: Related: Hamburger America visits Dyer's Burgers DYER'S BURGERS Address: 205 Beale Street, Memphis TN 38103 Phone: 901-527-3937 Link: Dyer's Mouth Explosion [YouTube; via So Good]...

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4 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 26, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Tagged: deep-fried, Dyer's, Memphis, Tennessee, videos

Dyer's Hamburgers; Memphis, Tennessee

Here's a fun one from the mailbag ... Dear AHT: Dyer's Hamburgers in Memphis TN featured on Food Network cooks there hamburgers in a skillet with ancient grease. When they moved from their old location, they actually had the Memphis...

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 19, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Tagged: Adam, burger weirdness, countries, Tennessee, U.S., video