Photo of the Day: The McRushmore

[Photograph: Kevin Pang] In case you ever wondered what would happen if you combined a McRib, Filet-O-Fish, Southern-Style Chicken Sandwich, and bacon and cheese Angus Deluxe, here's your answer: The McRushmore, four meats rolled into one monstrosity of a...

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, November 16, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Tagged: McDonald's, megaburgers, Photo of the Day

Video: The Death of the Double Down: The Double Kill

The Double Kill created by Epic Meal Time is based on KFC's Double Down sandwich made with fried chicken cutlets, cheese, and bacon, but adds onion rings, macaroni and cheese, beef patties, and buns layered into a towering behemoth...

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, November 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: megaburgers, videos

30 Years Celebrated with 30 Pounds of Burger

[John Cheramie and his burger creation. Photographs: John Cheramie] I get a lot of emails with a subject line that read "burger." Friends and strangers alike pass along a link or a photo that they think might capture my...

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4 Comments | Posted by Damon Gambuto, November 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: burger weirdness, megaburgers

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

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

Photo of the Day: Giant Burger in Serbia

As part of this week's meat grilling festival Rostiljijada in Leskovac, Serbia, chefs attempted to break the record for biggest burger in the world by making a patty that weighed 51 kilograms (about 112 pounds) and measured 1.63 meters...

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 3, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Tagged: megaburgers, Photo of the Day, Serbia

Photo of the Day: The Frankenburger

[Photograph: Fork in the Road] Fork in the Road combined the best qualities of burgers from McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's to bring you the Frankenburger. After taking apart a Big Mac, a Whopper, and a Wendy's Half-Pound Double...

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13 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, June 11, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Tagged: fast food burgers, megaburgers, Photo of the Day

Latest Entrant in the World's Biggest Burger Competition: 95.5-kg Burger from Australia

[Photograph: The Daily Telegraph] Ambrosia On The Spot in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney, has made a 95.5-kilogram (about 210.5 pounds) burger to beat the current Guinness World Record holder for "largest hamburger commercially available", the 84-kilogram burger from...

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, June 7, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Tagged: Australia, megaburgers, Sydney

World's Largest Hamburger Contender from Canada Weighed In at 590 Pounds

[Photograph: gourmetgrills on Twitpic] Yesterday afternoon Canadian chef Ted Reader made a 590-pound burger in downtown Toronto in an attempt to bread the Guinness World Record for Largest Hamburger, reports the Toronto Sun. The record is currently held by...

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, May 7, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Tagged: Canada, megaburgers, Toronto

Video: The Terrible Garbage Burger, a Burger Topped with a Hot Fudge Sundae and More

On the Food Network special Outrageous Food, host Aaron McCargo Jr. went around the country visiting restaurants with the most outrageous food, including McGuire's Irish Pub in Pensacola, Florida, home of the Terrible Garbage Burger. For just $9.99 you get a 3/4-pound burger topped with...everything. Including a hot fudge sundae.

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30 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, May 3, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Tagged: Florida, Food Network, McGuire's Irish Pub, megaburgers, Pensacola, videos