Baconators are only good the first time you eat them.

Second time, ok.

Third time... why the hell did I just spend 5 bucks on a hamburger?

I'm hungry.

So have you been photocopying your various asses for your expense reports yet, or was this just a look at the numbers?

I don't know, I kind of hold the belief nowadays that the unhealthier something is for me to consume, the better it will taste.

Please stop saying "Baconator" -- my arteries wince instinctively every time I hear/read that "word".

I find your lack of faith in bacon... unpossible.

@drjayphd: LoL love that commercial!

@Beerad: No.

I never quite got why people bought burgers that had double & tripple pattied burgers & the other "way too much meat" type of burgers. I generally buy one or two small cheeseburgers from McD's or BK every once in a long while. I will however buy a doublesteakburger w/cheese from steak-n-shake because their patties are too thin or a burger from "backyard burgers" because they taste so good despite their burger patties being a bit too thick for my liking.

What happened to that list of the worst foods for you to eat and the fact that the worst burger was from some non-fast food joint?

In and Out 4x4 with a side of Animal Fries FTW

McDonalds really needs that Angus burger, they're really falling behind.

wait the Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger from Jack in the Box didn't make the list?

I've been lied to...

Any info on IN 'N Out?

@forgottenpassword: Because the double-cheeseburger is 99¢ while the regular cheeseburger is $1.09 (at least at my McDonald's anyway..)

@MickeyMoo: seconded.
though i'm more into the 2x4 in my world, but sometimes you just need the 4x4.

animal fries, however, are an inviolable right.

I love the Baconator, but it really is one of those things that is good just once or twice. I'm surprised its #5, considering just the idea of it seems like a heart attack on a bun.

@forgottenpassword: A steak & shake double or triple with chili cheese fries. Toss the bun aside and prepare for the impending fat and carbo induced coma. I can't eat wheat so that's what I do when were on the road. The extra meat patty makes up for the lack of bun.

Most of our local fast food drive through places had such horrible quality control I quit eating them before I had to change my eating habits anyway. But I have to admit that picture is making me hungry.

@drjayphd: Whoa Chee Momma!

I prefer the Big Bacon Classic.

Baconator....umm no.

If included, Carl's Jr.'s would dominate this list. They pioneered inducing obesity in one sitting.

Breakfast Burger, anyone?

Ok, what happened to the Hardees burgers. I know for a fact that the new philly cheesesteak burger ways in at over 1450 calories. And I'm pretty certain that the monster thickburger is 1400+, and the double bacon cheese thickburger tips the scales at 1300. Hardies should have at least the top 3, if not all of the top 5 spots. Mmmmm, bacon.

@Beerad: Then what are we supposed to use to refer to something? Am I supposed to stop calling a Volkswagen a Volkswagen?

1230 calories and 82 grams of fat. That boggles my mind.

@wickedpixel:

Yeah, but IMO its too much meat. Too much meat overpowers the taste of the rest of the burger (buns,pickels,ketchup, mustard & cheese is what I typically get).

@bohemian: I HATE steak-n-shake's rock-hard toothpick fries. They dont even offer a decent alternative in frie-form. Pisses me off to no end because I NEED a fried potato product to go with my burger. I have to grudgenly get hashbrown patties to comphensate as I dont like onion rings.

@Meg Marco: I gotta wonder, do you eat the Baconator?

@porktree: (and @Gilman)

Jack in the Box and Hardees aren't completely national to my knowledge, hence them not being here.

If they were however, I can't imagine them being left off. The new JitB melt looks really good in a heart-attack-inducing way.

@forgottenpassword: that's why you have to double the rest of the ingredients as well.

@porktree: Hardee's isn't nationwide. Out in the west, it's Carl Jr's. However, I believe they have pretty much identical menus.

@Lo-Pan: And then you have a sandwich that is just too big :( (unless you are just eating it by itself with no side items... I need my fried potato product with my burger)

My mind has been boggled some more - there is stuff out there that's more than 1230 calories...[www.menshealth.com]

Frankly I'm surprised none of them are higher-calorie.

There's a place here in Atlanta (The Vortex) which has some of the best burgers in town. While they've had the "Coronary Bypass" for years (1/2 pound sirloin patty topped with three slices of American cheese, four slices of bacon and a fried egg, with a side of mayo), the newest edition is a the "Double Bypass Burger" which is the same as a the CB but with two grilled chesses sandwiches replacing the buns.

I was surprised to see that Hardee's is not quite the nationwide chain I thought it was. For its part, the philly steak and cheese thickburger is seriously good. Fast food is at best a once a month or less treat, so when I do it I tend to go all out. Today actually was one of those days. My wife and I celebrated having a day off together and a sleeping two year old by knocking back almost a dozen white castles with cheese a piece. I'll pay for it at the Y tonight though! (BTW a white castle with cheese clocks in at 170 calories a piece, and I know of no one who eats any less than four).

OMG:[www.boingboing.net]

Outback: Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing
2,900 calories
182 g fat
240 g carbs

it's a freakin appetizer

@MickeyMoo: that was the list I was talkin' about earlier in this post.

I found it again but the burger was from Carl's Jr. and there was a Ruby Tuesday burger too (it was turkey)

Looks like a simple formula. The more meat patties, the worse it is for you.

Bluk! Man I get sick thinking about a triple whopper!
Yum.. Whopper Jrs, better than a soddin' cheeseburger at McDonald's.

On the topic of In-N-Out, anyone have the nutritional info on the 100x100?

[supersizedmeals.com]

Carl's Juniors and Hardee's are the same company / brand. Just depends on what part of the country you are in.

@DrGirlfriend: That site is nauseating.

@RBecho: Don't have either in Houston. It would take me a minimum of four hours to drive to either one. On the other hand, the Whataburger nearest my house makes excellent burgers. As a vegetarian, though, I will never know that succulent pleasure. (Unless I cheat like a trailer trash groom the night before his wedding...)

There's a joke about big meat in here somewhere, but I can't seem to come up with it.

More meat the better. The salad on top of Whoppers belongs in a bowl on the side with some ranch dressing. Really, if I wanted a salad, I would go to a salad bar. It's a burger for pete's sake, give me meat!

ew. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

No Hardees/Carl's Jr. burgers made the list huh? Interesting.

@jstonemo:
I'm with you; give me the meat and hold the vegetables. I'm not from California. The Triple Whopper is calling me.

Amatures! Island burgers has this nifty item:

CALORIES 1450

The hawaiian burger. Oh and one minor program note:

(NUTRITION FACTS DO NOT INCLUDE BACON).

To me this just proves the whopper does have more taste than McD's! I knew it all along, but there you go! I wonder where the Hardee's Philly Cheesesteak on a Burger is on the list. That has got to be worth a crapload of calories because it's just so damned yummy!