McD or BK?

I don't really know the exact reason why, but I like a Big Mac every once in a blue moon. There is no special item at BK that I particularly think is outstanding.

There are many more fast food joints that do a better job. Steak n Shake is much better. In Rockford, we have a local chain called Beef-a-Roo. They are well above a McD or BK.

 

Oooh, this is very hard to answer.

McD do the best chips (fries, to the uncultured) hands down. However, the XL Bacon Double Cheeseburger and Triple Whopper are pretty much the best fast food burgers on the market. However, the Big Tasty is a pretty damn close 3rd, and I love when McD do those 'Taste Of America' burgers, where they do a different one each week.

I'd say McD, but by a nose. Photo finish.

 

I only eat at either of them less than once a year so I can't really comment. They're both pretty bad so it's difficult to decide which one is worse.

 

Agreed. My 3-year old son prefers McD's fries, so that's usually where we go. Cheeseburger Happy Meal (with only cheese on the burger) every time.

That said, when I was a teen and young adult I did prefer BK. The fries are better at McD's, but I always prefered a Whopper over any burger McD's offered, and the BK chicken sandwiches are clearly superior to the McChicken.

EDIT:

Holy crap - I didn't even know such a thing existed (goes to show how often I eat fast food I guess). That has to be like a 2000 Calorie burger!

 

I'm with Harbs I think, BK used to be miles better many, many moons ago but they've devolved to the same level.

I'd probably opt Burger King as they still do a wider variety and will accomidate changes if you point out the menu isn't specific enough to make a decision.

 

Wendy's.

 

I suspect that the flavor of fries is heavily dependent upon what oil they are fried in. I have no reason to suspect that the potatoes McD's uses are in some way superior to the ones at BK. A lot of the stuff sold at fast food joints should be identical. For example, if I order a Whopper I should get the same sandwich in Baltimore as I get in Slovenia. But I don't know if that consistency goes all the way to the oil used to fry their fries*. In fact, if there is a prefered oil used in a given area and people expect fries to taste like that, it would be in the best interest to use that oil to fry the fries.

* It's kind of the same thing as it being hard to differentiate between Coke and Pepsi if you purchase a fountain beverage. Since the ultimate taste of the beverage is a function of relative amounts of syrup and seltzer used, a fountain Coke may taste somewhat different than what you'd get in a can. But that doesn't mean it ceases to be Coke. As such, BK fries would remain BK fries even if they were prepared slightly differently.

 

There's no way the same potatoes are used for chips all around the world, so I imagine they wouldn't be comparable.

Like Aldeth, my son has a Happy Meal around once a fortnight.

 

I am ashamed to admit that every Wednesday, after her gymnastics class, I get my oldest some FF from BK. Nothing else, she just wants FF. But only if she tried. Every once in a while, she gives us the "not listeneing to anyone, insta-meltdown" routine. No FF on those days... I know, I know, I'm a Tyrant.

 

I tried their Chili. Once. It was the hamburger patty cut up and put into sauce. There was still corners that were obvious, as they use a square patty. It did make melaugh, but it tasted like.... nothing.

They do make a decent spicy chicken sandwich though.

 

When I worked at Circuit we shared the parking lot with a Mcs, so I used to walk over there. At my last job, we shared the parking lot with a Lenny's [like Subway] so I used to go over there a few times a week. I generally went anywhere within walking distance. I'm not working at the moment, so I don't have much in the way of fast food at all. Twice a month is the max for the kids and me, and it's usually Mc's, since there is one at the corner of our neighborhood. But I always liked Wendy's for some reason. I haven't been to one in ages though.

 

I had a gf who was a fast food snob like Beren and dmc, but there was one sandwich she would eat from Wendy's. I can't remember what it was.

I'm ambivalent on Mickey D vs. The Whopper. I guess I would go to whichever one I hadn't had most recently.

 

Both are horrendous.

But BK is less horrendous. The Whopper is pretty good, and the chicken fries are a guilty pleasure. The only thing decent and McDonald's anymore is their coffee. How's that for irony?

 

BK.

 

I do like Smack D's coffee, it has to be said.