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What connects the dots of Burger King’s new summer menu is barbecue sauce. Its new Rib Sandwich is a “juicy boneless rib patty with a sweet and tangy BBQ sauce served with sweet pickles on a warm toasted artisan-style bun.” Barbecue sauce is on the menu’s Carolina Whopper, Memphis Pulled Pork and new BBQ Chicken [...]

As BurgerBusiness.com reported  last week, McDonald’s has removed its Angus Third Pounders. As this site also reported, new Quarter Pounder burgers will fill the void. In an exclusive interview with BurgerBusiness.com today, Greg Watson, SVP of McDonald’s USA’s Menu Innovation Team, detailed the plan, which involves converting two of the 5.33-oz.-patty Angus builds to 4-oz.-patty [...]

Wander around the burger world during National Burger Month and you encounter some fascinating things that need to be shared. Examples: → “Secret menus” are a boring, overdone topic but this one’s interesting: At Atlanta’s Diesel Filling Station, the “Just What the Doctor Ordered” burger is available but isn’t on the menu. It’s named for [...]

Could there be a better way to acknowledge National Burger Month than to spotlight the remarkable culinary creativity that drives the burger business? Appropriately, the May Burger of the Month specials display a wide variety of influences. There’s Southern cuisine in Bobby Flay’s Pimiento Burger; there are two Mediterranean and one Caribbean burger on the [...]

Just four of the original 64 burger brands remain. The four finalists in the 2013 A.1. Burger Brackets are Burgatory and The Counter, which square off in one finalist match, and Zinburger and Ted’s Montana Grill, which go head to head in the other contest. Voting for this round opens at 8 am on Thursday, [...]

UPDATE: Please note that Elevation Burger, not B Spot, advanced to the Third Round. Clerical error; we deeply regret the mix up. And then there were just 16 burger joints still in the competition. The 2013 A.1. Burger Brackets have reached the Third Round, when the remaining Sweet16 are reduced to just 8. Three No. [...]

Crusading British chef Jamie Oliver who has battled to improve food prepared and served in U.S. schools and has railed against fast-food chains is planning to open The Dog House & Diner in London, according to Britain’s The Independent and reported by Eater.com. The paper says the menu will feature hot dogs, burgers and ribs. [...]

Anthony Ackil, Jon Olinto and Tony Rosenfeld opened the first b. good restaurant in Boston’s Back Bay in January 2004. The concept’s signage promises “Real. Food. Fast” and the idea from the start was to prepare and serve locally sourced, all-natural food with QSR efficiency. Customers can order an all-natural beef, turkey chicken or veggie [...]

Are we doing Burger Brackets again? You bet. Kansas City’s Blanc Burgers + Bottles won the first and second years’ title. Last year it was Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries—a 16th seed no less—that took the crown. Who will be the 2013 champ? The seedings, brackets and rules, etc., will be posted here Sunday [...]

What a long, strange trip it’s been. Ryan Harkins and Matt Chernus were among the early food-truck heroes when they got the Grill ‘Em All rolling the streets of Los Angles in 2009. They built their fame on a menu of heavy-metal-themed burgers like the Behemoth (grilled-cheese buns, Cheddar, barbecue sauce, pickle, grilled onion and [...]

It’s March so you had to expect that many of the Burgers of the Month specials at burger joints around the country would have a St. Patrick’s Day tilt. Others are creating their own holidays. You can see the whole list here, but here are a few highlights: ♣ Slater’s 50/50 in Southern California rarely disappoints. [...]

Looking to take on Denny’s, McDonald’s and every other kid on the late-night block, Steak ’n Shake has launched an audacious new AllNighter Menu available between midnight and 6 a.m. while also making its full breakfast menu available now from midnight to 11 a.m. (at participating locations, of course). The attention grabber on the AllNighter [...]

Bobby Flay’s Crunchified Green Chile Burger took the People’s Choice Award at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, dashing the dream of fellow Food Network star Michael Symon to win for a fourth consecutive year. Symon’s entry this year was a Gruyère-topped French Onion Burger. A vanquished Symon tweeted “congrats to my boy @bflay [...]

“Top Chef” never has been a burger fan, and never less so than during this 10th season, which begins its two-part finale this week. As happened with past burger creators, both contestants who prepared burgers this season packed their knives and left as a result. Talk about a risotto curse if you want, but burgers [...]

Fast-casual burger chain Meatheads celebrates its fifth anniversary today (1/28), which means it is young enough to remain true to the quality commitment on which it was founded but mature enough to concede that a few tweaks could be made to the concept. One departure from custom is the decision to offer a special birthday [...]