My family folklore is that my great grandfather is the reasons Johnnie’s Charcoal grill switched from ketchup bottles to pump stations. Apparently he would go through most of a bottle when eating there.

It's quite sad that the originators of some original burgers had closed down.

"I'm hungry and this was what was in the pantry" is also the premise for the midwestern casserole. @12:50

I would try all of the burgers on this video. I don't think I have ever been hungrier for hamburgers than after watching this video.

Yeah, in Utah there are a lot of burger joints with Greek influence, and Crown Burger always stands out among them. They all serve pastrami burgers, along with the Arctic Circle chain, Peach City in Brigham, and its sister joint KIRT’S in North Ogden. They’re all over at least the northern part of the state for a reason.

Been living and traveling in an RV for the past 6 years. One of my favorite things to do is find popular dishes and restaurants in each city we stop in! Kopps butter burgers in Wisconsin is my top pick!

I moved to this country in 2014, I have to say Americans are passionate about food and I respect that.

As a Wisconsinite, I am ashamed that we didn't put cheese insode the burger first.

I love the southern classic cheeseburger with mustard, chili, and onions. Most places add slaw too, but I prefer it without it.

This is the history lesson I needed. What's weird to me is the Kewpee burger that uses lots of mayo has the same name phonetically as the Japanese Kewpie mayo company but I didn't see anything about Kewpee and Kewpie acknowledging each other. Kewpee even says it got its name from a doll called the Kewpie and the mayo company uses the doll's image in its labeling.

Love these regional videos!

Yaaay our favorite narrator is back! 'Befoww we get stahted .. ' Perfect personality and voice for the channel, love Tom Blank!

The slug burger recipe came to Corinth from Germany....via St. Louis, Missouri. A Corinth businessman, in 1927, was in St. Louis (on a business trip, of course......duhhhhhh) when late one night he and a German fellow snuck into the hotel kitchen to raid for food. The German found all the ingredients to make America's first slug burger. The Corinth man loved it and brought it home with him and started selling them for 5 cents a piece.

I hope George Motz was a consultant for this video.

10:10 "Granddad, you can't serve that. It'll cause... death." Glad i wasn't the only one who think of The Boondocks when I hear a mention of the Luther burger.

George Motz would be proud of this video.

The "Fathers Office Burger" in L.A. became a thing and is copied by other restaurants in the area (Dry-aged beef, slow-cooked caramelized onion, bacon, Gruyère & blue cheeses, arugula, French roll). Also known as a French Onion Burger, but more specific than just that.

"meatloaf in a car accident" lmaoooo

I'm from Corinth MS living in NC now I miss slugburgers so bad 😢 I can't belive they talked about Slugburgerfest man thats awesome thank yall ❤

The Midwest has the burger game on lock.

Any burger with excessive amounts of onions, is a win in my book.

NM Hatch is delicious on anything, but especially a burger ❤🌶️❤️

As someone born and raised in the SLC area, it’s amazing to see crown burgers get the recognition it deserves, It’s called fry sauce however, not thousand island

I prefer rye bread on my patty melt, thank you very much.

Breakfast burger: Bacon cheeseburger with egg and hash browns. Served by Carl's Jr/Hardees and now by Denny's as their "Slamburger." Not a regional style, but one I highly recommend.

Sedalia MO checking in, thanks for recognizing our claim to the Gooberburger! I had my first one as a teenager, I thought it sounded disgusting but a friend convinced me to try it... It is actually really good. The combo of sweet and savory works great. We were disappointed when they closed the Wheel Inn because they claimed it was in the way of a highway extension, but they moved to another location further south in town for a while, and probably failed since they didn't have as much traffic. Miss sitting at the circular bar at the original, glad I got to experience it before they closed...

At 1:45, “White Castle Style” is misused. White Castle actually places the burgers on top of the onions, and the buns on top, allowing the trapped steam to steam the patties, which come from the factory pre-sliced and with five holes.

I can't believe you didn't mention the San Francisco burger. It's easily one of the best burgers I've ever eaten. The grilled parmesan sourdough is messy but adds so much flavor and crunch. Just keep your napkins handy.

I’m from CT and the steamed cheeseburger is very hyper-regional. You really don’t see them outside of the mid-state area. Also, you forgot about Louie’s Lunch - one of the first burger joints in America.

Great video! Will we get a video this holiday season talking about the history and legacy of Christmas (Figgy) Pudding?

I still miss Bob Kolglazers Ranch Berger from the Ranch House in Louisville, Kentucky back in the 50’s. They were before fast food restaurants. I also had a roast beef sandwich at a roadside restaurant in Maryland. We were Marines on our way back to North Carolina after a weekend of liberty up in New York. It was like 1961 and we stopped for gas. They had a big thing of beef on a stand and sliced off a bunch and put it on a sesame seed bun like Arbys. Arby’s is a total disappointment compared to that sandwich. It cost .50 cents and I had.60 cents. I had a dime left over and put it in a 10 cent slot machine hoping to win enough to buy another sandwich. I lost but never forgot how great that sandwich was. If I go to heaven I would think that would be the kind of roast beef sandwich they would have there …. Along with the Ranch Burger 😅

Why does the music go so hard in the Midwest section!? That is some heavy 90s new jack swing!

regarding in n out, part of the secret to their success is keeping things simple and limiting options. the more burger topping options the more expense, logistical headaches and that in turn means higher prices. In n Out concentrates on making the best burgers around sticking to the Keep It Simple Stupid, [KISS] method as opposed to trying to be everything to everyone. It works. Also, they don't cook it until you order it, everything is served fresh and hot...a totally alien and unthinkable concept to some of their more famous competitors.

Green Chile burgers are thebest!

I'd like to submit an unofficial Honorable Mention for The Big Boy. Found in Indiana, Ohio, and Northern Kentucky, it is similar to a big mac but uses tartar sauce in place of the legendary special sauce. I worked at a Big Boy restaurant as a teenager and still crave one now and again.

I feel compelled to add that I recently tried Gordon Ramsay’s new restaurant “Burger” in Boston, and I can say unequivocally that it was absolutely the worst burger I’ve ever eaten in my life. It failed on every level imaginable. Consider yourself warned.

The Green Chile Cheeseburger is just chopped green chiles and usually pretty spicy due to how we grow them in NM. Not a special sauce as was said and you can see at the end of the clip at the Owl Bar that it is indeed just chile. It also can be just whole roasted peeled chiles which is my favorite way.

How did I live half my adolescent life in Prairie du Chien and yet just NOW learned about Pete's Hamburgers and the Poached Burger? My dad has some explaining to do...

A Sioux City, Iowa girl here. Grew up eating at Ye Olde Tavern. Can’t recall eating a Maid-rite until I moved to eastern Iowa. The tavern sandwiches, which we called “loose meats”were less runny than a Maid-right. There was also a similar sandwich served at the Tastee In and Out. I still remember when Roseanne married Iowan Tom Arnold, and introduced loosemeats to the world on her TV show.

Green Chile cheese burgers in New Mexico is my regional favorite burger.

You absolutely missed a Carolina burger. Mostly sold by mom and pop places, Wendy's sells it as the Carolina Classic. Griddled patty. with mustard, onions, A hot dog style chili meat sauce and creamy cole slaw.

This reminded me of a great hamburger restaurant chain that I believe started in Nebraska or Kansas (1960s?) called King's Food Host...but was most famous for the Cheese Frenchy. But the burgers were amazing too...and I think steam-cooked...not completely sure. It was almost loose meat steamed from what I remember...but definitely one of a kind. Love to hear their history (long gone now)!

Such great content and footage! Thanks for continuing to class up KZfaq!

Left out two distinct styles of chili cheesebugers: -The L.A. Tommy's-style chili cheeseburger with its gloopy texture and Greek-inspired flavor profile (which they also put on everything from tamales to breakfast sandwiches). -The Carolina-style chili cheeseburger, where in addition to chili, you'll receive coleslaw on your burger. It's a great combination of tastes and textures, albeit very messy.

The Luther Burger uses fresh Krispy Kreme donuts. Very important. And I thought it was first served at Braves games.

This is a great segment, thank you!

Very nice video. Better than the vast majority of food channels...subbed!

Thank you for mentioning my hometown Sedalia, MO, and Wheel Inn! I've had a couple different bites of the Goober Burger before, and it does belong. What tugs at the heartstrings is that my last night being from Sedalia, before moving to KC, involved one final stop at Wheel Inn before its (completely unnecessary) closing due to widening the intersection it was on.

No Swiss mushroom burger?

Good video but big nitpick: Town Tavern was in Norman, OK across from the OU campus, not in Oklahoma City. It certainly did spread from its collegiate beginnings ...

NGL That Utah burger looks so good!

You guys always hit close to home. Those shots of nyc at 2:50 are my neighborhood! Inwood, by the gwb, I walk down Nicholas Ave every day.

So many Hamburger 🍔 to choose from and very delicious 😋.

Ross Davis knew what was up. Oklahoma Onion Burgers are awesome and the man who owned the "Burger Inn" understood his mission.

I love this series

I mean, New Mexico should have the state food immortalized as Hatch Green Chile. Insert [I put that s*!Te on everything!]

I'm curious about that Dyer's Burger. Reusing the same grease sounds like a recipe for disaster but i guess it isn't too unhealthy if they've been allowed to do it for so long.

Thanks for this! 🍔

There's a local chain in Toronto, Canada called Burger Priest which has something called "the Vatican", that rivals even the Luther in terms of giving people heart attacks. It's a 2 patty bacon cheeseburger but the "buns" are grilled cheese sandwiches.

Best burger always comes with bacon, solid cut of smashed beef. I'm from Kansas, nobody is eating loose burgers, we have cows everywhere. Most of our local burger places rarely have sloppy Joe's, not many people know about it anymore.

you forgot a couple very KEY burgers in LA. the Hickory burger from The Apple Pan and the chili burger from Original Tommy's. the burger scene in LA/California isnt complete without those 2 in it. they are Icons of the west coast burger scene to this day!!!

Great video. A nice compilation of burger styles any burger aficionado should be familiar with.

I’m glad to see that the Cali entries weren’t just some damn overpriced burger topped with gold; far too often shows think that only upscale restaurants and In-N-Out are all that exist for food.

Good lord I love hamburgers. That's all I'm gonna say. That's all that is needed to be said. Hamburgers.

this show does the old Food network style hamburger show but with a deliciously devilish little edge. its subtle. the voice is so standard food show documentary pep, but the script has SLIGHT subversions here or there i love it

So a loose meat sandwich is just a Sloppy Joe without sauce.

Couple notes. The addition of lettuce and tomato on a hamburger is a California invention. The Hamburger Deluxe. And In N Out was there for that. Hawaii's traditional burger resembles the Mississippi Slug Burger with the addition of very finely chopped onions and sometimes even green onions. And while they are being slowly eclipsed by pure beef patties, all who were born there know a place where they can get "local" burgers, and they are preferred.

Hatch Green Chile is quite possibly the greatest thing you can put on a burger indeed. - my friend Blake who eats a lotaburgers. Go Aggies!

White Castle got its start in my hometown of Wichita, KS, but I have yet to eat one. I did eat a similar slider-style burger in a long standing restaurant in central Kansas, but I have never eaten a White Castle burger.

I seen a burger on Reddit on a thread about worst looking food and wish i remembered the name. It was considered street food in a certain state during the depression. I can only describe it as a stringy looking burger which has a whiteish silver dressing. The contents were like stringy onion rather than meat patty

I grew up on Kewpee hamburgers and they still exist in Lima, Ohio! Three locations. The only thing I miss about that city lol.

Suggestion: Every style of taco across the U.S., from California to New York. Also, the history of tacos. And, different taco fillings: meats, cheeses, sauces, veggies, spices, etc.

I made a version of a Juicy Lucy from the Bob’s Burgers cookbook. Burned my lip.

"ohhh yeah" - heart doctors everywhere.

5:20 The Onion Burger from the University of Oklahoma won the Snack Bracket of 2023 for the Kelly Clarkson Show. They won a Final Fork Trophy.

In the Pacific NW, there's a chain of restaurants called Killer Burger that have some interesting flavors, the Bender is my favorite

Shoulda made a mention of the Slopper, originating here in Pueblo, Colorado.

There's a slugburger joint near me. C.F. Penn's is still dishing 'em out in Decatur, Alabama. I'm looking forwards to trying one of these super-greasy bites sometime soon!

Nothing like a 🍔 off the grill 💯

I didn’t think I’d see a Chimi in this video! Some people make a mix with soy sauce instead and it’s amazing

The best burgers are made on Dad’s grill

7:14 There is a trivia question about the Butter Burger at Culver's on the channel REACT for their #3 Boys vs. Girls fast food challenge video. Fantastic video!

Aww, damn, I guess a Texas Toast patty melt was just too good an idea to only be mine. That's how I do mine, but I didn't realize it was a real thing.

The burger is the best thing American culture has created. For me

Im doing an olive burger tonight. Ty

Wow. As a burger lover, I would have NEVER guessed there were so many "hamburgers" I wouldn't eat ever.

Living in Lansing, MI, I didn’t realize how fortunate I am to be able to walk downtown and have an olive burger. It’s honestly one of the best I’ve had. If you’re in the area, take the plunge with a king olive. I recommend an order of onion rings on the side, too.

"They need a reason to go to Hackensack." LOL Sooooooooo true.

It's weird that you got both the NM green chile burger and the Utah pastrami burger but somehow missed the Colorado slopper.

Best burgers are Hodads Burgers in Ocean Beach, San Diego.... they have an old Burger Time video game too, 👍

At 13:26... yeah you BETTER include GREEN CHILE BURGERS in New Mexico--Owl Bar and Cafe in San Antonio does a great job! 😀 And while there are several locations of Laguna Burger, the one at the gas station across from Route 66 Casino on I-40 (just west of Albuquerque) does the best job! 👍🏼👍🏼

good video

As a Canadian I’m very jealous we don’t have any of these.

The only one that sounds unappetizing is the Dyer's Burger with its dark, vintage grease.

You completely missed the PA Steamer; it's like a sloppy joe, but there's no sauce. All the flavor comes from the meat and the steamed chopped onion. Sold at roadside stands all across the Keystone State.

NO CAROLINA BURGER?! patty, cheese(if you like cheese) chili, slaw onions and mustard?! Ugh jeez 😭 what a beautiful burger

Growing up in Michigan we ate olive burgers from either Hot n now or home made, I'm sad to never have an original!

They all look good to me. That Miracle Whip/peanut chunks thing seems pretty weird but I'd give it a go.

The original "California Burger" in the 1950s and 60s was a burger with only mayonnaise and an onion slice in addition to the meat. This is the way backyard BBQ-ers prepared them.

13:45. Guys from the Manhattan project? Oppenheimer would love this. 🍔