McDonald's Angus Burger??

[ipsedixit]

Anyone tried this yet?

I saw an ad for it as a I drove by a local McDonald's.

Just curious ... maybe the next menu offering will be a Kobe 1/4 pounder ...

[1gator]

I have not eaten one of these as of yet, but I just finished chatting with the McDonalds Corporate customer service department, and they are just using generic Black Angus ground beef. The are not using anything special such as Black Angus ground cuck, ground round or ground sirloin, Iso I bet McDonalds is just using the cheapest Black Angus cuts and grinding them up to be ground beef patties. Hardee's at least is using Ground Sirloin for some of their Angus THICK BURGERS. McDonalds may be the biggest, but they will never be the BEST, as they trive for VOLUME sales and to be the BIGGEST fast food chain, but don't seem to be concentrating much on being the best. Places like Culvers, Applebees, Fudruckers, etc will beat McDonalds HANDS DOWN any day, when it comes to PREMIUM burgers.

[pauladrake]

Like you, I saw the ads and while traveling I had a late arrival and was starving. Before I got to the hotel, I drove through a McD's and picked up an Angus burger. Let me just tell you, I called my sister to let her know I'd arrived and told her about the burger; my conclusion was: there is some guy in the McD corp named Angus and they named a burger after him! I was convinced there was no Angus Beef (registered version) in that burger I ate. We had fun with the McD jokes as indigestion began to set in. Our final conclusion? Save your money and your waistline.

[SeanT]

Riddle me this Batman. I wonder how many people that profess the love of Kobe beef burgers also buy lean ground beef when they make burgers at home.

[Davwud]

Gee. More Angus Beef that people find sub rate. Go figure.

DT

[Xericx]

I had one the other day....they are quite big for a McDonalds burger....kind of reminded me of the 6 dollar burger...i joked on another board I post at that Angus has come to mean "thick slice of meat" in the modern vernacular.

It was surprisingly dry...but frankly, wasn't HORRIBLE. I liked it better than Carl's $6.

[lotta_cox]

while i won't say it's the best burger i have ever had, i thought it was by far the best burger i have ever had at McDonald's. On the drive to Palm Springs we stopped at a McD's for shakes, and they were offering samples in the drive though line. Pretty tasty. A few weeks later, out and about after a few cocktails I treated myself to a whole one and loved every bite. (There is no Carl's or In'n Out in my hood).

[Fuser]

Someone asked this on another thread, but my husband and I tried them and we noticed some kind of weird, salty taste that kind of tasted like an old-fashoned beef burger, but not quite. In other words it tasted as though they were injected with some kind of beef-like juice. I'm not saying it was treated, I'm just saying it tasted as though there were some kind of chemical flavor-enhancer at work. My husband thought it was gross and wouldn't even finish his. I ended up dissecting mine to try to understand what made it taste so odd.

[bigcross]

A friend told me this was the "best burger of all-time!" So like an idiot, against my better judgement i went out and got one last night. Let me tell you, i noticed that salty-garlic infused taste fuser talked about. It was weird, first of all, it only took 1 minute at the most for me to order and for the burger to be in my car. At carls they at least take time to make the burger. Secondly, this thing is being passed off as angus. The six dollar burger is far better, and of course anything from in-n-out.

[SeanT]

I am always amazed that people like Carls jr.. I have never had a good burger there. The commercials always are gross and juicy. However, i have never had a juicy burger at Carls.They are always dry as dust.

[rmc09]

For one there is a reason that mcdonalds is the largest fast food chain, and it is not because of artifiicial ingredients. The angus is seasoned during the assembly process with a special ratio of butter flavored seasoning to provide optimal taste. To say that any other competitor comes even close is a joke, Mcdonalds offers healthly and tasty options for a decent price. Yes there is some not so healthy items but overall they have came a long way.

[Fuser]

Ewwww "butter-flavored seasoning" in other words, artificial nastiness, which is what it tastes like.

[cheesecustard]

I finally tried it, and frankly, I'd much rather have the # 2 - two cheeseburgers with fries please! I tried the swiss mushroom - the mushrooms were rubbery, the patty was thick - but dry and bland - ssssoooo grosss!

[rworange]

Why is the SF Bay Area always the last to get fast food. I'm still ticked we never got the Popeye's burrito ... anyway ...

I love the new Jack in the Box commercial which talks about the sirloin burger and shows where the sirloin is located on the cow and someone asks Jack to "point to the angus area" since competitors are serving angus burgers.

Jack responds "i'd rather not'. Unfortunately the JITB sirloin burger isn't that tasty and on the dry side ... great commercial though.

[aurora50]

lol - reminds me of Alton Brown's frequent use of his "steer graphs" - they used to be cute, but dang!! Enough!!! If I see Alton use that thing one more time, I'm going to thwack him on the side of da head!!! lol
By the way, my sister tried the MCD Mushroom Burger, she didn't like the taste very much and said it wasn't worth the money. She didn't finish it.

[Sam Fujisaka]

It was always sophomorically funny driving back to Eugene on the freeway from the south so many years ago when someone would once again have broken the "G" in the big neon letters for the Black Angus steak house that used to be there at the entrance to the town.

[aurora50]

LOL!!!! Tee Hee!!!!

[ricepad]

The Black Angus in Stockton, CA, had a similar problem with their sign. Back in the late 70s/early 80s, it was also notorious for establishing plenty of meaningful overnight relationships, many of which started on the dance floor. Those two aspects gave it the nickname "The Black Hole".

[aurora50]

OMG, this is just tickling my funny bone something awful!!! ROFL

[c2hurst]

aparently you dont know the differance between angus and sirloin. yes the sirloin is part of a cow but angus is a specific breed of cattle that are known for having leaner meat then outher breeds. this commercial was a prime example of advertising without any factual grounds to support.

[kmcarr]

One of the criteria (out of 10) required for cattle to be "Certified Angus Beef" (CAB) is that the have a "Modest or higher degree of marbling" so they would not be leaner than other breeds. (http://www.cabpartners.com/facts/faqs...

While the beef in McDonald's Angus Burger comes from Angus cattle, it is not necessarily from "Certified" Angus cattle (I would bet dollars to doughnuts it isn't).

[amyzan]

Okay, I'm not likely to actually try this burger, but I'm going to risk chiming in here. After reading about how McDonald's relies on artificial flavoring cocktails to make their products taste consistent across the continent (and globe for some products,) I am even less interested in their food when hungry and in a hurry. Any company who makes it their practice to flavor the hell out of everything rather than actually start with decent ingredients, bleh, that's the opposite of chow.

[rworange]

The one thing that is pure and pristine at McDonalds is the actual beef. They started with 100% beef and it remains so. Now the sauce, bun, etc ... that's something else.

[amyzan]

I'm sorry, I don't care if the artificial flavors only make up .01% of the weight, it's still artificially flavored.

[rworange]

No. Seriously. The patty itself is beef and only beef ... not even .01%. It may taste lousy and artificial to you, but is just beef.

[amyzan]

Wow, that's weird, I must be getting all that from the bun! That's the thing I dislike about McD's, you know? There are so many other places that make burgers without the weirdo flavoring agents. I loved McD's when I was a kid, but back then they were frying in lard. Who didn't love those fries?

[1gator]

1oo% beef means any part of the cow, that is between the snout, on back to the tail. 100% beef doesn't designate which cut or which quality of beef was used. Remember when Oscar Mayer and other brands of wieners or hotdogs used to claim 100% all meat? How vague can they get? McDonalds use 100% top quality top cut Angus Beef? GET REAL! These are the same people who once used Beef fat to flavor their french fires, rather than just use 100% pure potatoes and deep fry them in the healthiest oil. McDonalds thrives for QUANTITY NO QUALITY!

[rworange]

Um, beef fat is tastier than healthy oil. Fries in duck fat are also tastier.

Though I do agree that top cuts are probably unlikely. Still, you have to know where McDonald's came from. For all the nostalgia about 50's food and burgers, a lot of time those burgers were mystery meat, more likely to have pork or fillers in them When McDonalds came out with their guarantee of 100% beef that was a major quality leap.

And you do ... or many you don't ... have to give them props for keeping it all-beef ... however questionable the cut or cow might be. At least they haven't junked it up with a million chemicals like everthing else in the world

[tjr]

McDonald's products don't taste the same everywhere in the world.

[Fussy Foodie]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't angus beef simply defined as beef from a cow that is over 51% black? Making it a bit of a marketing gimmick by the beef industry?

[mojoeater]

Of course it's a gimmick. McD's isn;t going to invest in higher cost, quality ingredients. They're just gonna put a nice bow on it and charge more.

[ccbweb]

To be fair...McDonalds didn't invent this one. The "Angus" thing was fully in force before McDonalds started touting their "Angus" burger. People have been biting on this for a long long time.

[monkuboy]

Same as "Ranchers Reserve" beef from Pavilions/Von's and all those other phony fancy names these markets have for their normal beef. One market starts it and all the others jump on the bandwagon. Good thing we've got How's Markets in Southern California.. no silly names, just choice and prime-grade beef that is clearly labeled as such.

[Davwud]

Hurray!!!!

I've been saying Angus Beef is a suckers bet for a long time now. I can't believe how many people are getting sucked in by this crap. Not only is it not better beef, IMNSHO it's not as good as regular beef.

As I always say, "Somewhere PT Barnum is smiling"

DT

[Vikzen]

Sucked into this conversation because I too have been forced to eat at fast food chains when on the road and zero to only very dodgy other options. IMHO the Carl's Jr Six-Dollar-Burger is the best choice among CJr's, McD's and Jack in the Box. I tried the "Sirloin Burger" in the middle of nowhere - reluctantly - and I could only eat enough to quell my hunger pangs. It was so peppery! Blah! So $6 gets my vote for best junk food burger.

[ipsedixit]

Actually, now at Carl's you can two Six-Dollar Burgers for the price of $6.

Weird, I know. But then it's fast food ...

[malibumike]

I've only seen one Carl's that offers 2-6dollar burgers for six dollars, 2 dollars off the regular price and the two for one only with coupons which expire quickly if you can find them at all.

[joeboo]

angus isn't a type of meat; it's a type of cow. I find it fascinating, however, that instead of attacking this is in its ads, JAck in the box merely goes for the lowest common denominator: equating the word angus with anus. It probably figures its prime demographic wouldn't give an f about where a piece of meat comes from--ground beef from chopped-up Chilean boys or prize cattle--and just tries to make a point that while no one knows the word "angus" besides ACDC acolytes and fans of the australian band, eveyrone knows "sirloin" which, depending on the cut of meat, might be decent or might be just as generic as chopped beef.
long story short, to quite Zimmerman"
PROPOGANDA ALL IS PHONY!

[monkuboy]

That may be true, but people sure remember the JITB ads.. I doubt that had they been more educational that anyone would pay much attention to them. I think Ralph's ought to have a commercial in which people go nosing around inside of a cattleman's house looking for the "Rancher's Reserve."

[Toniharvenski]

I had a bacon cheese angus burger at Mc Donalds last week in Mojave, Ca. I hope they get them in Venice, Florida where I live. It was the best burger for the money I ever had. I went to Burger King for their Angus "steak burger" and it was not good. Great going McDonalds.

[merlinscat]

I live in SC and we will be getting McD's angus burger in August 09... finally. My biggest problem is that they are offering a maushroom burger (gross) WHY aren't they doing a spicy/peppercorn burger with pepperjack cheese?! Also, we have Carl Jr's here, but they call them Hardees. I really really wish we had an IN and Out Burger place here, I would love to try them, but we don't have one close at all. However, my favorite fast food burger is the Flamethrower from Dairy Queen!

[newkai]

In NYC we've had the Angus Burger for about two years now I believe. I agree the mushroom version is gross (I've tried it). I also wasn't too impressed with the Supreme version. I personally think the Burger King Angus Burger tastes much better.