New 1,080-Calorie Burger Comes Topped With Hot Dogs, Chips

[marmar]

Carl’s Jr. began selling a 1,080-calorie burger Wednesday that it hopes appeals to Americans’ patriotic spirit, along with their appetites.

The Most American Thickburger features a beef patty topped with hot dogs and a layer of potato chips, combining three Fourth of July barbecue staples in a creation aimed squarely at the fast-food chain’s core customers: “young, hungry guys.”

“People love these big, juicy, indulgent burgers,” said Andy Puzder, the chief executive officer of closely held CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Carl’s Jr. and its companion chain Hardee’s. “We know who we are and we know how to appeal to our customers.”

The idea for the burger has been percolating inside the Carpinteria, California-based company for almost five years, Puzder said. The chain toyed with including french fries on the burger, but found they wouldn’t hold up against the moisture inside the sandwich. They got too soggy. The same was true of regular potato chips, so Carl’s Jr. settled on kettle-cooked chips that are a bit hardier. .................(more)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-19/new-1-080-calorie-hamburger-comes-topped-with-hot-dogs-and-chips

[annabanana]

1. The PICTURE makes my stomach ache..

blech

[Buzz Clik]

2. Where's the chocolate sauce?

[Paladin]

3. That's just nasty. And not in a good way. (nt)

[dawg]

4. Needs chili.

[Initech]

5. I think I'll pass on this one.

[tularetom]

6. I wouldn't touch that thing with a 10 foot pole

Now, if they would put bacon on it…

[pinboy3niner]

7. "Don't bother me; I'm puking." nt

[Bosonic]

8. That looks foul

The gut-busting Carl's Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger ( Calories: 1520 ) actually looks more edible.

[Aerows]

13. THAT I would eat

That thing with hot dogs and potato chips, no.

[Warpy]

9. Sorry, fellas, but that looks and sounds absolutely foul

Now I can see being a glutton and having both a burger and a dog, but not on the same bun, that's just gross, the flavors don't go together.

Fast food joints have seemingly declared war on macho twits who want to cram as much animal fat and calorie count into a single sandwich.

They can keep 'em. My pipes are clean so far and I'd like to keep 'em that way.

[Cleita]

10. That's disgusting.

But then most of what C, Jr. serves up isn't very appetizing.

[zappaman]

11. America!

Fuck yeah!

[MineralMan]

12. Well, I won't be ordering that.

I'm sure some people will, though. My favorite burgers have a toasted bun (for durability), a hand-formed 1/3 pound burger, lettuce, sliced onion and tomato and one condiment from among mustard, ketchup, or mayo. I'll eat that one, thanks.

Pickle chips and maybe some decent cheddar cheese are OK with me, too.

I don't go to Carl's Jr., though. We don't have them in Minnesota. Hardee's is the brand from that group here, but I don't go there, either. For a easy-to-find fast food burger, I usually choose a Whopper from BK. But, we're finally getting an In-N-Out Burger store near here. That would be my first choice.

[struggle4progress]

14. "Dudes find this burger so irresistible that we have to calm them down

with ads featuring top models in hot tubs!"