Burgers starting with D

The burger a lot of Americans have never heard of, because it only lives on some local menus.

The Single with a second patty and a second slice of cheese, and the version most regular Wendy’s eaters settle on.

Dave Thomas opened Wendy’s in Columbus in 1969 selling a burger he called the Old Fashioned Hamburger: a square patty of fresh, never-frozen beef, big enough that the corners stuck out past the round…

Wendy’s opened in 1969 offering the same burger in one, two and three patties, which was unusual at a time when rivals sold one size and gave anything bigger a different name.

This burger came off a van.

This is Dean Winchester’s ultimate breakfast burger from Supernatural.

This is a grill burger for anyone who wants a smoky taste without fussing over charcoal.

Braum’s will not open a restaurant more than about 330 miles from its farm in Tuttle, Oklahoma, and the whole company is built to make that limit make sense.

The everyday order.

The original sandwich dressed up with lettuce, tomato and a slice of cheese alongside the pickles.

The deluxe suffix is an old McDonald’s habit: take an existing sandwich, add lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise, and charge more for it.

Heat has been measured since 1912, when the pharmacist Wilbur Scoville worked out a test for it: dilute a chilli extract in sugar water until a panel of tasters can no longer detect the burn, and the…

The hottest thing on the menu, with heat in layers.

The burger Seattle means when it says “Dick’s”.

A single patty with lettuce, mayo and chopped pickles, the Deluxe without the second patty and the cheese.

A fried chicken breast with American cheese, mayo, lettuce and diced onion.

A limited British burger that leans all the way into Southern excess.

The Texas take on a patty melt.

The heavyweight: two beef patties with crispy pancetta, beef butter, American cheese, onions and mayo.

The Classic with four strips of bacon added.

The Big Cheese with a second quarter-pound patty.

In January 2025 Yahoo Life ranked Hesburger’s Double Burger 18th in its list of the 41 greatest fast-food burgers of all time, the rare Nordic entry among American classics.

Two chargrilled patties under the same toppings.

Two square patties and two slices of cheese in one steamed bun.

Two steamed patties and two slices of cheese in one little bun, for people who find ordering eight singles a bit much.

The Original Cheeseburger with the meat doubled to a quarter pound.

The Deluxe with twice the beef and four slices of cheese.

A different style from the Big Jack: two patties with American cheese, onions, pickles and Jack’s secret sauce, without lettuce or tomato.

This was the Dollar Menu’s headline act until the arithmetic stopped working.

The fullest burger on a short menu.

The same chili-soaked build with a second patty.

The Double-Double joined the menu in 1963 and has stayed almost exactly the same since, which is itself the story.

KFC launched the Double Down across the United States in April 2010, and it instantly became a talk-show punchline and a viral sensation.

The Frisco is served on its own toasted Frisco bread rather than a round bun, and this double version stacks two patties with cheddar and bacon.

The Grand with a second thick patty, the equivalent of the Double Quarter Pounder.

The Whataburger with a second patty, which fixes its only real weakness: on that big bun, one patty can get lost among the vegetables.

A two-in-one burger introduced in 2011, available with beef or chicken.

For most of its life the Quarter Pounder was a frozen patty, like everything else on the board.

The name is borrowed from a real place.

Big Smoke’s double, built like a fast-food classic but with smoked cheddar: two patties, lettuce, pickle, onion and the house BIG sauce.

Two junior patties with cheese, pickles, onions, ketchup and mustard, Wendy’s answer to the McDouble.

Burger King spent 1982 attacking its rivals by name.

This ridiculous hot dog appears in The Simpsons style cooking.