Picanha Burger
A burger made with picanha, the prized cut that sits at the heart of every Brazilian barbecue. Using it in a fast-food burger is Bob’s way of making the menu unmistakably local, and the beefy, slightly fatty richness of the cut comes through clearly. The order that shows how Brazilian the chain really is.
The story
Picanha is the cut Brazil argues about least. It is the cap of the rump, sold with its fat layer intact, skewered in a horseshoe and turned over coals at every churrascaria in the country, and it is prized precisely for the fat that bastes it as it cooks. Grinding it into a patty is a modern idea and a slightly provocative one, but it follows the same logic: the fat is what people are paying for. A burger chain founded in Rio in 1952 could hardly sell any other beef as a treat.
What’s inside
- picanha beef patty
- cheese
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Picanha Burger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef and cheese
Smash Burgers - Shares beef and cheese
Arby’s Roast Beef - Shares beef and cheese
Sloppy Joe Smash Burgers - Shares beef and cheese
Best Hamburger Ever
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Picanha Burger.- Culver's · beef and cheese
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SignatureClassic Cheese Burger - Bobby's Burgers · beef and cheese
SignatureCrunchburger - Q Burger · beef and cheese
SignatureClassic Beef & Cheese Burger (經典牛肉起士堡)
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About Bob's
Bob’s is the only burger chain on this site founded by a Wimbledon champion. Bob Falkenburg, an American tennis player who won Wimbledon in 1948, moved to Brazil and opened a small snack bar in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, in 1952, bringing American-style burgers and milkshakes to a country that had never seen fast food. It was Brazil’s first fast-food chain.
Around 800 restaurants across Brazil.
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