BBQ Bacon
The Western-style burger: Angus beef with bacon, onion strings, hickory barbecue sauce and cheddar, plus lettuce and tomato. Sweet, smoky and crunchy, a familiar combination done straight. If you like it, try the onion strings as a side too. If you want it hotter, the Tex-Mex Haystack has a similar build with more heat.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the BBQ Bacon yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, bacon and barbecue sauce
Duff Beer Sloppy Dog - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
TOP 3McDonald's Big Tasty (Copycat) - Shares beef, bacon, barbecue sauce and cheese
Onion Bomb Burger - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Easy Bacon, Onion, and Cheese-Stuffed Burgers
Variations
The BBQ Bacon, taken somewhere it was never meant to go.Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the BBQ Bacon.- Goody’s Burger House · beef, bacon, barbecue sauce and cheeseTexas BBQ
- El Corral · beef, bacon, barbecue sauce and cheese
SignatureTodoterreno Tocino - Smashburger · beef, bacon, barbecue sauce and cheese
BBQ Bacon Smash - Steers · beef, bacon, barbecue sauce and cheese
Big Bacon King Steer
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About Burger 21
Burger 21 comes from Tampa and from a family that already knew how to franchise a restaurant. Mark and Arlene Johnston were behind The Melting Pot, the fondue chain Mark and his brother Mike had grown from a single franchise in Tallahassee into a national brand, and in November 2009 they started a burger concept under the same management company, Front Burner Brands. The first restaurant opened in Tampa in 2010 and the first franchise deals, for Orlando, followed in 2012.
A small chain: restaurants around Tampa, in northern Virginia, Georgia, Charlotte and Albuquerque, plus airport branches and a food truck.
Not affiliated with Burger 21. Trademarks belong to their owners. The photo shows my home version, not the restaurant’s product.