Photo: Five GuysBacon Cheeseburger
The order that made Five Guys famous and the one most people regret halfway through, in a good way. Two well-done patties, cheese and bacon cooked in the restaurant rather than reheated, which is why it stays crisp under everything else. The trick is to go easy on wet toppings: “All the Way” plus tomato turns the bottom bun to mush before you reach it.
The story
Five Guys has no value menu, no combos and no discounting, and the compensations are deliberate. Every topping is free, fifteen of them, so a bacon cheeseburger can be built into something entirely different at no extra cost, and there are boxes of peanuts by the door to eat while the order is cooked from raw. It is the opposite of the industry’s usual arithmetic — a high price with nothing held back — and it worked well enough to take a five-shop Virginia business national.
What’s inside
- 2 beef patties
- American-style cheese
- Applewood-smoked bacon
- toasted sesame seed bun
- choice of free toppings
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Bacon Cheeseburger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, bacon, cheese and a double stack
Peter’s Triple Bacon Burger - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Cheeseburger Wellington - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Jelly Doughnut Burger - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Elvis Luther Burger
The Bacon Cheeseburger on YouTube
Everyone who has cooked, copied or taste-tested it on camera.
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Bacon Cheeseburger.- Good Times · beef, bacon, cheese and a double stack
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Bacon Double Cheeseburger - Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers · beef, bacon, cheese and a double stack
Bacon & Cheese Double Steakburger - Steak 'n Shake · beef, bacon, cheese and a double stack
Bacon ’n Cheese Double Steakburger
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About Five Guys
Five Guys started in 1986 in Arlington, Virginia, when Jerry Murrell and his sons opened a carry-out burger joint with a deliberately tiny menu. The idea never changed: beef that is never frozen, patties cooked well done on a flat grill, fries cut from whole potatoes, and a box of peanuts to eat while you wait.
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