Hamburger
The least ordered burger on the board and the most revealing. With no cheese there is nowhere for anything to hide, so you taste exactly what In-N-Out is about: beef that has never been frozen, hand-leafed lettuce, a tomato that tastes of tomato, and a bun toasted on the grill. If you ever doubt the hype, start here.
The story
Harry and Esther Snyder opened In-N-Out in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948, the same year the McDonald brothers rebuilt their kitchen a few miles away. The idea was a drive-thru with a two-way speaker box, so nobody had to leave the car or wait for a carhop. What makes the plain hamburger worth ordering is what the company has not done since: no freezers, no heat lamps and no microwaves in any restaurant, and no new burger added to the menu in more than seventy years.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Hamburger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef
McDonald's Bulgogi Burger (Copycat) - Shares beef
McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat) - Shares beef
Skip Marooch's Chutney Burger - Shares beef
Whopper (Copycat)
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About In-N-Out Burger
In-N-Out has ignored almost every rule of fast food for more than seventy years. Harry and Esther Snyder opened a tiny drive-thru stand in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948, and the family still owns every location. No franchising, no freezers, no microwaves, and a menu that has barely grown: three burgers, fries, shakes and drinks.
Family-owned and never franchised. Spread across the western and southwestern US, slowly moving east.
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