Mötley Qüe
The barbecue burger, named in heavy-metal style. Bacon, crispy onions, tangy barbecue sauce, Monterey Jack, grilled onions and house sauce. Two kinds of onion give it both sweetness and crunch. Sticky and very good.
The story
The umlauts are a joke with a history. Heavy metal started scattering them over band names in the 1970s, Blue Öyster Cult first, and Mötley Crüe added theirs in 1981 after looking at a bottle of German beer; none of them change how anything is pronounced, which is exactly the point. A Portland burger shop spelling its barbecue burger Mötley Qüe is borrowing that whole tradition of decoration for its own sake, and doing it on a menu where nearly every burger already comes with bacon.
What’s inside
- beef patty
- bacon
- crispy onions
- tangy BBQ sauce
- Monterey Jack
- grilled onion
- house sauce
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Mötley Qüe yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, bacon, barbecue sauce and crispy onions
Onion Bomb Burger - Shares beef, bacon, crispy onions and cooked onions
Viral Bacon Spiral Burger - Shares beef, bacon, crispy onions and cooked onions
Fat Mimolette Bacon & Fried Onion Burger - Shares beef, barbecue sauce, crispy onions and cheese
Copycat Red Robin Whiskey River BBQ Burger with Onion Straws
Similar burgers at other chains
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X Urban - Burgerizzr · beef, bacon, barbecue sauce and crispy onions
Bacon DBL DBL - Pickl · beef, bacon, barbecue sauce and crispy onions
The BBQ Burger - Carl's Jr. · beef, bacon, barbecue sauce and crispy onions
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About Killer Burger
Thomas “TJ” Southard started Killer Burger in Portland, Oregon, and it became one of the city’s favourite burger spots, winning Willamette Week’s Best Burger readers’ poll in 2022. It spread through Oregon, Washington and Idaho, into the arenas where the Trail Blazers and Timbers play, and in 2024 to Texas.
Around twenty restaurants in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, including the Moda Center and Providence Park, plus a few in Texas.
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