SmokeShack
The regulars’ favourite, and for good reason. It takes the ShackBurger and adds smoky bacon and chopped cherry peppers, and those peppers are the clever bit: sweet, sharp and a little hot, they cut right through the bacon and cheese so the burger never feels heavy. If you only try one thing beyond the ShackBurger, make it this.
The story
Shake Shack came out of Danny Meyer’s restaurant group, and its sourcing rules were set before it had a single permanent address: whole-muscle Angus beef with no hormones or antibiotics, and bacon to match. The SmokeShack is where that shows most clearly. It is the ShackBurger with applewood-smoked bacon and chopped cherry peppers, a combination that leans on the quality of one ingredient rather than on a sauce, and it has been the regulars’ order almost as long as the menu has existed.
What’s inside
- smashed Angus beef patty
- American cheese
- applewood-smoked bacon
- chopped cherry peppers
- ShackSauce
- potato bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the SmokeShack yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Cheeseburger Wellington - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Jelly Doughnut Burger - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Elvis Luther Burger - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Easy Bacon, Onion, and Cheese-Stuffed Burgers
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the SmokeShack.- Eddie Rocket's · beef, bacon, a special sauce and cheese
Bacon Cheeeze - Farmer Boys · beef, bacon, a special sauce and cheese
Bacon Boy - Bareburger · beef, bacon, a special sauce and cheese
SignatureSupreme - Honest Burgers · beef, bacon, a special sauce and cheese
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About Shake Shack
Shake Shack began as a hot dog cart in New York’s Madison Square Park in 2001, run by restaurateur Danny Meyer to support an art project in the park. The lines got so long that a permanent kiosk opened there in 2004, and the ShackBurger it sold became one of the most imitated burgers in America.
Hundreds of Shacks across the US, plus locations in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
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