Original King Steer
The burger Steers is built on. Two flame-grilled 100g beef patties with two slices of cheese, tomato, lettuce, onion, dill pickles, mayo, mustard and the chain’s BBQ sauce. The flame-grilling gives it a smokier edge than a griddled double cheeseburger, and the BBQ sauce is the flavour South Africans recognise. The one to order first.
The story
Steers built its reputation on the King Steer, a double cheeseburger that readers of the South African magazine Leisure Options voted best burger for well over a decade in a row, and which the chain still sells as “the original king of South African burgers”. It came out of Johannesburg steakhouses in the 1960s and was flame-grilled from the start, which is still the one thing the brand promises on every burger.
What’s inside
- 2 × 100g flame-grilled beef patties
- 2 slices cheese
- tomato
- lettuce
- onion
- dill pickles
- mayo
- mustard
- Steers BBQ sauce
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Original King Steer yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, cheese and a double stack
Whopper (Copycat) - Shares beef, cheese and a double stackBig Beef Blopper
- Shares beef and cheese
McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat) - Shares beef, cheese and a double stackThe Mr. Smiley Burger
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Original King Steer.- El Corral · beef, barbecue sauce, cheese and a double stack
SignatureTodoterreno Tocino - Sonic Drive-In · beef, cheese and a double stack
SignatureSuperSONIC Double Cheeseburger - Jack's · beef, cheese and a double stack
SignatureBig Jack - Good Times · beef, cheese and a double stack
Double Cheeseburger
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About Steers
Steers grew out of the Johannesburg restaurants of George Halamandres in the 1960s, a group that included the Golden Spur steakhouse in Rosebank, Seven Steers in Highlands North and Black Steer in Yeoville. It began franchising in 1983, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1994, and its holding company renamed itself Famous Brands in 2001, which today also owns brands such as Wimpy in South Africa and, for a time, Gourmet Burger Kitchen in Britain.
More than 700 outlets, most of them in South Africa, with franchises across Africa and a few in the Middle East and Asia.
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