Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger
The cult favourite of the value menu. A small patty with bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo, which makes it taste like a miniature BLT cheeseburger. It is cheap, fresh-tasting and oddly well balanced, and there are people who order two of these instead of any of the bigger burgers.
The story
Wendy’s invented the modern value menu. In 1989 it put a group of items on the board at 99 cents and called it the Super Value Menu, at a time when rivals discounted with coupons and short promotions rather than a permanent cheap list. Everyone copied it, and the Dollar Menu wars of the following two decades followed from it. The Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger is the burger that survived every version of that menu: a small patty with bacon, priced to be ordered without thinking.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Jr. 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 and cheese
TOP 3McDonald's Big Tasty (Copycat) - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Peter’s Triple Bacon Burger - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Cheeseburger Wellington - Shares beef, bacon and cheese
Jelly Doughnut Burger
The Jr. 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 Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger.- Goody’s Burger House · beef, bacon and cheese
SignatureGolden - Hungry Jack's · beef, bacon and cheese
Bacon Deluxe - Madero · beef, bacon and cheese
Bacon Madero - Halo Burger · beef, bacon and cheese
BLT Cheddar
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About Wendy's
Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy’s in Columbus, Ohio, in November 1969 and named it after his daughter Melinda, whose childhood nickname was Wendy. His big idea was that fast food did not have to mean frozen and flavourless, and his most visible idea was the square patty: the corners stick out past the round bun so you can see the beef, and the company still repeats his line that Wendy’s does not cut corners.
Around 7,000 restaurants, most of them in the United States, and a growing presence in the UK.
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