Too many things in it.
Good burgers are simple. Bun, patty, maybe cheese, maybe onion, a little salad perhaps. And that's it.
Simple burgers really let the quality of the meat, the cooking, and the seasoning shine through. When that's good, you really don't need anything else.
When a burger is piled to the moon with bacon and guac and relish and six other toppings, you might as well have used the cheapest patty available because you can hardly taste it under all that.
When the bun disintegrates. Usually, it's the too thin bottom half when way too much moisture is placed on it. You're left holding a mess in your hands. This is a failed combination. Don't use the cheapest buns and don't add a ton of watery crap.
At sit-down, non-fast food joints, the trend for over four decades now has been to overdo it with combinations that are more upscale. The ingredients are mostly fine, except for they stack all that shit too high. It's one more way the thing just immediately fails.
Somewhat controversially, an egg.
Like, a good, over medium egg? Okay I can do that. I hate a super runny, the yolk blasts you in the face like an unapologetic lover and leaves you to clean yourself up, egg in my burger.
In fact, anything that's made with your Instagram reel in mind. I don't want greasy buns, dripping yolks, and sauces pouring out. If you made a good, juicy burger you wouldn't need all that.
broken glass, you rarely find it in burgers but it does ruin them?
I recall vividly the burger place that came highly recommended by my sister and her then fiancée. They had eaten there on two previous occasions and they were particularly impressed by the quality of the buns that the burger place used. Sis and her SO are very aware of my appreciation for, as well of my critical attitude towards burgers. Suffice it to say, I was looking forward to trying a burger at this highly acclaimed joint.
So I reserved a table for one. I figured I should reduce distractions and go eat alone. I had to wait a couple of days, since the place was fully booked until Friday. When Friday evening came around, I was ready: I had made sure to eat only a light lunch and I had checked the menu beforehand so I knew exactly which burger I wanted (it was called the wrestler).
Service was great and the place had an atmosphere about it that fit wit a burger joint that takes its food seriously. Unfortunately, a guy at the table next to mine was being very loud which annoyed me. So I approached the waiter about this and he said not to let this man distract me from the fact that in 1998, the undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.Patties that are tall instead of wide
Soggy bun.
Oversized ciabatta buns
Cruelty, violence, atrocity, etc.
American cheese
Arsenic
Being so large you can't bite into it. Over cooked burger meat. Raw onions. Price.
I’ll pretty tolerant and will eat anything, but the easiest way to ruin a good burger is a soggy bun!
Soggy buns due to either failed to toast the inner side or having it sitting on the pass/heater for too long. Same applies to the meat side and the salad side achieving temperature equilibrium.
Too much height. If I have to disassemble the burger to put it in my mouth, it is not a burger anymore. It is just a mess then. Instead of two or three (or more!) patties stacked, try a bigger bun and an equally bigger patty. Or even a thinner bun to get the patty to bun ratio to what a triple patty burger would offer.
Too many toppings max should be 4 including lettuce and tomato
Tomatoes.
- Pickles . They ruin EVERYTHING ‼‼‼‼‼‼‼
- Soggy buns
Sliced tomatoes. One bite and that darn slice launches into orbit. (Or my lap)
Too tall, my mouth can only open so wide and a burger I must struggle to consume is worse than a easier, albeit shittier burger.
The wrong kind of bread.
Ketchup! I haven’t put ketchup on a burger for a while and it’s a life decision I’ll never go back on
Ridiculous bread. Just put it on a straight forward bun,not a fucking brioche
jack daniels based souce
Mayonnaise
Capitalism.
ketchup
Ketchup
Being made in Europe pretty much destroyed the one I tried there
Breaded, deep fried cheese. It's just fat on fat on fat, and for some reason it's spammed in every burger where I live
Killing a cow?
Nah we fixed that
Now it's mayo or those little tiny chopped onions
