The Angry Whopper. How angry is it really? Food critic Marc Perkel visits a Burger King to find out. I like a burger with a little bite so I thought anything called “Angry” had to have a little satisfaction in it.
Well I was disappointed. On a 1 to 10 scale this burger is barely a 1 when it comes to hot. If I were not told it was a “hot” burger I would not have known. So on the “angry burger” scale I rate it a Harry Reed.
When I was hoping for at least this:
I left angrier than the whopper.
What do you mean by angry, spicy or hot? Go to taco bell if you want hot and crappy food.
Too many places are putting excessive amounts of spices in their food to cover poor preparation or spoilage.
Hot spices where originally used to cover and slow down food spoilage. Some people thereby acquired a taste for spicy food.
Good food, like a good a stake doesn’t need anything. Less ingredients is actually more in many cases.
[A vampire would not like a good stake.(sic) – ed.]
what did u do to that burger did u have premature oops on it
OK, what is up with this? Delete friends for advertising? How does that work?
Let’s face it. When Burger King down-sized its marketing department. It fell victim to the olde “dumbass brother-in-law” syndrome. That’s where the only guys who got to keep their jobs were relatives of some higher executives. But… they weren’t particularly bright. And their idea for increasing sales has been things like this “Angry Burger” ad. As well as all those creepy “big-headed” Burger King man ads. Seeing that plastic King with the frozen grin, doesn’t make me want to go anywhere near their stores. Their “The King as a reverse thief” ad was pretty stupid. Like I say, I’ll bet somebody’s brother in law thought that up.
So what’s next for B.K.? A “Bolder Burger” ad? Maybe they’ll sneak a 1/4 teaspoon of steak sauce onto each beef sandwich. Barely enough to taste, but not enough to cost them a penny for it. But it would be “bolder”, no denying it. Whoopity freakin do.
So the “Angry Whopper” is actually a “Harry Reid Sour Puss” burger?
What did they do to it? Dip it in lemon juice?
Did they yell at it saying it had to seat the junior senator burger from Illinois?
I hope that wasn’t a picture of the one you got, it sure doesn’t look like the ad. It actually looks like someone sat on it for a few minutes to get the flavors to “meld”.
I may go try one on sunday and see if it is anywhere near the chili I made last weekend. Gotta love powdered chili and tobasco for that 20 second latent heat effect.
The gayest ad ever made?The guy who wakes up in bed with the King next to him.He has a bag of breakfast to serve the guy.I gotta quit drinking would be my reaction.
ewwww, people still EAT this crap, much less talk about it. Yuck.
With all the ‘good’ fast food places why would anyone want to eat at McD’s or B-King? The thing I miss the most about livin in America after the family are all those great places to eat. I could kill for a philly cheese steak with sauce and hot peppers right now! But a whopper!?!? Now that’s just dog food I don’t care what sauce you put on it to spice it up!
Im sorry,
I mix Thai Chili sauce and Jalapeno, to get abit of Spice..
I love that picture of the burger! What a mess!
It cracks me up that the pictures of the food are so dissimilar to the actual product.
I don’t know when it happened but I no longer care what fast food tastes like. I just eat it and move on.
“Available for a limited time only, the new Angry WHOPPER sandwich features a flame-broiled burger patty topped with sizzling Angry onions, jalapeños, pepper jack cheese, bacon, tomatoes, lettuce and mayonnaise topped with Angry sauce on a sesame seed bun. “
And yes, that’s the way BK burgers look like in my area too. BK has really gone down the tubes. Their adverts are just as bad as their food too.
I won’t eat there anymore, I rather go to Carl’s Jr. or In-and-out Burger…
I ate a Whopper several weeks ago and it was terrible. I usually eat my fast food at Jack in the Box and the Whopper was no comparison. No more Burger King for me!
Never was a fan of the Kings work.
That so-called angry whopper looks like someone has already eaten it once.
Still, I’d rather shove that down my neck hole than anything from McDonalds.
Dude would you please take your date to a nicer place?
The ladies don’t love the new creepy Burger King…how bout taking your lady friend to Del Taco, In n Out Burger or Popeye’s Fried Chicken?
After all, you’ve got to give to live…
I’m not sure.. Should I pay for the anurism and enjoy the stroke, or vica versa
Any “mainstream” spicy burger is going to be tame.
Nevertheless, I’ll probably sit down with the King and listen to his sexy talk and try one of these.
There is 1 quality (and several not quality) Burger Kings in my area and I try to send some of my cashola every now and then to help them weather the recession (depression?) we are in.
I think the problem with Burger King is that they didn’t age well. Many of the joints look like they did in the 70’s, and also like they haven’t been cleaned since the 70’s either.
I take the kids to BK maybe twice a year. We never go to McDonalds because nothing there is any good. When the kids want fast food, we go to Whataburger (Southern chain) because the places are clean and the menu is straightforward and not junked up with “angry” burgers and crap.
I wish we had In-and-Out down here, or Fatburger. Hell, I’d even go for a Jack-in-the-Box over a BK if they were here.
ECA said “I’m sorry, I mix Thai Chili sauce and Jalapeno, to get a bit of Spice..”
Do you keep your toilet paper in the freezer?
First of all, a burger with spicy stuff (like green chile or Sriracha hot sauce) can be wonderful. If you don’t like spicy stuff on your burger, then don’t order it. Find a place that makes burgers the way you want them. In New Mexico at least, there are lots of mom and pop restaurants and drive-ins that have great burgers. The Owl, Hurricane’s, Blake’s Lottaburger, Sadie’s, and Bobcat Bite come to mind…
On Burger King: some BKs always have great burgers, others don’t. It must have something to do with whether the management cares how a burger is done, and how well the staff have been trained.
#16: I agree that the creepy Burger King guy in commercials is not a good selling point.
The worst one is the ad with the minstrels singing (sarcastically?) while some 1970’s-looking guy gets thrown out of the house by his wife.
Tell me again. How is that supposed to sell food?
I’d rather go to McDonald’s than Burger King. At least McDonald’s has good coffee.
“There is 1 quality (and several not quality) Burger Kings in my area”
“On Burger King: some BKs always have great burgers, others don’t.”
Inconsistency has been one of the biggest problems with BK and others. This is a function of BK headquarters’ lack of management talent, from their beginnings.
If you aren’t sure of what you’ll get, you pass it up.
Whether you like the food or not, McD is the most consistent for quality, service and cleanliness.
I enjoy a whopper a couple times a month. I’ve never been served a burger that looked or tasted that bad. Food critics call themselves “foodies”
I call it the “mildly annoying” burger.
Malcolm, line the “The Amityville Annoyance”?
#9 palindrome
depending on where you are you might be able to find minute steaks, fry some onions, provolone, french bread, jar of banana peppers.. i know it’s not the same but it has stopped the jonesing for me here in honduras
“I hope that wasn’t a picture of the one you got, it sure doesn’t look like the ad.”
They never, EVER do (as was pointed out by the armed character in a funny scene from the film “Falling Down”). But, I have to admit, the reality is in this case RADICALLY different from the huge, stuffed burger in the ad.
And by rating it as a one, does that mean it’s barely hot at all or that you’re one of those people who could drink aqua regia and only rate it a 5 out of 10.
Hmmmm….. bad name. I can’t help but think that it will be angry on the way out too.
If you want truly inedible BK burgers, try the service plazas on the New Jersey turnpike with a BK, preferably during busy hours. They mass prepare the whoppers and place them under heat lamps and wait for the customer to pick the proper type (cheese/no cheese/dbl whp w cheese, etc). Not only will the customers pick up a burger from one bin and place back in the wrong bin, they will reach to the back to get the “freshest” burger, leaving the ones in front to dry out. I have even seen customers open the wrappers to check out the burger, then replace it under the lamps.
The Roy Rogers establishments are a little better since you put the condiments on yourself. The cold lettuce/tomato/pickles don’t wither under the heat lamp for 30-45 minutes like the BKs.
With all of that said, the worst burger I have ever had was at an In and Out Burger at I-15 and Foothill Blvd in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. I did not know you could make beef taste like cardboard until that purchase.
Some of the best burgers I have had was nearby at Farmer Boys Restaurant at Milliken Ave and I-10 in Ontario, CA.