HJ's 8XL burger.

[griffin]

Once again the topic of creative burgers was raised among the people I sit with at lunch (at work), thanks to the release of the XL Burgers at Hungry Jacks (beef, cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce on a bun).

Since the XL Burgers are Whopper sized, instead of Cheeseburger sized like the Stackers Burgers.

The XL Burger on the HJ website (http://www.hungryjacks.com.au/menu_xxxl%20burger).

So the challange was to do a giant XL burger, and I said, ok, how about 8 layers...

They asked, why 8? And I said, it would be like the double-pounder, or Octo-stacker, which are 'popular' amongst gorgers like myself...

The great thing about HJs (called Burger King everywhere else in the world), is the ability to custom make any burger that they have ingredients for. So I asked them for an XL Burger with an extra 7 layers of meat and extra 7 layers of Cheese. The total cost ended up being AU$18.20.

The others at work thought I would just get the burger one day and show them photos.
Instead, I got the burger on the way to work, and had it for lunch (only took about 20 minutes).

http://www.otca.com.au/bb01.jpg

Had to cut it up into 'cake' slices to eat it though...
http://www.otca.com.au/bb02.jpg

My estimation, from the HJ website - the 8XL Burger has about 13,300 KJ (about 3,200Cal) and 230gm fat. To put that in perspective, the average recommended daily intake is about 2000-2500Cal, and 60-90gm fat. That one burger has well over the entire day's calories for an adult, and over twice the fat.

As a disclaimer - as impressively disgusting as it may be, this sort of thing isn't something I do often. I only try these sorts of things once. I wouldn't do, or advocate, a diet of over-sized burgers. You just have to look at those Fat and Calorie figures above, and see that there is no real nutritional benefit within the burger, to know that this should never be part of any acceptable diet.

[Fungal Infection]

Christ, I love a fat burger myself but thats insane!! The amount of red meat and cheese..... !!! The guys in the office were just horrified to see that!

[Gutsman Heavy]

enjoy the heart attack, twas nice knowing ya :D

man I'd love to try one, but sadly doubt I'd live through the experience.

[dirge]

My arteries hurt just looking at that!

[1orion2many]

:eek:I couldn't afford the extra hours at the gym:p:D

[sifun]

i need to bulk up

[valkyrie_76]

Geez imagining that burger going out the other end :eek:

[liegeprime]

erm so its all beef and cheese, no other stuff like oh I dunno pickles, onion rings, lettuce, tomatoes? I wont be able to make a bite with that high a stack:D.....insured?

[Starscream212]

WOW! thats huge the best ive done is a Large pounder meal at Mcdonals!

[Wheel-J]

I just had dinner but that burger still makes my mouth water. I loooove cheese! <drooool>

Just a Friendly Reminder to All our Young Viewers: Kids, don't attempt this at home (or in this case, at your local school cafeteria or fast food store). Leave it to the experts. They are highly trained professionals with a fortune invested in private health and life insurance. :D

[bruticus]

blahahahaha.....
i'm surprised you didnt accidentally dislocate your jaw when you tried to bite it.

i see this sort of stuff in email forwards all the time from US and europe but i never thought that i would see it happen in australia....
good work mate.

[MV75]

Griffin does it regularly. :D

http://www.otca.com.au/burger.html

[bruticus]

Griffin does it regularly. :D

http://www.otca.com.au/burger.html

WTF? :eek: and i thought i was a pig for polishing off a 1kg steak and sides just to have my picture up the hall of fame at hippo creek...

but an 11kg super quad stacker deluxe burger??

thats just insane man!!!! hahahaha... would have loved to have been there to see it in person...

[Vector Sigma 13]

Bet it tasted nice though!

[Sleeve]

That.....cheese.......eeeeeew.

Sweet baby Satan, grif! Even I wouldn't eat that, and you know I eat enough for seven people. Even if I wasn't lactose intolerant I still wouldn't touch that.

[Golden Phoenix]

Oh god. That looks so bad
And I thought the XXL was bad enough

[Vector Prime]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: (one for each layer!)

[mightyant]

hahahaha when i was running Maccas I saw this stuff aaaaaaall the time! The weirdest one was a cheeseburger with 64 slices of cheese. Hell we didn't have anything to put it in, and the dude didn't even eat it.

[MV75]

Oh god. That looks so bad
And I thought the XXL was bad enough


Agreed. Even the "regular" advertisements for it make me sick. Nothing but grease.

[Kyle]

http://www.otca.com.au/bb02.jpg

Can you ask them to put in extra bread layers in-between the meat layers?

[MV75]

Homer, don't fill up on bread.

[Saintly]

hats off to you Griff...

I had the 3XL last weekend and thought my heart would stop!

[Saintly]

apologies to griff for thread-jacking....

strangely enough over the weekend I felt the urge abuse my body, so I putting up the ante :D

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6241/05102009008a.jpg

10XL (the CSA thought I wanted TEN XL burgers), ended up costing $22.30. They had to staple four wrappers together and put it in the takeaway bag sideways.

I took it out carefully and took a pic before it all fell over and was careful that I didn't eat the 4 staples as well.

I separated to 3 portions (didn't have a knife to cut) and gobbled it down. Didn't time it but I think it took 25minutes as I spend another 5minutes in the washroom washing the grease off my hands!

I certainly didn't felt like dinner afterwards and washed it down with a can of creaming soda. However I did regain my appetite for supper :D

[griffin]

Throwing down the gauntlet, ay? :p

[mightyant]

Throwing down the gauntlet, ay? :p
It probably wouldn't fit after eating that anyway

[Golden Phoenix]

Throwing down the gauntlet, ay? :p

Fight! Fight! Fight!

[Saintly]

I don't know about that :)

but the ball is in griffin's court :P

surely we can't die by the XL grease?!?! :D

EDIT: perhaps end up in supersize me 2. ROFL!

[i_amtrunks]

I dont know whether to applaud or refer you to a doctor... :p

[Towers_Spy]

Fark... that both amazes and disgusts me... and maybe makes me a little jealous :D
i love a good massive stack, but looking at those 5-10 kg burgers makes my gut hurt! its like, 1/5 of my bodyweight!

Good job though :) quite an achivement! Might want to start thinking about health insurance tho...

[Tabias Prime]

:D:D BARF :D:D:D

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Finally I find something more heart-stoppingly bad than a stuffed-crust cheese pizza with extra cheese on a triple-cheese base.

[Rampage]

Needs more bacon i think:rolleyes:

[SOUNDBLASTER]

This thread is awesome :) :D

[d*r*j*]

When I was a bouncer in South Yarra, a group of 18-19 year old kids used to do this kind of stuff all the time. Back then it was just 6x quarter pounder and cheese kinda stuff. Have eaten many of these things in an entrance to a pub dressed in a suit, all while checking peoples id with my greasy hands. Also had some scary burgers from bbnt's... Used to drive to work eating a hamburger w/ the lot double meat, double cheese, double bacon.
You only die once.