BK's Burger Buddi...errr...Burger Shots!

Are in one of the test markets that have reintroduced BK's take on the Slyder?  Any takers?

I had a go with a pair (they come in sets of two).  With the wrapping, they look like a chicken sandwich.  I think the cashier thought I was being snide when I asked for one with cheese and one without (to which I retracted and said I just wanted them plain), as to see what they would taste like.

Now, I like the taste of a well-prepared ("fresh") BK burger.  Getting one that hasn't been nuked is the problem, and in this instance, I think my Burger Shots were aided with the help of that blasted heat ray, or BK just couldn't get the prep kinks down.  Quasi-dry around the edges...which isn't all that out of the ordinary at your local patio party, but for a miniature patty...?  It was definitely thicker than anything found at White Castle, but smaller than Chili's and Ruby Tuesday.  Tasted like a BK burger...nothing unique, only smaller.  One bite and a nibble later, I made the thing disappear.

NYC burger joints have a tendency to pass on mustard in your standard house condiment dressings, so I haven't the foggiest whether other places offering the burgers add it or not by their standards.  I think the price will and should kill this thing off.  Even with two of them, you get more sustenance from a single standard burger than the two Shots/Buddies, yet you pay at least .50 more for this set.

I wonder when McDonald's and/or Wendy's try to take a stab at them.  I think McDonald's may be in a decent position, with the meagerness of their patties and sogginess of their burgers to actually nail the concept.

I tried to get a fresh cooked burger there.  The manager told me they dont do it like that anymore.  All the burgers are nuked before they go out to heat them up.  Its such a shame.  I remember how great I thought they were years ago.

One would think that the chain grill would cook the burger thoroughly.  It used to...  Now the grills are set only to partially cook; with the nuking is used to finish the process.  While a medium cooked burger is perfect under the right circumstances; at BK it is a horrid experience; the meat is as tough as nails.

Come to think of it when was the last time you saw Hot grill full of steaming Burgers in a BK?

This, my friends, is the kind of nonsense that led to my writing off Burger King completely. In the words of the immortal Popeye, " 'At's all I can stands, I can't stands no more! "