Burger King Loaded Steakhouse Burger
“Loaded with disappointment” should be the title of this review.
The folks at Burger King came up with the interesting and unusual idea of putting a baked-potato topping on their latest burger creation. What is a baked-potato topping? Tonight I found out, when I tried the new Loaded Steakhouse Burger with Angus Beef.
It turns out to be a thin paste of potatoes, with chives and bacon bits, spread over the top bun. It tasted like plain old mashed-potatoes to me. Anyway, mystery solved. That was boring, but it’s nothing compared to the overall disappointment I have with this product. At a price of nearly $5, I’m so unsatisfied — I want my money back.
After searching my soul all evening, I simply cannot find a more accurate description for my honest feelings and opinions about this burger. First of all, it’s ridiculous to call this burger “loaded”. There’s hardly anything on it. From the onions and bacon, to the A1 Thick and Hearty Sauce, and even the new potato topping — the portions were like something from a kid’s burger. The following exchange took place between myself and a good friend who was trying the new item with me today. This says it all.
My Friend: When you placed the order did they say anything about running low on toppings or ingredients?
Me: No. Nothing.
My Friend: Is yours like mine?
Me: Hell yeah, where’s all the stuff?
The “crispy onions” were almost non-existent, and what few I got were anything but crispy. They tasted good though, and very similar to the french fried onions served on green bean casseroles. The bacon is supposed to be thin and crisp. It’s thin alright, and I doubt it’s possible for them to give us any less. There was very little flavor from the bacon, and like the onions, it failed to meet the “crispy” claims. Both of these ingredients should have played important roles, but they were limp and soggy.
The baked-potato topping that’s created the buzz around this burger is nothing but a couple teaspoons of mashed potatoes with a few little green and brown flakes that represent chives and bacon. It’s got a pleasant enough ‘potato’ taste, but it’s dull, bland and I swear it’s stealing flavor from the beef, making the whole burger suffer. There was so little A1 sauce, it was barely detectable. “Thick and Hearty” my foot.
The only things of any decent proportion are the meat, cheese and bread. The meat is the only part of this burger that satisfied me. It’s not very thick but it’s large in mass, and it’s square instead of round. The 100% Angus beef patty has a good smokey flame-broiled flavor, and the texture and consistency felt like I was eating quality beef. It’s a shame the surrounding cast is so inferior in either quality or quantity.
The American cheese was average for fast food burgers, no better or worse than most. Basically that means it wouldn’t be a very satisfying cheese on it’s own, but has enough flavor and real-cheese content to make an acceptable topping. The bun was good, with a thin crunchy shell, soft center and dusted with ground corn. Take this beef patty and bun, start over with the other ingredients and you might have a good burger. As it stands now, I would never consider paying $5 to eat this again.
The Loaded Steakhouse Burger from Burger King gets credit for trying something different, but penalized for failing at it. The main things this experience gave me are the sad feeling of paying too much, and the heartburn that started 2 hours after eating it. Who would have thought a burger with such a variety of promising ingredients, and a large dose of fat and calories would provide such a lackluster and boring final result. With a price of almost $5 this is one of the worst values I’ve seen. This burger is not a jewel in the King’s crown, it’s more like a blemish or patch of rust in the shiny metal.
Fast Food Critic Score:
2.5 out of 5 stars.
Editor’s Update: I have tried this burger multiple times at multiple BK locations, and the situation was no different. They need to increase the toppings or cut the price.
Nutrition Facts - Burger King, Loaded Steakhouse Burger.
Calories - 970
Calories from Fat - Company has not published this info.
Total Fat - 55 grams
Carbs - 63 grams
Saturated Fat - 22 grams
Trans Fat - 2 grams
Cholesterol - 155 milligrams
Sodium - 2190 milligrams
not worth wasting 970 calories on
You can multiply 55 x 9 to get the fat calories, 495 fat calories.
I think potatoes on a burger sounds interesting. Maybe they’ll try it on a different burger.
At 110% daily saturated fat, I could probably eat two bites at the most!
The burger looks gross to me. The potato stuff coming out from under the bun looks like applesauce, LOL, but sounds like it’s good… just weird, and you don’t get much of it.
What is sad, is that you could probably go to a different burger king, and get the same burger WITHOUT the soggy toppings.
Not sure how you can review a burger based on how it was made in one location. You are essentially reviewing one specific burger king location.
The burger I got at my burger king was nothing like your review!
I’m sorry, but this has nothing to do with a “steakhouse.” When was the last time you went to a steakhouse and smashed your baked potato down onto the steak (and then mashed your bread down into it for good measure)? Maybe if they put onions and hashbrowns on it they could call it a Hashhouse Burger.
What’s next? The creamed corn burger?
I got one and it looked nothing like the gross picture above, and mine had a ton of the onion bits on it. Maybe your Burger King just sucks.
Hello Rob, Jason (#1), Jeff, and Kathy.
Geezer, that’s funny, and I agree with you.
Scott, thanks for your feedback. You bring up a good point. I want to address it.
First of all, I make great effort to write my reviews honestly and fairly. Most of the products I have eaten multiple times before writing a review for them. That may not always be obvious, because I don’t document every single time I eat, or every single item.
And (this is important) if nothing changes between items — there is nothing for me to update. I see no point in telling you that a product I ate today is the same as the one I ate yesterday.
On the other hand, I am completely willing to go back and re-visit an item at a later date to see if things have improved, and report if they have.
In this specific case - before publishing my review today I went to a different Burger King and got the same results. I also ordered 2 burgers again just to make sure that one wasn’t bigger-better than the other.
In addition, last night I was messaging a friend live on his iPhone as he was eating the same item at a Burger King in a different state (California). I told him I was getting ready to review it, so he went to check it out. One of his first reactions was the lack of onions and potato toppings, and this is 2000 miles away from me. And for even more potato-burger fun, my brother had it for lunch today, in a different city, and his experience was the same.
Furthermore, out of interest since you posted, I just did a brief Google search to find other reviews of this product, and most say basically the same thing. In fact, my review is mild compared to some things people said about this burger.
So in closing, I totally respect your right to disagree with me, and I understand that each restaurant and each employee is different, but I make no apologies for my review or opinion. I don’t claim to speak for everyone, and I cannot possibly visit every location. But I gave this product a fair chance, including getting a second and third opinion. I have nothing against Burger King, and I will happily go back and try this item again later down the road, to see if things are different. And I will absolutely update my review if necessary.
Hello Jason (#2).
Or maybe your Burger King just rocks.
Had this for dinner yesterday. 3 stars seems generous. Mine looked about like you see in the picture.
I did enjoy the burger, simply because it was a new taste that wasn’t BBQ, but was also disappointed at the lack of toppings. The onion strings were few and far between, and had no trace of crunch to them.
The concept behind the burger seems great. I hope Burger King sees your review and makes an effort towards improving quality control at the franchise level.
Don’t worry Mister FFC, after reading the following reviews I think your 3 stars was being KIND to this burger. Atleast you gave the meat and bun credit. Some of these people were much less polite about it.
Quote: “Do not, and I repeat do not, under any circumstances purchase a Loaded Steakhouse Burger from Burger King.”
Source: http://chadwright.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/the-burger-king-loaded-steakhouse-burger-review/
Quote: 1 star rating out of 5. “a total miss” “expensive and not worth the paper they are wrapped in.”
Source: http://www.epinions.com/content_427080781444?linkin_id=8003929
Quote: “the type of burger that you should be absolutely embarrassed to order.”
Source: http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/wordpress/2008/04/01/burger-king-loaded-steakhouse-burger/
Quote: Grade: 2.5 (out of 5)
Source: http://thatbootlegguy.blogspot.com/2008/04/tbg-reviews-burger-kings-loaded.html
Quote: “3 out of 5″ “barely manages a positive rating due to coupon-induced value” (he only paid half price)
Source: http://fastfoodsnob.com/2008/04/24/review-burger-king-loaded-steakhouse-burger/
I had a buy one get one free coupon for this sandwich, so I tried it out. I had seen several bad reviews on it, so I wasn’t expecting it to be any good. To my surprise, It actually was pretty good. I’d give it a 4/5. It might be just my BK, but after I ordered it they made me pull my car up(good sign you are getting fresh food). I got home and unwrapped them and they were well put together and not sloppy/skimpy at all. It tasted pretty good to me, especially since I’m not big on the idea of bbq burgers. Also, I must say the buger patty was the biggest I have ever seen out of any fast food burger.