Welcome to episode four of Eat This Not That, the podcast that helps you make the best food choice

every time. I'm John Hammond, and this is Dave Zinzenko, creator and author of Eat This,

Not That. Hello. Dave, today we're going big. I mean, a couple pounds of ground, beef, big.

We're talking burgers. I love burgers. Of course you do.

Who doesn't love burgers?

Recently, there's been a bit of burger news that's, let's call it a burger

kerfuffle, if you will, brewing amongst some of the biggies between McDonald's and Burger

King.

Just when you thought McDonald's cheesy double quarter pounder was the worst fast food

burger to grace the drive-through menus,

Burger King released its brand new monstrosity that rivals Mickey D's.

Lo and behold, the double quarter pound king.

Now, this is a monster sandwich stacked with a hefty half pound of beef, American cheese,

sliced onions, pickles, ketchup, mustard, on a sesame seed bun, of course.

And in an effort to outdo Ronald McDonald himself, the home of the whopper announced in a press

release, quote, we'd like to offer our deepest condolences to all the flat top fried

double quarter pound burgers out there were flame grilling the competition

end quote i mean where's the beef those are fighting words let's set this up like the prize

fight that it is let's get to a tail of the tape if you will and let's match these burgers up head to

head all right so in one corner we have a Burger King's double quarter pound king, 900 calories,

25 grams of saturated fat, for those keeping score, that's over a day's worth.

So if you're going to eat this, wait about 30 hours if you don't want to go over your saturated,

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