The Smash Burger Smackdown | 5
Business Wars
Wondery
4.6 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
From smash burgers to plant patties, this episode is serving up some of the biggest trends in the burger world, and examining whether they're here to stay. Later, David puts some of Southern California's most iconic burgers to the test with Josh Scherer and Nicole Enayati, co-hosts of Mythical Kitchen, and Eater LA Reporter Mona Holmes.
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| 0:00.0 | Let's step behind the counter for a second and into the fray of a busy kitchen. |
| 0:08.0 | Can you hear the sizzle, smell the charbroil? See that smoky haze? |
| 0:12.0 | Well today we're talking all about burgers. |
| 0:15.6 | The hamburger is about as American as it gets despite its German name. The first |
| 0:20.3 | burger was served at Lewis's lunch in 1895 in New Haven, Connecticut, that's according to the Library of Congress. |
| 0:27.5 | But the classic sandwich has come a long way since then. |
| 0:31.0 | For many years, bigger was better when it came to burgers, bigger |
| 0:34.3 | paddies and toppings piled high. But recently a new trend has been sweeping the |
| 0:39.2 | nation, you know the one, the Smash Burger. Devote's rave over its crispy exterior, which they say protects the juicy interior. |
| 0:48.2 | The chain Smash Burger led the charge in 2007, but it's taken a while for the technique to catch fire if you will |
| 0:54.9 | this thinner crisp beer burger is now making its way into high-end restaurants |
| 0:59.1 | according to the Wall Street Journal and another burger that's been trending, the meatless kind, plant-based |
| 1:05.2 | paddies on the rise popping up and everything from fine dining to fast food and |
| 1:09.5 | we are going to bite into all that and more and determine how popular burgers |
| 1:15.2 | stack up in our very own business wars taste test. We're joined by three |
| 1:19.9 | guests who get to eat burgers for a living. Eater L.A.'s Mona Holmes and Josh Cher and Nicole Iniity of the YouTube channel Mythical |
| 1:28.0 | Kitchen. Hope you're hungry because all that's coming up. |
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