Regional Burger Styles
Burger Style↕ | Origin City↕ | Patty Style↕ | Bun↕ | Key Toppings↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smashburger | Oklahoma, USA | Thin ball smashed on griddle | Soft potato bun | American cheese, pickle, onion | Maillard crust from smashing, popularized by Shake Shack and In-N-Out |
Oklahoma Onion Burger | Oklahoma, USA | Smashed with shaved onion | Steamed bun | Mustard, pickle, cheese | Great Depression era, shaved onion smashed into patty, caramelizes into meat |
Juicy Lucy | Minneapolis, USA | Cheese-stuffed interior | Plain white bun | Onion, pickle | Molten cheese core, Matt's Bar and 5-8 Club both claim invention 1950s |
Butter Burger | Wisconsin, USA | Griddled beef | Buttered toasted bun | American cheese, onion, pickle | Solo's and Kopp's Milwaukee, bun slathered in butter, sometimes pat on patty |
Slider (White Castle) | Wichita, Kansas, USA | Small square with holes | Steamed mini bun | Onion, pickle | 1921 White Castle founding, onion-steamed squares, America's first fast food chain |
Jucy Lucy (Matt's) | Minneapolis, USA | Cheese-stuffed interior | Squishy bun | Onion, pickle | Matt's Bar spells it Jucy without the i, claims 1954 origin |
Detroit Slider | Detroit, USA | Thin square smashed | Steamed square bun | Onion, pickle, mustard | Telway and Motz's Coney-style, smashed and steamed under dome |
Pimento Cheeseburger | South Carolina, USA | Grilled beef | Soft bun | Pimento cheese spread, bacon | Southern icon, also served at Augusta National Masters concession stand |
Green Chile Burger | New Mexico, USA | Grilled beef | Soft bun | Hatch green chile, cheese | Hatch Valley chiles, Buckhorn and Owl Bar legendary versions |
Slopper | Pueblo, Colorado, USA | Grilled beef | Open-faced bun | Green chile gravy smothered | Knife-and-fork burger drowned in Pueblo green chile, Gray's Coors Tavern origin |
Loose Meat Sandwich | Iowa, USA | Crumbled ground beef | Soft bun | Mustard, pickle, onion | Maid-Rite 1926 Muscatine, not technically a burger but its Iowa cousin |
Tavern Burger | Sioux City/Quad Cities, USA | Loose-meat crumble | Soft bun | Mustard, pickle, onion | Regional loose-meat variant, Ye Olde Tavern since 1934 |
Steamed Cheeseburger | Connecticut, USA | Steamed beef | Hard roll | Steamed cheddar cube | Ted's of Meriden, steamed in custom cabinet since 1959 |
California Burger | Los Angeles, USA | Grilled beef | Soft bun | Avocado, lettuce, tomato, sprouts | Health-conscious West Coast style, avocado and veggies mandatory |
Patty Melt | Southern California, USA | Griddled beef | Rye bread (not bun) | Grilled onion, Swiss cheese | Tiny Naylor's 1940s LA, diner classic, grilled-cheese-burger hybrid |
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