The History of Burger King | Burger Wars Explained

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@krisfrederick5001 5 ай бұрын

I accidentally tried to order a Big Mac the other day at Burger King after work. The girl just laughed, "you mean a Whopper?" I didn't even realize I said it. "Did I say Big Mac??" She laughed again. I apologized and replied "I'm not even high!" She said it happens all the time and I made her day. Mistakes were made...🍔🤷🏼‍♂

@mlmcproductions4191 2 ай бұрын

The Big King is BK's anwer to the Big Mac. I think they still exist. I add Ketchup to both sandwiches.

@justinlast2lastharder749 6 ай бұрын

If you look closely you'll notice in the Thumbnail old school Logo, the King's Feet are standing on the Lettuce. It's a longstanding Burger King Tradition.

@USNVA11 5 ай бұрын

You have to stand on something or you’ll fall for anything.

@besense9867 5 ай бұрын

@USNVA11 stand on bidnezz like T.i son 😂😂😂

@spoon072000 5 ай бұрын

The closest Burger King to my high school had a plaque on it proclaiming it was the first Burger King in Illinois. I never bothered to question that fact until watching this story. Paused the video to read the article and, sure enough, first one opened in Skokie, Illinois. It was located at 8225 Skokie Boulevard. Today it's an Enterprise car rental.

@RetroElijah1982 6 ай бұрын

Man, watching this made me hungry. Another super cool video Ryan 👍🏽😎👍🏽🍔

@anttheaquarist7922 6 ай бұрын

Please make the White Castle video. Thanks again for all you're content.

@Sanicfan9192 6 ай бұрын

Sorry to be that guy, but it’s actually your

@tizfrreecharm 5 ай бұрын

I second this request. While living in Prague, I had an apartment on a street that was named after the capital of Serbia which translated into English comes out to be White Castle.

@StacksSats 6 ай бұрын

$1.39 CAD Whoppers during the mid to late 90s. The newspaper would also have "buy one get one free" whopper coupons once a month lol

@Unmassiosare Ай бұрын

Now it’s $16.99 CAD

@interwebtubes 2 ай бұрын

This is a great piece, I am an American, I live in a large city and one night I was driving around and I noticed one of my schoolmates from high school. His car was parked outside of a local Burger King and it was late so I pulled up in the parking lot and I went to the door. Of course the restaurant was closed and I could hear music from inside the restaurant. So, I knocked on the glass doors loudly and my schoolmate came up to the door and unlocked it and let me inside. Come to find out, he had his boombox blasting inside the restaurant while he was working inside the kitchen cleaning the flame broiler machine and getting paid a differential which I thought was awesome. He showed me how the machine worked and so after I got into college I was able to take a trip all the way down to Australia and I was able to explore both the cities of Sydney as well as Melbourne. Even though a lot of their restaurants were Italian in nature, I did run across one restaurant that was called Burger Jack and it looked exactly like a Burger King like we have in the states. So, I went inside and bought a burger. It was delicious. There were some minor differences between the Burger King in the states and the Burger Jack restaurant that was in Australia but the burger was delicious. I’m an American and I was able to take a trip up to Canada and I was able to get a Burger King burger. However, the restaurant as well as the kitchen looked very disheveled and I didn’t want to eat there in that restaurant. Since I had all my Canadian money in my wallet with me I didn’t want to spend any of it in a restaurant that looked like a train wreck. Again, I’m an American, other than a Canadian restaurant everything concerning Burger King and Burger Jack was delicious. Take care and have it your way, peace out… I’m going to get something to eat now because I’m hungry.

@davidglad 6 ай бұрын

Great to see your take on the King and burger history in general. Other videos on yt specifically cite Texas's own Whataburger as the inspiration of the Whopper.

@user-zx8de8op9l 5 ай бұрын

I remember 99 cent Whoppers in the late 90's and the only reason I would eat there

@alancarnell2747 Ай бұрын

I wouldn't exist without Burger King. My parents met working at one. Without it, they likely would never have even met because he came to Georgia recently and didn't know anyone until he met them.

@martyn1107 2 ай бұрын

You did not mention that BK was sued in Australia and had to change it's name to Hungry Jacks. When the chain became successful in Australia BK tried to short change the franchisee as they opened BK stores in opposition to Hungry Jacks near by. No one in Australia went to BK and they went bankrupt and pulled out of Australia. Hungry Jacks is still here and under the control of the same franchisee.

@gregcoste5332 5 ай бұрын

Very impressive and comprehensive history of BK; Kudos! I had my first Whopper in August of 1966 (for $0.37) and was amazed at the taste & size of the Whopper. Made me very thankful I lived in a country that gave me this experience and value. However good things don't last and two months later BK raised the price a nickel to $0.42, so I was hooked and now I had to pay; cruel lesson for an 11yo. Seriously, the Whopper is a sandwich that I've enjoyed for decades, save for a few years when there was an alternative, called the Dandy Burger (Yankee Doodle restaurants). I still look forward to eating a Whopper, however the experience of buying a Whopper is severely degraded. Hopping very much that BK can get its feet back under itself

@mlmcproductions4191 2 ай бұрын

I miss the little reindeer they had back in the 80s for Christmas.

@bonniesims2229 2 ай бұрын

Burger King was amazing back in the 60's-70's the burgers were HUGE, also there fish sandwich was called the Whaler

@makethisfood8574 5 ай бұрын

I remember Whoppers were only a Dollar in 1992

@antwaneparks3425 4 ай бұрын

Wow...I'm only 35!!!

@LyleFrancisDelp 5 ай бұрын

The Whopper is still my favorite basis fast food burger.

@jeremy28135 6 ай бұрын

Interesting topics. Subscribed

@jacobbaranowski 6 ай бұрын

"somtimes you have to brake the rules" ad with Ben Aflek.

@ydinoh 5 ай бұрын

Certainly didn't expect to see a shot of dayton ohio .. props

@edwardbianchi192 6 ай бұрын

I like the Whopper, F the Big Mac!

@RetroElijah1982 6 ай бұрын

Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock y'all 👍🏽😎👍🏽

@h8GW 5 ай бұрын

Impossible Whopper Wednesdays FOREVER!!!!

@Whidmarke 5 ай бұрын

I did get a small chuckle out of "the good times couldn't last" right after the 9/11 bit. I know you didn't mean anything but I couldn't help notice

@jasperjones6857 6 ай бұрын

Betton, Burton, Dustin & Osborn?? No way. I worked at BBDO. It's Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn. The Burger King logo was on the company phone directory.

@ItsEverythingElse 6 ай бұрын

I'd love to subsist on a White Castle diet but I doubt I'd be "completely fine"!

@curiouslycuriousxx 3 ай бұрын

A whopper with cheese & bacon is top tier forever.

@ddf414 3 ай бұрын

They should bring back the BK Broiler!

@Jpkjr52 2 ай бұрын

Always interesting John in Chicago

@RyanCoomer 6 ай бұрын

AWESOME VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!

@stuartlee6622 5 ай бұрын

There are no Burger King restaurants in Manhattan.

@29VNR 6 ай бұрын

hurricane andrew hit south florida in 1992

@gunsbeersmemes 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I was in kindergarten in Jacksonville Florida when Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992

@steve74815 5 ай бұрын

Burking King is almost dead in the province of Quebec and they merged with Tim Horton's in Canada

@JackDecker63 2 ай бұрын

Do a video on White Castle. 👍

@captaintrips2980 2 ай бұрын

I miss The Whaler.

@Justin-Hill-1987 6 ай бұрын

The Burger King fast food chain opened in Springfield, Ohio twice: Burger King operated under the name "Home of the Whopper" in the 1970s, since an existing burger stand using the "Burger King" name already existed and lasted until 1985. Burger King tried Springfield, Ohio again in 1993 under the Burger King name after the local Burger King chain was long-gone.

@gunsbeersmemes 5 ай бұрын

Am I the only Floridian to point out the fact that I was in kindergarten when Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992? Not 1999 like the video says? Edit: I'll give them credit, it was just a misspeak

@p.herrmann4538 5 ай бұрын

BK > McD

@tomnordquist8830 6 ай бұрын

Burger King’s greatest flaw nowadays is inconsistency. You never know what you’ll get. A fresh whopper is great, but I have gotten them looking like they were worn as a shoe

@ZiggZagg11 5 ай бұрын

My hometown BK shut down... 👀

@295g295 5 ай бұрын

4:59 - Pepsi-Cola? ?? McDonald's has always been a best friend of Coca-Cola, I thought.

@TAELSDOLL 6 ай бұрын

burger boy origins

@discodirk48 4 ай бұрын

I had a Whopper in Vancouver last year and it was dreadful.

@METALMAN4Wii 3 ай бұрын

At least America created the bacon cheeseburger.

@dropautoparts 5 ай бұрын

Wish their service time inpproved

@workstationmark4103 5 ай бұрын

Burger King is going under they can't afford to upgrade to automated/robotic/kiosk/smart phone service

@robert48044 4 ай бұрын

They need to broil again and care a little about the product leaving the store

@Scorch904 5 ай бұрын

I❤BK

@stevenbalekic5683 5 ай бұрын

Burger is not the name of the meat patty...the Germans call them Frikadellen...it's the style of food (a bun featuring cooked hot meat with other fillings) invented by the people of Hamburg...a person from Hamburg is called a Hamburger hence the name...this is similar to the Berliner bun...a doughnut without the hole, filled with fruit sauce or custard and drizzled with icing. The origins are from Berlin and a person from Berlin is called a Berliner.

@brendakrieger7000 3 ай бұрын

Tasty🍔🥓🍟🧅

@chriscolfer2915 5 ай бұрын

The whopper used to be good. I will never let my myself or family eat anything from Burger King.

@ghostyposty3453 6 ай бұрын

I don't know how burger king is still as big as they are. Their food taste awful now and they're so stupidly expensive, app sucks too. Haven't gone to BK since like 2010.

@truhhhhhhhokIII3 6 ай бұрын

It honestly tastes great if you throw it in the microwave for another 30seconds lol. Just seems they never cook stuff enough. Them chicken fries kick too

@truhhhhhhhokIII3 6 ай бұрын

3:55 *with the asterik that in 2018 trump allowed beef/pork products to allow up to what was it like 20% (used to be like 10% which is still gross. F those corperations profits) feces, hair, fingernails etc? And i have no clue if biden switched that back, bc hes playing mario kart but fell asleep. Point being, all burgers might be way worse than they were even back then lol

@jonnyfennessy9812 5 ай бұрын

U must make sheep nervous.

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