It's rare I go to Burger King, it's been over 2 years, but I was in a rush so I went through the drive-thru and picked up some chicken tenders, fries, and a Diet Pepsi. Burger King's french fries still suck compared to McDonald's french fries (freedom fries?). Burger King fries used to be good like 15 years ago, but then they went and changed their formula like a gazillion times to try and taste as good as McDonalds fries. Alas, their fries still fall short...
Anyway, I was reading the box on the chicken tenders and it had some amusing text, I thought I'd share:
A lot of people ask us what makes our CHICKEN TENDERS well, so tender. And while we would love to say it's because we play 80's power ballads for them all day long, it just wouldn't be true. But you've got to admit, it would be pretty funny if it were.
Ah yes, the 80's and power ballads - affectionately known as "monster ballads". Life doesn't get any better than listening to some 80's monster ballads.
Further, my drink cup had some interesting text as well. I don't recall the exact text, but it said something about "cups talk", and it gave an example. It said that the sound your drink makes sucking through a straw when you reach the bottom of the cup is called "chatter".
Looks like BK is trying to be cool and hip. But their fries still suck, so I don't care how cool or hip their marketing slogans are. Burger King's famous slogan is "Have it your Way"... Well, they can have it their way which it to overcook the fries and to have this weird crunchiness on the skin, but I'll have it my way which is to hit the highway and find the next McDonalds.
Yep, I think when I'm in the mood for fast food I'll stick with my McDonalds and Duchess (Northeast chain with great fries & hot dogs), thank you very much.
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wow. how boring exactly is your life? i was just wasting time, surfin the web, when i happened to come across this page about burger king fries. its not really funny, just kind of humorously inane. yes, by all means, stay with your friend the McDonalds. if burger king doesnt provide an adequate product, why should you give them your business? thats the whole spirit of capitalism! oh wait, whats that you say, little concience? mcdonalds kills millions of chickens every year, many of whom have spent thier lives in conditions no sentient being should have to undergo? oh who cares, them sammiches are dam tasty. and at least thier fries dont SUCK like mcdonalds.
r u guys crazy there the best l0l i love there french fries yeah there bad 4 u but the better then mcdonalds !!!!!!!
Hey Don,
Why is it that you go on a rant complaining about how boring my life must be for saying I dislike Burger King fries, yet you then proceed to go on your own LONG rant that happens to be the longest comment in my blog in like 3 months?
>>if burger king doesnt provide an adequate product, why should you give them your business?
Well, I gave them another chance to provide a decent product 2 years after last trying BK food (including their fries) and the fries still suck and I guess they will always suck. Oh well, a few bucks wasted.
>> mcdonalds kills millions of chickens every year
yeah? so? What's your point? So does BK. Does does KFC. Then you proceed to defend BK and say at least their fries don't suck like Mcdonalds? What the hell is this hypocritical BS?
If you like BK's fries better then McDonalds, fine, but don't be hypocritical by defending Burger King. They kill chickens too. And cows for that matter. Why not defend the cows? You got something against cows? sure, defend the chickens but not the cows you damn animalist!
For cripes sake, get a grip man! It was just a humorous jab at BK. Why am I wasting my time replying to your comment?
BTW, you remind me of someone I met at the State University of New York at Buffalo. A real ignorant jerk.
Butthead: Burger King fries do suck. Me and Beavis worked at Burger World and their fries sucked too. Right, Beavis?
Beavis: I don't know, you always steal my french fries.
Butthead: uhhh, oh yeah. Well, trust me, Burger King fries suck more than anything that has ever sucked before.
I agree that BK fries are the suckiest fries ever. (That hard yucky coating actually comes from putting SUGAR on them.) Funny thing is, on BKs website they say these fries are an IMPROVEMENT. I think their marketing people lied to them..
Burger King Sucks or shall i call it Booger King lol yea it sucks there french fries suck too
What about that new commerical that they have for Chicken Fries? I know that sex sells but really dude it is a little too much. First we have this heavy metal rock band called "Coq Rock" where the members of the band are dressed as mad max versions of male chickens or (sounds like sock). Every one esp. the women are bobbing their heads, the name of the song is "bob your head" thus becoming "chickens heads" while the men or (sounds like sock) try to feed the women their chicken fry or male member lightly battered and deep fried. I mean come on... how stupid do they think we are.... everything in marketing is done for a reason so you can't say they didn't know... perhaps this is just left over angst from the last election...... but yeah burger king fries and their marketing dept. pretty much suck. I would rather have the creepy "Burger King" guy sell me Chicken Fries. I mean the bacon swiss cheddar ranch comm. was a little suggestive but the chicken fries comm. is more than suggestive you could really open a fetish night club based on that advert.
HEALTHY FRIES (tm)
We have developed a brand new French Fry coming to market. It has 50 calories per serving (Burger King has 625 calories per serving), 3 grams of fat (Burger King has 28 grams of fat), no cholesterol and no carbs. This will revolutionize the choice children and adults will have when eating french fries.
Burger King fries will clog up the arteries.
Our fries are being served at hospitals.
Healthy Fries
burger king SUCKS
chicken fries SUCKS
fast food SUCKS
coq rock SUCKS
using a product to promote youre crappy ass band or image FUCKING SUCKS
death to tools
ie: anybody that thinks pop culture is cool enough to base your life upon
Last order of Big Mac fries I had were not that great Maybe it was just the day, as I will try again. As for Burger King onion rings, when I ordered a small order at the drive thru the girl told me all they had was medium and large. Well, I was forced to ask if the medium order was smaller than the large and she replied "yes". Good, I said, then give me the small order. That particular location has since gone out of business, I wonder why.
i like open burger king franchacie in chennai south india my here no here burger store pls send some information for me thankyou sahabudeen
I had only been in Burger King once in the last 10 years, so I decided to go yesterday. When I walked in it was a nostalgia trip because nothing in there had changed and I saw myself standing at the counter with my brother when I was ten buying food just so we could get Empire Strikes Back trading cards. The ones that were printed on cheap cardboard and had big perforation marks in them. We went there alot and between the two of us we almost completed a poster. We always went wherever you could get a cool "toy".
Anyway, I was grinning from this, and I really wanted a Enourmus Breakfast Sandwich but they only serve it at breakfast so I went with an "Angus" Burger and Chichen Fries (my reason for going). Angus is in quotes because I have had many an Angus burger and this didn't taste like one at all. Not to say it was a crappy burger but I was not impressed. I also hate the way you get chopped lettuce like you get at Mc Donald's. Wendy's is the only place you can get LEAFS of GREEN lettuce on your burger. IMO nobody touches Wendy's Burgers I wish there were one closer to me. The Chicken Fries were PATHETIC! I have better stuff in my freezer at home! The service was top notch however. The staff wasn't rushed and didn't get impatient when I asked questions. The girl at the register was very cute too.
Self service drinks are great, and it was nice to watch CNN while I ate. The only gripe then was food, if they cooked the beef and the bacon more it would be better. Why bother, I'll just go to Wendy's. I hope this BK stays around though, 'cause the nostalgia is really cool.
Dave
Oh yeah, McDonald's sucks too.
burger king fries take like black anus.
Me too. rare to go to there.
you have no life
lol ... omg im looking for Burger king stock symbols and i come up to this nonsense of how they suck. Ever herd the phrase if you dont have anything good to say keep your mouth shut? Well im pretty sure it relates to when you type stupid things also. I dont think people need opinions of such a low topic as to why fries suck? lol noobs..
>>I dont think people need opinions of such a low topic as to why fries suck?
Sure we do.
Just like the Giants suck, the Mets suck, the Jets suck. It's all fair game.
Life would be boring without opinions.
Also, if this was such a stupid topic, why waste your time typing a reply?
>>lol noobs
Oh you are so cool for using two Internet buzzwords!
>>im looking for Burger king stock symbols
Buy McDonalids stock. It performs better. And their french fries DON'T SUCK!
If you don't think McDonalds or Burger King Fries Suck, I guess you must also think McDonald's and Burger King Fries don't clog up your arteries either.
I work at mcdonalds and i spit on your food.
I work at mcdonalds and i spit on your food
burger king is horrible. your whoppers are horrible.your fries suck
First Burger King Burgers don't taste the best there my least favorite. Mcdonalds just sucks they give a crapload of annoying commercials to brainwash children to get fat.
There's a whole sheet of problems with MC. Fat Foods--Fast* foods suck though I eat em quite a bunch of times like all you(60% maybe)fat ass americans but I'm going to stop eat fast foods ,even though I'm not fat I don't want to get diabetes like all you fat sacks will. Anyways just watch Supersize Me, it will change the way you look at fast food restaurants forever.
I love BK! I eat there almost everyday. How can you hate the fries??! YUMMY!! The angus is probably the best burger out there.
Anyone who disagrees is not living. BK FO LIFE!
BK rocks!!! At least our fries are HOTT & FRESH, McDonald's lets their fries sit there and get OLD, and they still serve them, and they try to kill you with the salt. And apparently, some people don't even know the difference between DIET PEPSI, and DIET COKE . BURGER KING serves COKE PRODUCTS!!! At least they do in the SOUTH. Maybe you should just eat at the Dutchess. LOL.
I think Burger King's marketing has gone down hill since April 29, 2005. The phrases you posted were actually funny. I went to Burger King today and on my cup was this:
"Making a drink is like being a coach. "Ice, you're in! You too, Straw." You call the shots. And judging by this large cup play, you've got skills."
They have teamed up with the NFL as an official sponsor. Is this really funny?? Must you be a die-hard football fan to find this amusing? Anyone?
Who am I to complain, but with so much in your face cheeseball advertising, I get a little disappointed.
They should revive their old marketing campaign.
And their fries are not the best, but I still eat them, regardless of the stupid phrases on the cups.
In and Out has good fries.
McDonalds Rocks just because they may clog up your arteries doesnt mean a thing just eat less but don't say they suck when they are rather quite delicious. Same with Burger King you don't know good food if it did clog your arteries.
Hey what are you saying. I love BK fries. They are just lovely. Its all a matter of taste.
their commercials suck, their food sucks, their web site sucks because you cannot tell them that
I havent been in bk for yaers. all their food suck I never finished my french fries. their burgers also suck. Thats why i eat at McDonalds.
most burger kings do not serve shakes every day "the machine needs a part", every other day, I wonder if all the machines need the same part every other day LOL and the onion rings are rancid and give you diarrhea, The onion rings and French fries are left out to warm at room temperature and then fried and that is why they taste bad and are so soggy - greasy. I think they cook the hamburgers in a microwave thats why they taste crummy now because we some times get cold room temperature hamburgers from them. I used to like to eat a burger king but the food is real bad now
stop complaining about lifes alittle stuff. make your own fries then.
I'm sitting here in a McDonalds eating lunch and reading this blog. I really would have preferred to go to Burger King. In fact I had to pass a BK to get here. The reason I didn't go to BK is because I agree the fries SUCK. I prefer Burger King's burgers over McDonalds or Wendys, but I just can't stand the fries. Its not that they are not as good as other places, for me they are inedible. I have to drown them in Ketchup just to get them down. If there'd just go back to the way they were 10 years ago. I'd eat at BK more often. Oh well. Maybe they'll build a Whattaburger here some day and I won't care anymore.
I work a burger king and all day long I try my hardest to put a booger on ever burger that I cook. Oh yea I spit-snag in the milk shake machine after I clean it
Okay so u think their fries taste better. i don't. Not only are BK's fries better tasting.. but they are also not made of plastic.
Wow. You just made my day.
Burger King is the GREATEST!!!!!!!!Quit your bitching.
I think BK has some really good burgers, and the ONLY reason I rarely eat there, and they are my LAST RESORT is because their fries suck. I just got home with a bag of BK food and went to google and typed in "burger king fries suck" as I sat down to eat them.
To all the whiners out there whining about your whining, I happen to agree, and I remember when they changed their formula in the early 90's and said "our fries stay hot longer" that was it ? I don't care if they're hot and taste like paper. I would rather eat good fries in a hurry than eat ones that taste like the spit wads I made in junior high school, just because they stayed hot longer.
I honestly hope BK will get this message and go back to making fries out of potatoes instead of recycled paper, so they can get my business back.
Burger King fries do SUCK. They are tasteless. Checker fries RULE. The Whopper is disgusting also. Always a burn't taste and raw meat. Fuck BK.
I have never understood why Burger King does not change it's fries back to normal. The fries they serve are awful and most people I talk to agree with that. I don't go to BK because of it. I would LOVE to have a reliable alternative to McDonalds, but BK's fries are soooo bad that they aren't on the list.
Also, their Burger King guy on the television ads is really creepy. Not that that would stop me from going there, but BK has suffered in the advertising department for years. The BK guy is creepy and it seems like, as a whole, BK wants to appear edgy. I mean, come on, an "Angry Whopper"? What is that except trying to attract teenage boys who think being angry is cool.
Anyway, BK could be so much better if they pulled their heads out of their royal a88es sometime.
Funny, I posted above on June 30, 2008 about how much BK fries suck. I just got back from China recently. After eating Chinese food for two weeks, I was looking forward to a burger, so at the Beijing Airport I was happy to find a Burger King. Hell, even BK fries sounded appealing after two weeks of rice and noodles. I was completely blown away when I got my meal though. The fries were not the crappy plastic fries we get in the states. They were the old fries. You know, REAL potatoes, cut up and fried in oil. Yummy. So why the hell do the Chinese get the good fries and us Americans get the crappy fries? Can somebody please tell me that?
And mcdonalds isn't creepy? Whats creepy about a guy that gives you free food?
Really, what do you actually expect from a fast food place? You think the food is gonna taste good? HA you guys need a reality check!
BTW BK sucks more, it gives me the shits