Not even a fan of 5 guys, just found that pic on Google Images. Anybody else prefer a sloppy, squished burger that has been foil or paper wrapped? Kenji Lopez Alt refers to it as “cosmic oneness”. Something about wrapping the burger immediately after cooking so everything steams and sticks together really enhances the burger experience for me. I see these YouTube cooking videos of “their burger vs mine” and I almost always prefer the “unappealing” looking burger over the picturesque gourmet burger. Gimme that foil wrapped sloppy burg every time.
by CallMeErnie
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J.w. is a tool bag and annoying.
Yeah his burger looks fucking stupid there. Five guys has the same amount of burger in 40% less volume which makes it miles easier to eat
His burger looks good for a camera. Probably tastes good too. But the other burger looks like you can actually eat it.
They ain’t wrong
I feel like Josh misses the point a lot of the time on these comparisons and seems to think “bigger” and “unnecessarily fancier” mean the same thing as “better.”
I used to watch his content all the time, but his channel has really devolved into TikTok clickbait nonsense.
To be fair, JW has also had George Motz on his channel and did an OK onion burger with him. I think this may have been done before that episode. I dont think he would make this again after that meeting with Motz
I’ll pass on the Five Guys homemade all the way.
That guy is so pretentious and annoying
That fool sucks. He uses like 10k worth of kitchen tools/equipment and has all fucking day to make his food. Somehow he’s arrogantly surprised that his looks/tastes better😂
Nah. I’d take Josh’s any day of the week.
Both look more than fine??
This dude sucks so bad. I remember seeing a video where he literally gagged when he smelled a Big Mac as if he had never seen one before.
Pretentious douche.
I think Josh’s looks better but is way too big too eat.
“It’ll make a turd.”
-Dad
I wrap most things (burgers, sandwiches, burritos, ect) I make at home in foil after cooking them. It makes them a 100x better. It’s like getting them from a restaurant to go. When I cook for people too, they’re always amazed at how good it tastes. I’m not a pro cook or anything This is just my fav food hack.
I will watch his videos every now and then and he is undoubtedly a talented chef, but man. His personality and sense of humor irk the fuck outta me lmao.
I’m so tired of tall burgers. Here’s food you can’t fit in your mouth. Make burgers wider not taller.
JW is a pretentious hack. Yeah dude… the things you make in your professional kitchen with quality ingredients are better. We get it.
Well if you don’t want it I’ll eat both.
I wouldn’t say no to either one of them but I do love a sloppy burger.
Reading the majority of these comments makes me realize there is a lot of Josh haters that completely miss the point of these videos.
I greatly dislike his content.
“If it doesn’t get all over the place, it doesn’t belong in your face” –Carl Jr.
Words I’ve lived by most of my life.
Taking bites from both masterpieces, no question about it
I like Josh’s videos from time to time but can be out of touch. I did enjoy that he tried to go up against air fried meals and still lost when his staff were the judges.
The burger on the left looks horrible to eat, if I have to try to unhinge my jaw like a snake to eat I don’t want it.
r/stupidfood
I always find burgers like the ones on the left never hold up over the course of the meal and the bottom bun either splits or becomes too small. I’m sure it’s delicious, but I do prefer a more compact burger.
I will always take any opportunity to hate on Joshua Weissman. That dude is such a pretentious, unfunny, douchebag.
Joshua Weismann sucks my ass.
These get on my nerves because they’re just bigger portions of food labeled as ‘better’.
5 Guys is better than In n Out! /s
How does one eat the huge tower of burger on the left? I like Joshua, but that’s way too big for my mouth.
He really annoys me nowadays and does come off like a prick way too often now but also the buns at Five Guys just don’t hold up. Fatal flaw for a burger joint, imo.
Another voice in the crowd here but yeah I can’t stand this guy’s personality or content. It’d be one thing if he framed his videos as “let’s remake this fast food meal… but FANCY” but instead it’s more like “Ew, why would anyone eat this garbage? I’m going to spend 10x the price and 6x the time to make something BETTER” and it just comes off as smug
No they dont
cry.
Mine starts like a and ends like b.
Cry bitch.
The ratio of stuff on JW’s burger is atrocious
His burger looks like a pain in the ass to eat.
His burger looks 100 times better and probably holds more flavor.
That being said, I live by the three topping rule of burgers, which results in onion, bacon, and sometimes lettuce. Too much can be overwhelming. I want to taste everything and not make a mess eating.
That’s just my opinion though.
It’s not so much about a sloppy burger as it is about the composition of the burger when biting and chewing. I also don’t like burgers that are way bigger than the bites i can take.
His has only a few select ingredients that are fused together. 5 guys has grilled onions and tomato with melted cheese that allow the burger to stay cohesive as opposed to his where there’s a chance your veggies just slide out after bites.
Maybe it’s just me but the burger on the left looks way better in my opinion… I can’t wait for the downvotes and snarky relies…
Do you know which direction right is?
No way the bread on the right will taste like wet dough and tears of children.
The one on the right all day. Those tall burgers are annoying.