About 50 bucks. *edit thank you to the kind person who gave me an award 🙂
DundieAwardsWinner
Instagrammability.
Believe it or not, to a lot of people, it is even more important than the actual taste of a meal.
chiefincome
Plastic cheese
Illustrious_Ad_657
A melted plastic knife handle…
VenomOnKiller
Flare
Rugby_Riot
I’d hazard a guess that the fire chars the cheese a bit. And that this would cost about $50 USD plus a compulsory 30% tip to the poor underpaid server (ridiculous system not many other countries have)
Gold-Philosophy1423
Instagram likes
Wolfdude91
A good looking smash burger ruined by processed cheese glop
Edit to add: It does also lightly caramelize the residual sugars in the spirit, if any.
Edit correction: intensify vs leave behind
Rugby_Riot
Burgers that you can’t eat with just your hands shouldn’t exist
PissNBiscuits
This seems like a really good way to start an accidental building fire.
Omniholic-
Views
Open-Fix-7355
The potential for a lawsuit?
welding_guy_from_LI
That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen
glossolalienne
I’m guessing $20-$30 extra on the bill.
TurnTableTony
Pizazz
Beanu5NE
That’s fun and all but how am I suppose to pick up the burger to eat it? My options are picking it up with my hand and getting them covered in melted cheese or eating it with a fork and knife?
Not worth the $60 they’re going to charge me.
Designer_Breakfast31
Hype moments and regret
Cyrus_Of_Mt
Color and plasticides from the knife handle
Dirt_Hat
What a hot mess
Interesting_Help_274
Attention.
Grimm-Soul
Paying for the aesthetic with this one, and its executed well so it looks pretty cool. Same vibes as paying out the noise for hibachi.
boozillion151
I’ll take this. I own a restaurant. Our jobs are to make people happy while making money. Is a bartender joking with you stupid? No. You going to Chuckie Cheese without the ballpit? No. It’s the restaurants job to be entertaining. Many restaurants achieve this is very diffent ways. It makes dining out an experience.
Edit: also I forgot I am old. People love to Instagram this stuff. More advertising for the restaurant. I mean you saw it on social media right?
parfnb
Oh, the fire… It’s the tried and true “secret sauce” that inspires people to order a shit item purely for internet clout.
FormingTheVoid
It adds fire.
Expert-Ad-8067
Spectacle
reddituserlooser
Holy fuck, the amount of chips! Nowhere that I go nowadays gives you that many chips.
zer0gab
Seen this burger before on here, and i still don’t get the appeal. Is this some kind of fancy burger you gotta eat with a knife and fork or do they provide a few wet towels to clean your hand and face afterwards. What’s the point of the melted cheese on the burger? The flambee thing is clearly just for looks. I refused to believe melted cheez whizz is improved by burning alcohol.
umutakmak
That’s too much cheese anyway
Cherry_Hammer
Gigasnemesis
I want to try.
AdditionalCommittee3
The price
Crazy_Fun_3455
Higher prob of cancer.
WickedKoala
I don’t know the scientific explanation, but fire made it good.
Kalupaaaargh
Pizzazz.
Emergency-Ground9059
The fire adds a way for the insurance company to deny a claim or coverage for the inevitable structure fire one of these burgers is going to cause
JRandButcherpete
Danger
Green-Vermicelli5244
Taste the heat, not the meat
silversurfer14
Carcinogens
Downtown_Anteater_38
You get hot knife. It’s a Fiona Apple tribute
FireballEnjoyer445
Presentation, which is an important part of food. Flambe as a whole is largely just for show (debatable), but this is absolutely not something i would want served to me. I prefer my burgers without the chukkake
bdog1321
Extra stupidity
xG3minixX
Lol I love all the comments of people saying eating this with a fork n knife???? Like is that seriously necessary. Are people scared of getting a little messy?? Are we eating ribs and chicken with a fork n knife?? Are we afraid others will judge with their eyes lmao, I mean come on
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About 50 bucks. *edit thank you to the kind person who gave me an award 🙂
Instagrammability.
Believe it or not, to a lot of people, it is even more important than the actual taste of a meal.
Plastic cheese
A melted plastic knife handle…
Flare
I’d hazard a guess that the fire chars the cheese a bit. And that this would cost about $50 USD plus a compulsory 30% tip to the poor underpaid server (ridiculous system not many other countries have)
Instagram likes
A good looking smash burger ruined by processed cheese glop
Ambiance
Caramelizes the cheese lightly and burns off the alcohol, intensifying sub notes of the spirit. This may be a play on Saganaki, which is a Greek cheese flambé technique.
Edit to add: It does also lightly caramelize the residual sugars in the spirit, if any.
Edit correction: intensify vs leave behind
Burgers that you can’t eat with just your hands shouldn’t exist
This seems like a really good way to start an accidental building fire.
Views
The potential for a lawsuit?
That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen
I’m guessing $20-$30 extra on the bill.
Pizazz
That’s fun and all but how am I suppose to pick up the burger to eat it? My options are picking it up with my hand and getting them covered in melted cheese or eating it with a fork and knife?
Not worth the $60 they’re going to charge me.
Hype moments and regret
Color and plasticides from the knife handle
What a hot mess
Attention.
Paying for the aesthetic with this one, and its executed well so it looks pretty cool.
Same vibes as paying out the noise for hibachi.
I’ll take this. I own a restaurant. Our jobs are to make people happy while making money. Is a bartender joking with you stupid? No. You going to Chuckie Cheese without the ballpit? No. It’s the restaurants job to be entertaining. Many restaurants achieve this is very diffent ways. It makes dining out an experience.
Edit: also I forgot I am old. People love to Instagram this stuff. More advertising for the restaurant. I mean you saw it on social media right?
Oh, the fire… It’s the tried and true “secret sauce” that inspires people to order a shit item purely for internet clout.
It adds fire.
Spectacle
Holy fuck, the amount of chips! Nowhere that I go nowadays gives you that many chips.
Seen this burger before on here, and i still don’t get the appeal. Is this some kind of fancy burger you gotta eat with a knife and fork or do they provide a few wet towels to clean your hand and face afterwards. What’s the point of the melted cheese on the burger? The flambee thing is clearly just for looks. I refused to believe melted cheez whizz is improved by burning alcohol.
That’s too much cheese anyway
I want to try.
The price
Higher prob of cancer.
I don’t know the scientific explanation, but fire made it good.
Pizzazz.
The fire adds a way for the insurance company to deny a claim or coverage for the inevitable structure fire one of these burgers is going to cause
Danger
Taste the heat, not the meat
Carcinogens
You get hot knife. It’s a Fiona Apple tribute
Presentation, which is an important part of food. Flambe as a whole is largely just for show (debatable), but this is absolutely not something i would want served to me. I prefer my burgers without the chukkake
Extra stupidity
Lol I love all the comments of people saying eating this with a fork n knife???? Like is that seriously necessary. Are people scared of getting a little messy?? Are we eating ribs and chicken with a fork n knife?? Are we afraid others will judge with their eyes lmao, I mean come on
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