I guess I'm not most people. But if I grill a burger, it's thicker and juicier, is on a better bun of some sort, and I actually like it. Not that I've eaten one in years but fast food burgers are pretty awful in my opinion generally. (The higher end fast casual places, on the other hand, I quite like now and then--usually when traveling.)
I've had it several times. The best way I can describe it is as an mediocre to somewhat-above-average patty. It's not going to impress you as being better than a good burger, but it's easily better than bad fast food.
Why would you ever expect more than a well executed fast food style burger from, well, a burger. That’s literally what burger means as far as I’m concerned.
Have had a few burgers with their patties here in Berlin. It's great, like a solid regular burger. It will not be the best burger you've ever had, but it's good and I'm not sure I could detect it from a similar meat based burger in a double blind test.
It doesn't even have to look like a burger patty. The best burger I've ever had was a portobello burger with blue cheese. Just the head of the portobello, blue cheese melted over it, in a bun with all the works.
Speak for yourself. Nothing can beat an oily, greasy In N Out beef burger with processed American "Cheese" on top of something that barely resembles beef, but you can't say it isn't the best thing you've ever tasted!
Devout meat-eater here. I've had it. The burger is quite delicious. I was really impressed with what they've done. My burger was done sort of in the style of smash and scrape, which gave it a wonderful, crispy texture. The flavor is not exactly the same as a burger, it's more like the abstract idea of "meat". That's not a turn off though, it was quite good.
100 percent agree. I'm almost entirely vegetarian but would occasionally allow myself a burger as a treat as it is one of my favorite meals when I have a real hankering. A Beyond or Impossible patty now completely satisfied that craving. They really have done a great job of it. Note I am not saying they are indistinguishable from real beef, but they are meaty enough in a way that scratches the itch which previous products never did.
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