Did You Know: Burger King Had a Windows 7 Whopper with 7 Stacked Beef Patties

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by austinallegro • 2 years ago

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bell-cot3• 2 years ago

From 2013 until at least 2019, Steak & Shake restaurants had a "7x7" burger on the menu - 7 meat patties, 7 layers of cheese, $7.77.

Not a good value for money, even if you didn't mind S&S's "limited-budget-quality" food.

semolino• 2 years ago

During my college years, I shocklingly managed to consume two of those (on separate occasions), mainly in an attempt to show off. Easily the worst I've ever felt after eating anything.

Symbolically, though, maybe it helped me get closer to god. Or at the very least, Windows 7.

kstrauser• 2 years ago

Where/when I grew up, S&S was the special treat fast food we got if we'd been good and Dad has some extra spending cash. I still crave their fries.

tekla• 2 years ago

Not a good value for money,

How? Thats like 2k Calories for less than $10

bell-cot3• 2 years ago

I'm comparing it to other things in their menu, back in the teens.

qwerpy• 2 years ago

Now that I'm trying to cut down on carbs (which I view as the root of most diet-related health problems) I agree with you, "real" food like veggies, meat, dairy, etc., are always sparingly doled out by restaurants while they try to stuff you full of bread, potatoes, rice, and all the other cheap filler carbs. It is actually very difficult to cut down on carbs in restaurants and still get enough calories, without ordering multiple entrees and discarding the empty calories.

I see the 7 patty & cheese burgers and wish they still did those. You're getting a lot more real food for your money.

rfarley04• 2 years ago

Cue the UAC asking if it's ok to add fries to the order

eek2121• 2 years ago

Japan gets all the cool stuff.

nouryqt• 2 years ago

Sounds more enjoyable than what Burger King did in Thailand: Burger containing only 20 slices of cheese.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/11/business/thailand-burger-...

tanseydavid• 2 years ago

$3 million to The Rolling Stones for use of their song "Start Me Up" during the release of Windows 95.

https://www.aaaa.org/timeline-event/start-3-million-anthem-l...

guidedlight• 2 years ago

It was notably the first time a Stones track was used commercially, which likely contributed to the high sum paid.

squiffsquiff• 2 years ago

Then it was noted incorrectly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKVQNtkdzw

https://loudwire.com/rolling-stones-once-wrote-rice-krispies...

xhkkffbf• 2 years ago

And I believe that there was a clever legal game played.At first, the band tried to get MS to use a live version because it would cut some band members out of the royalties. You can read more in Brad Chase's memoirs.

https://www.bradchase.net/startmeup

thebruce87m• 2 years ago

This is the parody version I remember: https://youtu.be/DOwQKWiRJAA?si=BJR2zY6oO57Do2o4

infamouscow• 2 years ago

Reminds me of the Noah's Ark burger, consisting of two of every type of patty Burger King has to offer.

https://youtu.be/aEJAGItlesQ

Lammy• 2 years ago

See also: placemats featuring Bill Gates('s hand model) holding a burger in one hand the XBOX "S Controller" in the other to show how much smaller it was than the original widely-hated "Duke" controller: https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20010425/xbox.htm

Did You Know: Burger King Had a Windows 7 Whopper with 7 Stacked Beef Patties

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