Burger King BBQ Double Stackticon

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Burger King BBQ Double Stackticon

Thursday, July 02, 2009

I can assure you that the glorious looking sandwich to the left of this text is not what John Hoy's BBQ Double Stackticon burger looked like. Then again, maybe it just hadn't transformed yet. But then if that's the case, I guess it never really got around to it.

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Reviewed by John Hoy

Burger King Double Stacktion

Every time I go to Burger King, the same thing happens. They advertise some fantastical new sandwich, so I get it, and it's disappointing. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike everything they have; the Angry Whopper was great. This one just doesn't fall in that category.

So I pull up to the King with Kaitis in the car and we want to see what they have that's new. We spot the cleverly placed marketing panels advertising the BK Double Stackticon. The man on the other end of the box came on and asked me to order when I was ready. I fought back by replying, "What comes on that new BK Double Stackticon?" He came back with, "It is like the Double Stacker minus the sauce with BBQ sauce and bacon." I chirped back, "So... its bad?" He quickly guarded it by saying, "Nah it is good. I like it." I hit him hard with, "Alright... you sold me on it. I'll take that with a Dr. Pepper." He told me the total and I pulled around to the first.

The man at ventana número uno repeated the total with no greeting at all. Handed him payment and I was on my way to the next window. When I arrived, the team inside looked jumbled and unorganized. A female stuck her head out of the window to ask as to what did I order? I answered the Stackticon meal thing. She hands me my drink, the window closes. She pops out again to ask if I would like to have ketchup placed in my bag. "Sure, why not?", I reply. Moments pass and to my surprise she returns with a bag of transforming burger goodness. Or is it?

Right off the bat I go to reach into the bag for a straw to sip on my Dr. Pepper and BAM! No straw. That's just how it started off. Made it back to HQ to examine this transformer sandwich in greater depth. When I unwrapped that sandwich I stared at it. It had no more physical appeal to it than any of their other sandwiches. I popped off the top bun to look at the condiments, or lack there of.

I noticed the barbecue sauce instantly, but had a very hard time finding any bacon. It was so thin and so unbacon-like that it hid under the BBQ and right on top of the cheese. I seriously could not find it. I then choked down the burger and fries. It was just like a rodeo cheeseburger with bacon and another piece of meat, minus the Onion Ring.

Basically what I'm trying to say, if you have already made it this far, is that it is not really worth the $5.38 + tax (or $2.79 for the lone 'wich). I can get this meal anywhere I go, literally. It is boring and very simple minded, especially for something as big and marketed as transformers. Give me something awesome and explosive. Something that does not taste like everything else. Maybe they should go back to the drawing board and let Michael Bay design their sandwich. At least it would be over the top, rather than under par.

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