American chain and fast-food restaurants are engaged in an arms race. Their weaponry: the no-longer-so-simple all-American hamburger, complete with names to suit, from the “flamethrower” to the “tangler” to the “monster.” Not content with single patties, doubles have given way to “triples” and “four-by-fours.” Rather than a mere slice of cheese, these burgers now come topped with eggs, blooming onions, jalapenos or enough bacon to cover a fireman’s breakfast.
In order to bring some order to the burger wars—and as a service to your heart—The Daily Beast studied roughly 100 hamburgers at the nation’s largest sit-down and fast-food restaurant chains in order to determine America’s deadliest burgers.
Full story: 40 Burgers That Can Kill You – The Daily Beast