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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLet’s start with the elephant in the room: naming a product “Dave’s Hot ‘N Juicy” anything is just asking for the more childish among us to snicker uncontrollably and make jokes about hot beef injections.\u00c2\u00a0 (Lest you think it’s just me, my wife \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an actual woman with emotions and maturity and all that — was the one to bring it up.\u00c2\u00a0 So there.)\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the same reason seafood restaurants don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t advertise their moist, steamy clams that are easier to open with alcohol.\u00c2\u00a0 Just not a good idea.<\/p>\n
Name aside, the Hot \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcN Juicy Burgers mark a major and apparently permanent change for Wendy’s.\u00c2\u00a0 We all know what to expect from fast food burgers, and being square doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make theirs any different.\u00c2\u00a0 But now, someone has awoken the sleeping giant.\u00c2\u00a0 What, you ask?\u00c2\u00a0 Normally I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bother, but you guys are awesome, so I undertook a Google search at great personal expense and wasted productivity, learning that the Hot ‘N Juicy Burger is apparently Wendy’s attempt to catch up with McDonald’s and Burger King and to stay ahead of emerging competitors like Five Guys.\u00c2\u00a0 They plan to accomplish this goal by beefing up (pun intended yet immediately regretted) the quality of their burgers with thicker patties, better toppings, and buttered, toasted buns.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nWhich is all well and good, but color me puce (the color of skepticism).\u00c2\u00a0 Talk is cheap, so I headed to my nearest Wendy’s and picked up one of their new burgers of the future.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m normally partial to bacon cheeseburgers, because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like saying to nature, “My hideous cravings cannot be satiated by the flesh of but one animal.\u00c2\u00a0Only multiple sacrifices will garner my favor.”\u00c2\u00a0 And anything that makes you feel like a Greek god without having to resort to infanticide or bestiality is a winner in my book.\u00c2\u00a0 But this time I chose to forgo the bacon because I couldn’t risk its presence artificially inflating the score.\u00c2\u00a0 Let’s face it: bacon makes everything better.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the breast implants of the food world.\u00c2\u00a0 Ergo, if you choose to unleash its mighty power, you can probably bump up the score a point or two.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nAnd the overall verdict is… well, I think the Hot ‘N Juicy Burger is better.\u00c2\u00a0 Understand that I usually order the 99 cent double stacks or junior bacon cheeseburgers, which have dulled my taste buds.\u00c2\u00a0 Buying one of those is like a tacit agreement between you and Wendy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wherein they cut you a break on price, and you pretend your burger isn’t 65% sawdust and rat grundles.\u00c2\u00a0 This new offering is definitely better than those, but I don’t know how much better it is than the previous 1\/4 lb. cheeseburger.\u00c2\u00a0 (Also: this is a tangent, but if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually 1\/4 lb., then “thicker patties” is a nonsensical claim.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not an idiot, so don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t imply I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting more burger if the actual weight remains the same.\u00c2\u00a0 And if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s greater than 1\/4 lb., change the damn name.)<\/p>\n
Still, it’s pretty good.\u00c2\u00a0 Not perfect, but the meat was flavorful, plentiful, and as the name suggests, fairly juicy.\u00c2\u00a0 (It was hot too, but I’d prefer to keep that between me and Dave, if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind.)\u00c2\u00a0 On the negative side, it didn’t taste any less greasy than their previous burgers.\u00c2\u00a0 You can see from the picture that the cheese is far more melted than they used to bother making it.\u00c2\u00a0 The bun definitely looks less smushed and tasted crispier than their prior offerings, no doubt due to the toasting, which is clearly evident in terms of a nice brown on both halves of the bun.\u00c2\u00a0 I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t personally taste any butter, but I’ll take their word for it that it’s in there.\u00c2\u00a0 My overall impression was that this is indeed an improved burger, though not one you’ll be mistaking for a bar burger unless you’re actually IN a bar getting sloshed.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nIn the interest of total fairness, many of the upgrades Wendy’s is boasting about lie with the toppings: red onions instead of white; better, crinkled pickles; and whole-fat mayonnaise.\u00c2\u00a0 As has been well documented, I’m not a vegetables or extraneous toppings kind of guy, excepting meatstuffs of course.\u00c2\u00a0 Having opted for a plain cheeseburger, I can’t comment on whether the new and improved toppings make a big difference to the overall taste or not, but you might find that to be the case.<\/p>\n
So with all these improvements, what’s the catch?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, Wendy’s has admitted that though franchisees set their own prices, the cost of a burger will probably rise slightly because of the higher-quality ingredients.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t know what the price of a quarter pounder was at my local Wendy’s prior to the revamp, but I’ll offer that $4.09 for a fast food burger feels really steep.\u00c2\u00a0 My daughters shouldn’t both have to marry rich just so daddy can afford a better burger, and the guys at the drive-thru have stopped falling for my “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger to-day” routine.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never been a fan of fast food burgers before, the Hot \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcN Juicy Burger is unlikely to change your mind.\u00c2\u00a0 And the fact that it’s 520 calories with nothing but cheese on it is, well, not unexpected but still distressing.\u00c2\u00a0 But if you were okay with them before, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in for a treat, albeit one that may be coming out of your own wallet.<\/p>\n
(Nutrition Facts \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1\/4 lb.. cheeseburger with no toppings \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 520 calories, 250 calories from fat, 27 grams of total fat, 14 grams of saturated fat, 1.5 grams of trans fat, 100 milligrams of cholesterol, 1,030 milligrams of sodium, 37 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of dietary fiber, 7 grams of sugars, 30 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n
Other Wendy’s Hot ‘N Juicy reviews:<\/b> Item:<\/b> Wendy’s Dave’s Hot ‘N Juicy 1\/4 lb. Single Cheeseburger Let’s start with the elephant in the room: naming a product “Dave’s Hot ‘N Juicy” anything is just asking for the more childish among us to snicker uncontrollably and make jokes about hot beef injections.\u00c2\u00a0 (Lest you think it’s just me, my wife \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an actual woman with emotions and maturity and all that — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1526],"class_list":["post-10386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-wendys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10182,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/12\/news-wendys-hot-n-juicy-cheeseburgers-coming-next-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":10386,"position":0},"title":"NEWS: Wendy’s Hot ‘N Juicy Cheeseburgers Coming Next Month","author":"Marvo","date":"September 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to girl's\/women's clothing companies, I associate Hot, Juicy, and Hot 'N Juicy with words printed on the backsides of sweatpants. 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\nGrub Grade<\/a>
\nAn Immovable Feast<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPrice:<\/b> $4.09
\nSize:<\/b> 1\/4 lb.
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Wendy’s
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Keeping up with the Joneses.\u00c2\u00a0 Feeling like a Greek god.\u00c2\u00a0 Flavorful meat.\u00c2\u00a0 Melty cheese.\u00c2\u00a0Apparently better toppings.\u00c2\u00a0 Toastiest buns outside of Chippendale’s.\u00c2\u00a0 A really nice set of… bacon.
\nCons:<\/b> Pairing provocative adjectives with a dead guy’s name.\u00c2\u00a0 “Thicker patty” scam where the weight stays the same.\u00c2\u00a0 Rat grundles.\u00c2\u00a0 Hefty price.\u00c2\u00a0 Still pretty greasy.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"