{"id":11091,"date":"2012-01-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=11091"},"modified":"2023-02-04T20:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T06:37:30","slug":"news-wendys-testing-premium-black-label-hamburgers-oooh-fancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/17\/news-wendys-testing-premium-black-label-hamburgers-oooh-fancy\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Wendy’s Testing Premium Black Label Hamburgers (Oooh, Fancy)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The late journalist Christopher Hitchens considered Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch whisky to be, “The best blended Scotch in the history of the world.” Well, I’m pretty sure Wendy’s Black Label Hamburgers will never be considered the best hamburger in the history of the world. <\/p>\n

If they end up being that good, I will eat the cardboard box they come in, which if I do eat, I hope ends up being the best cardboard hamburger container in the history of the world.<\/p>\n

According to a Grub Grade post<\/a>, the burger is being tested in Wichita, Kansas and comes in two varieties — Bacon Portabella and Spicy Santa Fe. The Bacon Portabella is made using a 1\/4-pound beef patty, bacon, tomato, muenster cheese, a mushroom sauce, and a peppery sauce. <\/p>\n

The burgers not only have a premium label, they also have the premium price of five dollars for a single patty burger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The late journalist Christopher Hitchens considered Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch whisky to be, “The best blended Scotch in the history of the world.” Well, I’m pretty sure Wendy’s Black Label Hamburgers will never be considered the best hamburger in the history of the world. If they end up being that good, I will eat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15825,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/26\/review-wendys-bacon-portabella-melt-on-brioche\/","url_meta":{"origin":11091,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Wendy\u2019s Bacon Portabella Melt on Brioche","author":"Jeff","date":"November 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I believe a burger is as good as its bun and vice versa. 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