{"id":4683,"date":"2009-08-27T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4683"},"modified":"2025-02-02T14:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T00:52:47","slug":"review-carls-jr-big-carl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/27\/review-carls-jr-big-carl\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Carl’s Jr. Big Carl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carl’s Jr. and McDonald’s need to stop the bickering<\/a><\/u>. Okay, mostly Carl’s Jr. <\/p>\n

So what if McDonald’s came out with burgers that uses Angus beef and Carl’s Jr. came out with their version of the Big Mac, called the Big Carl. Can’t they just get along because I’d hate to see this turn violent? I believe we lost Biggie and Tupac this way. <\/p>\n

I love McDonald’s french fries and I love Carl’s Jr. burgers, so if I lost them both, I would have less places to get huge doses of calories, saturated fat and sodium from. I don’t want to have to eat at Quiznos! Also, I don’t want them to be killed and release new stuff from the grave, because as Biggie, Tupac and Dave Thomas<\/a><\/u> have proven with their posthumous stuff, it won’t be as good.<\/p>\n

Much like the McDonald’s Big Mac, the Big Carl is made of two beef patties, a Thousand Island dressing-eque sauce, American cheese and lettuce in between a sesame seed bun. For those of you keeping score at home, the Carl’s Jr. burger does lack the Big Mac’s middle bun, along with pickles and onions. The Big Carl is also supposed to be cheaper than the Big Mac, except here on this island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where it is one dollar more than a Big Mac and two dollars more than the advertised price of $2.49.<\/p>\n

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Size-wise, the Big Mac weighs in at 214 grams, while the Big Carl is significantly meatier at 315 grams. (Insert your favorite small penis\/big penis joke here.) Flavor-wise, I do find the Carl’s Jr. burger to taste better because of the beef patties, which are of a higher quality than the Big Mac’s, and the Thousand Island dressing-ish sauce. But I wonder if my taste buds approve of the Big Carl because they’re bored with the Big Mac, which I’ve had so many times that I’m surprised I haven’t grown a third bun. <\/p>\n

The Big Carl has almost twice the calories and saturated fat than the Big Mac, so it’s not something you should eat on a regular basis and I don’t think that will lure Big Mac enthusiast, Don Gorske<\/a><\/u>, who has eaten over 20,000 Big Macs, to switch over to the Big Carl.<\/p>\n

However, even though I just did so, I don’t know if one can truly compare the two burgers, since the Big Carl lacks pickles and onions, both of which helps give the Big Mac its unique taste.<\/p>\n

While I believe it’s better tasting than a Big Mac, what I really like about the Carl’s Jr. Big Carl is the fact that it helps complete a rare kinky circle. A dude named Carl can go to Carl’s Jr., order a Big Carl and then perform a Hot Carl on someone. <\/p>\n

Don’t know what a Hot Carl is? Look it up on Wikipedia or Urban Dictionary.<\/p>\n

WAIT!!! <\/p>\n

Don’t do that unless you want to upchuck the chuck you just ate at Chuck E. Cheese while listening to some Chuck Berry.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 burger – 920 calories, 59 grams of fat, 23 grams of saturated fat, 145 milligrams of cholesterol, 1370 milligrams of sodium, 51 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber and 45 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Carl’s Jr. Big Carl
\nPrice:<\/b> $4.59
\nSize:<\/b> 315 grams
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Carl’s Jr
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Better tasting than the Big Mac. Tastier patties than the Big Mac. Heavier than the Big Mac. Being able to complete a kinky circle. Wikipedia. Inserting your own penis jokes into a vagina of text.
\nCons:<\/b> Lacks pickles and onions (and third bun). Has twice the calories and saturated fat than the Big Mac. Hot Carls. Pricey on this island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Posthumous stuff from Biggie, Tupac and Dave Thomas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carl’s Jr. and McDonald’s need to stop the bickering. Okay, mostly Carl’s Jr. So what if McDonald’s came out with burgers that uses Angus beef and Carl’s Jr. came out with their version of the Big Mac, called the Big Carl. Can’t they just get along because I’d hate to see this turn violent? 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