{"id":4861,"date":"2009-09-29T01:55:34","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T11:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4861"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:54:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T00:54:31","slug":"review-jack-in-the-box-bonus-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/29\/review-jack-in-the-box-bonus-jack\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Jack in the Box Bonus Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/3965572434\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/bonusjack.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Dear Burger King,<\/p>\n<p>Please bring back your Big Mac wannabe, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_King\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Big King<\/a><\/u> burger, which you introduced in the United States in 1997, but discontinued several years later.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to see it make a comeback here in the United States because Big Mac clones are popping up left and right, like zits on the faces of one of your teenaged employees manning the deep fryer, and I figure since you&#8217;ve made one before, you might as well throw your hat into the ring of secret sauces.  These burgers include:  <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/27\/review-carls-jr-big-carl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carl&#8217;s Jr.&#8217;s Big Carl<\/a><\/u>, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/wouldibuyitagain.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/17\/review-hardees-big-hardee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hardee&#8217;s Big Hardee<\/a><\/u> and the recently released Jack in the Box Bonus Jack.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, I should really say &#8220;recently rereleased.&#8221;  Jack in the Box copied the McDonald&#8217;s Big Mac decades before it became cool to do so, introducing their Bonus Jack in 1970, which was two years after the Big Mac was rolled out nationwide.  The Bonus Jack contains two beef patties, two slices of American cheese, a pickle slice, shredded lettuce and Jack&#8217;s Famous Secret Sauce in between a three-piece bun.<\/p>\n<p>You should rerelease the Big King because the Bonus Jack is a lame facsimile of the Big Mac.  The beef patties in a Big Mac are small, but the ones in the Bonus Jack are a little more petite, and not a cute petite, like Christina Ricci.  Because there&#8217;s not a lot of meat, I mostly tasted the bun, which isn&#8217;t a bad thing if I&#8217;m Cool Whip wrestling with two petite women in bikinis in a baby pool, but it&#8217;s bad when it comes to any burger.  <\/p>\n<p>The secret sauce did taste like Thousand Island dressing, like all the other secret sauces, but there wasn&#8217;t enough of it in my Bonus Jack to have that flavor in every bite.  A couple of bites did sort of taste like a Big Mac, but overall there was a lot of bread.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason why you should bring back the Big King is because Wendy&#8217;s or some other fast food joint is going to come out with their own version, and if they do, you&#8217;ll be all alone.  This is bad because while all the other fast food places with Big Mac clones are comparing each other, you&#8217;ll be all by yourself, nowhere to be found, allowing the other fast food joints to assume you&#8217;re either crying or masturbating, or as they will call it, &#8220;whipping up your own secret sauce.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Marvo<\/p>\n<p><small>(Nutrition Facts &#8211; 1 burger &#8211; 540 calories, 33 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 1 grams of trans fat, 88 milligrams of cholesterol, 1062 milligrams of sodium, 374 milligrams of potassium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 6 grams of sugar and 25 grams of protein.)<\/small> <\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b>  Jack in the Box Bonus Jack<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b>  $4.99 (medium combo)<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b>  1 burger<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b>  Jack in the Box<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b>  4 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b>  About the same size as a Big Mac.  Secret sauce tasted like Thousand Island dressing.  Cool Whip wrestling.  Christina Ricci.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b>  Beef patties were petite.  Mostly tasted the bun.  No sesame seed bun.  One pickle.  No additional onions.  Unhealthier than a Big Mac.  Zits.  Fast food places calling their sauce &#8220;secret&#8221; when we know it&#8217;s Thousand Island dressing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Burger King, Please bring back your Big Mac wannabe, the Big King burger, which you introduced in the United States in 1997, but discontinued several years later. I&#8217;d like to see it make a comeback here in the United States because Big Mac clones are popping up left and right, like zits on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1559],"class_list":["post-4861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-jack-in-the-box"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18100,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/22\/fast-food-flashback-jack-in-the-box-colossus-burger\/","url_meta":{"origin":4861,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD FLASHBACK: Jack in the Box Colossus Burger","author":"Marvo","date":"February 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Fast Food Flashback is a series that looks back at discontinued fast food menu items. 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