Burger King rolls out summer BBQ sandwiches, bacon sundae

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The Associated Press


http://i.imgur.com/9bH8z.jpg

NEW YORK (AP) – Burger King will try to lure customers this summer with a barbecue party — and a bacon sundae.

The world's second biggest hamburger chain on Thursday is launching several pork, beef and chicken sandwiches as limited-time offers.

And for a sweet ending, the company is offering a bacon sundae — vanilla soft serve with fudge, caramel, bacon crumbles and a piece of bacon — that started in Nashville, Tenn. earlier this year.

The salty-sweet dessert clocks in at 510 calories, 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar, and joins a kitchen-sink of other weird ice-cream combos.

Burger King's summer menu includes: A Memphis Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich. Carolina BBQ Whopper or Chicken Sandwich. Texas BBQ Whopper or Chicken Sandwich. Sweet potato fries. Frozen Lemonade.

The items will be available through the summer, or while supplies last.

The limited-time items are Burger King's latest push to win back customers and reverse sliding market share, an effort that started soon after the company was taken private by the private equity firm 3G Capital in late 2010.

Earlier this year, Burger King launched its biggest-ever menu expansion, including fruit smoothies, snack wraps and new salads. The items were intended to go after a broader audience of moms and families, a shift from the chain's previous strategy of courting young men with calorie bombs.

Core menu items, such as French fries and the Whopper, have also been tweaked as part of the effort to improve food quality.

Burger King is trying to underscore its focus on ingredients with a new tag line, "Taste Is King," which replaces "Have It Your Way."

A new ad has been celebrating summer barbecues to highlight the chain's emphasis on fire-grilling burgers. The new summer items will be featured in ads starting Thursday.

This month, 3G plans to take Burger King public on the New York Stock Exchange.

Wendy's is also revamping its menu to improve ingredients and recast itself as a higher-end burger chain. The makeovers by the hamburger giants come at a time when the traditional fast-food chains are seeing more competition from smaller players such as Five Guys Burgers and Smashburger that offer higher-quality food, and from burger alternatives such as Subway.

Burger King isn't the only fast-food chain trying to draw attention with unusual offerings. Taco Bell earlier this year introduced its tacos with Doritos shells and a "nacho burrito" that includes corn chips.

[Griffin]

this has me wanting a big plate of buffet style bacon

...I wonder how they make it? :homer:

[minz]

I can’t think of anything more disgusting :puke:

[Muddy]

get the fuck outta here... :lol: Well you have to give it to them.. They definitely have balls... :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Only 510 calories?...must be in a small cup. I'm all in for a bacon sundae for sure! The 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar almost redeems it to decadent status :thumbsup:

[Hugh_Janus]

a few weeks ago, I had my first fast food burger in like 10 years.... it was a double whopper with cheese without mayo and pickle and I have to say, it was pretty fuckin' good. Other than the fact it looked as if it had been thrown together by stevie wonder, it even looked like the burger on the menu thing. I was actually impressed

[Hal-9000]

Sometimes if you normally eat reasonably good food daily...when you get a big drippy burger as a treat, all of that fat and grease and cheese and salt and special sauce crap... tastes like Nirvana

[Hugh_Janus]

I just saw the picture and read the story.... what the actual fuck? Have epicmealtime visited BK HQ? :lol:

[Hugh_Janus]

Sometimes if you normally eat reasonably good food daily...when you get a big drippy burger as a treat, all of that fat and grease and cheese and salt and special sauce crap... tastes like Nirvana

I did have a back to back McDs quarter pounder vs whopper taste test and the former just tasted of ass and reminded me why I hadn't eaten a fast food burger for so long.

Generally, I prefer healthy food to unhealthy stuff, it's just the shit stuff is so convenient and relatively cheap :wha:

[Hal-9000]

I don't eat much ice cream anymore...we have Dairy Queens over here and they make blizzards. If you don't know, they're kind of half hard ice cream, half whipped with things like oreo cookies in them.

The large cup is over 7 dollars and contains something like 1.39 liters of ice cream :lol: ..pardon me, iced milk is what they use

They have awesome flavors like cheesecake or triple fudge brownie...:yumyum:

[Pony]

Mmm, Oreo cookie blizzard....

DQ had a special nutter butter cookie blizzard last year, I'm hoping they bring it back. It was really good. Do some of the DQ have food up there Hal? There are some here that have burgers, fries, hot dogs, fish, chicken, etc. It's pretty good chow.

[Muddy]

I'm down for the whopper right now! Lol

[Leefro]

a few weeks ago, I had my first fast food burger in like 10 years.... it was a double whopper with cheese without mayo and pickle and I have to say, it was pretty fuckin' good. Other than the fact it looked as if it had been thrown together by stevie wonder, it even looked like the burger on the menu thing. I was actually impressed

My fave burger is the Double whopper

[Hal-9000]

Mmm, Oreo cookie blizzard....

DQ had a special nutter butter cookie blizzard last year, I'm hoping they bring it back. It was really good. Do some of the DQ have food up there Hal? There are some here that have burgers, fries, hot dogs, fish, chicken, etc. It's pretty good chow.

Yes they have food too....we have a 99 cent burger special and they are, 99 cent burgers :lol:

I stick to the ice cream treats usually

[Hugh_Janus]

My fave burger is the Double whopper

I had another one today.... and a pasty.... I feel fat as fuck now :vomit:

[Hal-9000]

wutz a pasty?

[Muddy]

I was just at BK getting a whopper and they did say that the bacon sundae is in stock! :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Buy one up and give us a review dude!!!!


ffs we can't get that fancy stuff up here

[minz]

wutz a pasty?

A nasty pasty.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7776/cornish-pasties

[Hugh_Janus]

wutz a pasty?
http://www.thecornishpastyman.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/steak-ale-hero-beerx-1024x757.jpg

[Hal-9000]

aye... a meat pie


(that one looks good)

[Hugh_Janus]

A nasty pasty.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7776/cornish-pasties

you're lucky I don't know where you live.... 'cos I'd go over there and give you a damn good thrashing!! [-(

[minz]

you're lucky I don't know where you live.... 'cos I'd go over there and give you a damn good thrashing!! [-(

:d

[minz]

Hugh, your not in the UK are you?

[Muddy]

Hot pocket!

[Hugh_Janus]

aye... a meat pie


(that one looks good)

not a meat pie.... pastry is different. Also, that's a steak and ale pasty, the proper pasties on the image search don't look too appetising:mrgreen:

[Muddy]

Hugh's in the Kingdom but he isn't part of the United.. :lol:

[minz]

the proper pasties on the image search don't look too appetising:mrgreen:

My point exactly.... nasty pasty. :d

[minz]

Hugh's in the Kingdom but he isn't part of the United.. :lol:

In that case He must be in Scotland or Wales.

[Hugh_Janus]

Hugh, your not in the UK are you?
yes, I am

Hugh's in the Kingdom but he isn't part of the United.. :lol:
only when it siuts me :dance:

My point exactly.... nasty pasty. :d
you don't eat with your eyes :slap:

[Muddy]

In that case He must be in Scotland or Wales.


http://i.imgur.com/7fKEJ.gif

[Hugh_Janus]

In that case He must be in Scotland or Wales.

Cymro cymraeg, innit

[Leefro]

Anyway fuck pasties

PUKKA PIES FTW

[minz]

Welsh? I wouldn't admit to that :lol:


Just kidding :dance: :d

[Hal-9000]

not a meat pie.... pastry is different. Also, that's a steak and ale pasty, the proper pasties on the image search don't look too appetising:mrgreen:

don't you fucking Muddy me young man :lol:

that's a damn meat pie where I come from and it always will be :x

[Leefro]

don't you fucking Muddy me young man :lol:

that's a damn meat pie where I come from and it always will be :x


maybe is where you come from but it's not over here

And that is the point ;)

[Muddy]

don't you fucking Muddy me young man :lol:

that's a damn meat pie where I come from and it always will be :x

It's a god damn Hot pocket.. :x

[minz]

don't you fucking Muddy me young man :lol:

that's a damn meat pie where I come from and it always will be :x

This http://www.vawhitley.co.uk/ecommerce/frozen-foods/hollands-pies/HO01.aspx

Is a meat pie.

[Hal-9000]

This http://www.vawhitley.co.uk/ecommerce/frozen-foods/hollands-pies/HO01.aspx

Is a meat pie.

I love you darling :thumbsup:

[Muddy]

http://i.imgur.com/3X2HU.jpg

[Hal-9000]

It's a god damn Hot pocket.. :x

hot pockets make good impromtu dates when the fleshlite is on the blink

[Leefro]

I love you darling :thumbsup:

You obviously did not click the link

she was disagreeing with you

[minz]

I love you darling :thumbsup:

:wub: :mrgreen:

[Muddy]

Proper serving accessories..

http://i.imgur.com/qHs0K.jpg

[minz]

You obviously did not click the link

she was disagreeing with you

shhhh, thats the first time Ive got him to be all cute and mushy, dont burst my bubble. :(

[Leefro]

I can't help it

He's from Canada

[Hal-9000]

You obviously did not click the link

she was disagreeing with you

I never click her links, she's in a relationship :hand:


and the picture that Hugh posted is called a meat pie in Canada.....you can make up all the nonsensical names you like over there for food :lol: bacon buttie, pasty etc

[minz]

Bacon butties :drool:

[Hal-9000]

Canadian penis :drool:






holy cow, she does eat food like us normal humans :lol:

[Leefro]

Right

PIE

http://www.claire-king.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pie.jpg


Pasty

http://kittowsbutchers.co.uk/upload/products-92-big-IMG_0284.JPG

[minz]

holy cow, she does eat food like us normal humans :lol:

:rofl:

[Hal-9000]

Right

PIE

http://www.claire-king.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pie.jpg


Pasty

http://kittowsbutchers.co.uk/upload/products-92-big-IMG_0284.JPG


wrong

[Leefro]

For tax reasons it is a pasty

[Leefro]

A pasty is made by placing the filling on a circular-shaped pastry. For the pastry to enclose the filling and crimp the edges to seal the filling inside, making it half-moon-shaped. Traditional Cornish pasties are filled with beef, turnip, onion, and sliced potato and baked, but generally, a pasty can have any type of filling the cook wants.

A pastry is a dough consisting primarily of flour, water, and shortening that is baked and often used as a crust for pies and pasties.

A pie is made by pouring the filling into an unbaked or baked pastry (pie crust)

Two different pastries are used they are not the same

[Muddy]

Listen to Lee, he knows... He washes the dishes in a restaurant..

[Leefro]

Listen to Lee, he knows... He washes the dishes in a restaurant..

You forgot about spitting in the soup ffs

[minz]

You forgot about spitting in the soup ffs

I'll never eat soup again... :wha:

[Hugh_Janus]

I'll never eat soup again... :wha:

like you've ever even eaten soup :hand:

:dance:

[Leefro]

I'll never eat soup again... :wha:


Tis ok it's pea and ham you'd never know the difference

[minz]

like you've ever even eaten soup :hand:

:dance:

Excuse me, I have a varied diet of toast, bananas and soup :hand: not all at the same time i might add, that would just be weird.:wha:

[minz]

Tis ok it's pea and ham you'd never know the difference

:ewww:

[Muddy]

Here, have some cake..

http://media.cakecentral.com/gallery/966/600-pcake.JPG

[DemonGeminiX]

:hand:

Y'all can keep your pasties and pies... Imma go have a calzone or a stromboli.... or a BK double stacker.

:d


Proper serving accessories..

http://i.imgur.com/qHs0K.jpg

Now that's all kinds of wrong... and no doubt happening in college dorm rooms all over the country.