What do you think of Carl's Jr. or Hardees? vs. other fast food places?

[cooper barrett]

If Hardee's is a muscle car then Arby's would be a cross dressing Mercedes wearing leotards going to the nobody judges, ladies only gym.

You maybe right about Arby's and the Crossfire. Crossfires were detuned SLK's. Although the SRT6 had the "blown" hand me down 3.2 liter from the AMG when MB offered a 5.5l V8 that would out run the lighter and more powerful 400HP Corvettes. When the SLK had a 3.5 standard the Crossfire died with the old 3.2 V6.

Car and driver called the Crossfire: "The Crossfire is just the kind of florid prêt-à-porter that appeals to people in the look-good business."

Arby's food looks better from the outside but under it's 20 some sodium based ingredients it's not good for you. It's probably not going to kill you as quickly it's just better for you than Hardees. FWIW Although all these compounds in moderate amount is not said to be bad you but if you have any type of kidney issue some of them are discouraged in any amount*.

I don't do fast food for the same reason you mentioned but Arby's, while better than Hardee's, still had food scientists who pump artificial ingredients and processing that enhance flavor, texture, and lifespan in their products. Large amounts of salt on top of Sodium based ingredients seem to run a muck along with Soy oil at Arby's.


While you know, going in, that Hardee's will kill you, Arby's is like your soon to be ex wife poisoning you with small amounts of antifreeze.

Sodium Phosphate*
Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate
Sodium Citrate
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
Disodium inosinate
Disodium guanylate
Sodium Phosphates
Monosodium Phosphate
Sodium Benzoate
Sodium alginate



From Arby's (note the lack of and the use of "% of" notations)

Roast Beef: Beef, Water, Salt, Sodium Phosphates

Smoked Brisket: Beef Brisket, Water, Salt, Less than 1% of the
following: Sodium Phosphates, Black Pepper, Paprika, Red
Pepper, Garlic Blend (salt, corn starch, garlic powder).

Corned Beef: Beef, Water, Sodium Lactate, Contains 2% or
less of the following: Salt, Flavorings, Sugar, Sodium Chloride,
Potassium Chloride, Sodium Gluconate, Sodium Phosphates,
Sodium Nitrite, Sodium Erythorbate.

Pit-Smoked Ham: Ham Cured with: Water, Dextrose, Contains
2% or less of the following: Salt, Sodium Phosphates,
Potassium Acetate, Potassium Lactate, Sodium Diacetate,
Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite.

Prime-Cut™ Chicken Tenders: Chicken Breast Tenderloins,
Water, Seasoning (salt, hydrolyzed corn and soy protein,
flavor, autolyzed yeast extract, disodium guanylate,
disodium inosinate, enzyme modified egg yolk, thiamine
hydrochloride), Sodium Phosphate. Battered and Breaded
With: Bleached Wheat Flour, Water, Wheat Flour, Salt, Spice,
Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate, Yeast Extract,
Leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate),
Garlic Powder, Yellow Corn Flour, Dextrose, Onion Powder,
Extractives of Paprika and Turmeric. Breading set in vegetable
oil. Cooked in Corn Oil. CONTAINS: EGG, SOY, WHEAT

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I don't have those near me now, so I haven't eaten in one for years.

I have fond memories of Hardee's growing up. As a teenager, I thought they had very good food, and my local restaurant had one half of a twin package named Courtney who enchanted me, so I would go there just to hear her say "ham and cheese", and possibly brush my hand as she handed me my change. But that's off topic. Let's just say that I liked Hardee's.

I have a policy against going to Carl's Jr when I'm traveling, mostly because I despise those commercials that have people making crunching and grunting and slurping sounds while they're eating. I don't wish to make those sounds and I don't wish to be near people who make those sounds and I don't wish to support a business that supports making those sounds. Their commercials also give me a distinct feeling that their food is mega-caloric, and that if I eat a small hamburger there I'll overshoot my daily calories for the next two days. I recognize that's their brand, and maybe they're right to go for the loud-eating gluttonous market, but that's not me.

Relative to other fast-food brands, I would rate Carl's Jr closer to Long John Silver's than anything else. Both places have flavorful, plentiful food that's incredibly unhealthy. Jack in the Box would also live close to them on the brand map.

I would place Hardee's closest to Arby's. Good creative menu variety and generally good food.

If they were cars, Carl's Jr. would be a 60s muscle car that looks cool, but is loud and get 8 mpg. Hardees would be a Chrysler Crossfire - good and underrated, not well known, and canceled before its time.

[CrazyPhuD]

I dunno I still prefer butt****ers.

[Chief Roundup]

Breakfast biscuit sandwiches are damn good. I also like their Sourdough Thickburger. I like their curly fries better than traditional fries.
They are a little pricey though.

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[rabblerouser]

This thread again?

The Frisco Breakfast Sammich is probably the best fast food breakfast, period.

[Hydrae]

LOVE the Western Bacon Cheeseburger! But you have to order it with extra BBQ or it is too dry.

I know I shared this story on here before but it is a favorite of mine so I will do so again:

Back 20 some years ago I was living in Flagstaff. At the time Carl's Jr had an ad campaign of "If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face." So a guy travelling through Flagstaff on I-70 from LA to somewhere inland stopped at Carl's Jr. He then kept driving his U-haul truck down the highway eating his burger. It was messy (as it should be!) so he was weaving a bit on the road. Cop pulls him over thinking he may be drunk. Well, in Flagstaff (at least at that time) if you were pulled over on I-70 they brought out the drug dogs as a matter of routine. And that is how Carl's Jr helped to bust this guy with his couple hundred pounds of pot in the back of the U-haul!

[Rasputin]

Give me Whataburger



I hate Kansas for not having a Whataburger

[TinyEvel]

Yeah so I think their current tag line on the bags is "Pioneers of the Great American Burger"

Does that mean anything to you guys? IS that even claimable? Feel true?

I remember the messy commercials and then they did the hot chicks and cleavage eating the burgers forever. Remember that stuff? Fap-worthy? Did it make you go there?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

Yeah so I think their current tag line on the bags is "Pioneers of the Great American Burger"

Does that mean anything to you guys? IS that even claimable? Feel true?

I remember the messy commercials and then they did the hot chicks and cleavage eating the burgers forever. Remember that stuff? Fap-worthy? Did it make you go there?

A burger pioneer makes hamburgers that contain mustard, ketchup, two pickles, and three rings of onions. These places shouldn't be calling themselves burger pioneers. That's not who they are at all.

They're burger innovators. Their burgers should be wearing white lab coats with those metal antennae sticking up out of them shooting lightning sparks across to each other. When I think about Carl's Jr, I do think about burger innovation. Hardee's less so, but Hardee's does have menu innovation. They'd have a fast food cook in a white lab coat shooting lasers at chicken sandwiches.

I know a guy who does market research if you need this concept to be explored.

And while their hot chick commercials made me look, they didn't make me want their food. Perhaps they increased my name recognition, but it never made sense to me that attractive women were eating 3,000 calorie burgers. I think those women weren't real customers, and were instead actresses portraying customers.

[ChiliConCarnage]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

Yeah so I think their current tag line on the bags is "Pioneers of the Great American Burger"

Does that mean anything to you guys? IS that even claimable? Feel true?

I remember the messy commercials and then they did the hot chicks and cleavage eating the burgers forever. Remember that stuff? Fap-worthy? Did it make you go there?

I suppose I read that as them saying they are OG's in the burger biz. Hardee's has been around a long time so I guess I'll allow it to pass.

Those commercials stunk and so was that phase of bizarre let me put a bunch of shit on top of a burger. Maybe this resonated with really hungry construction workers or something but meh

"Sure, you've had a burger but have you ever had a burger with a shitload of spaghetti and two huge meatballs on top!?!!?!?" uhh no and that sounds like a disaster to eat but hey it's unique

[Fish]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

Yeah so I think their current tag line on the bags is "Pioneers of the Great American Burger"

Does that mean anything to you guys? IS that even claimable? Feel true?

I remember the messy commercials and then they did the hot chicks and cleavage eating the burgers forever. Remember that stuff? Fap-worthy? Did it make you go there?

Why does this feel like you're using us for demographic information?

[cooper barrett]

I just wished I had a gal who could look like that and still eat crap like Hardee's sells. When I go out for dinner most of my SO's meal is my lunch the next day.

If I put something on the plate, that is awesome, she will tear it up but not crap like that and not in public.

I can't remember the last time I ate at Hardee's. Honestly it was breakfast east of KC off of I-70.

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

Yeah so I think their current tag line on the bags is "Pioneers of the Great American Burger"

Does that mean anything to you guys? IS that even claimable? Feel true?

I remember the messy commercials and then they did the hot chicks and cleavage eating the burgers forever. Remember that stuff? Fap-worthy? Did it make you go there?

[Baby Lee]

I like Hardees a great deal, but I don't go because the closest one to me is not only the farthest from me of about all the fast food options, it's fairly uniquely situated to be inconvenient for me personally.

Basically, it's right at the foot of an offramp for the interstate at a particularly congested area. So I either travel up there via the thoroughfares THEN negotiate the Gordian's Knot of traffic right at their front entrance, or I take a bunch of backroads through residential areas to sneak in their back entrance.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I like Hardees a great deal, but I don't go because the closest one to me is not only the farthest from me of about all the fast food options, it's fairly uniquely situated to be inconvenient for me personally.

Basically, it's right at the foot of an offramp for the interstate at a particularly congested area. So I either travel up there via the thoroughfares THEN negotiate the Gordian's Knot of traffic right at their front entrance, or I take a bunch of backroads through residential areas to sneak in their back entrance.

Damn that's similar to the situation with my Hardee's. It's in the middle of a shopping center that was built in two different phases by two different developers and the second phase it's located in switched developers in the middle of its development so traffic in the entire area is a goddamn cluster**** and the only way I'll go to it is if I'm already in that part of the shopping center for some other reason.

[Demonpenz]

The one in St Joe makes you turn left at a shit intersection. Fast food that I go to in St Joe would be the self checkout line at Wal mart

[CoMoChief]

KC should be ashamed for not having an In n Out, and getting rid of White Castle a lifetime ago.