In-n-Out vs. Dick's

I’ve never had a burger at Dick’s, other than my own.

…after hearing all the hype and was not impressed.

They are two completely different things and I love both.

Dicks I would say is in the the original 19 cent simple hamburger genre of Drive-Ins. Burger, Cheeseburger, Special, and Deluxe. All good and the only customization allowed is a 5 cent container of chopped onions.

In and Out has better quality ground beef and is a bigger sandwich which can be customized anyway you like. You want a double double wrapped in leaf lettuce and no bun? You want grilled onions, burnt mustard? You want it served Animal Style?

It is a whole different thing and it is excellent.

I suggest that you try it this way next time you visit an In and Out.

By the way I think Dick’s fries with a side of tartar are the very best.

I usually go Dicks Deluxe, Cheeseburger, side of fries, with some tartar, chopped onions and ketchup on the side. Add a Chocolate Shake to wash it down and it is nap time.

…it’s depends on what YOU like.

Steak and Shake is a midwest diner type of drive thru burger place. Great shakes and burgers.

Culver’s Butter Burgers are out of Wisconsin and they are excellent. The butter grilled buns are outstanding.

Backyard Burger is sort of a South of the Mason Line type of place that I really like. Ever have slaw on a blackened burger with bacon and cheese? Yum!

I had one of those last time I was out and it was good but I prefer Dicks.

The burger discussion is as good as the football! I fell in love with In-n-Out with my first double double and believe me, at that point in my life getting me to eat onions took some doing. I can’t get enough onions, at least grilled, or caramelized, now. The recipe on how to make one is online somewhere.

John mentioned butter grilled buns and I’ll have to try that place one day because along with her homemade relish, my grandma’s buttered and toasted buns made for an awesome burger. I can’t duplicate it.

My current favorite burger involves ground rib eye, buttered and toasted bun, mustard, pickle, 1/2 lb. of loosely packed freshly ground rib eye, three slices of bacon, two of sharp cheddar cheese and alfalfa sprouts. Like 22 said…it’s what you like and there are a lot of ways to like a good burger. If you’re serious about burgers, check this place out.

http://aht.seriouseats.com/

Seriously, I didn’t know that Dick’s would be featured on the page. What an odd coincidence!

In-N-Out is overrated. I ate their once and have NO desire to eat there again.
Give me 2 cheese, 2 fry, and a chocolate shake from Dick’s or a Burger Dip with cheddar and BBQ sauce with their shake of the month from Kidd Valley over animal style 5×5 burgers.

I used to enjoy going to Burgermaster on Aurora, U-Village, and Bellevue. There was also one South of Olympia that was a great place to hit on the way to a game in Oregon but it has been gone for awhile.

I like Kidd Valley but I hear they arent as good as they used to be.

I took a business trip to the L.A. area about 9 years ago now with a co-worker that had previously worked in L.A., and he insisted we all hit up In-n-Out first thing after we arrived at LAX. I didn’t get the obsession. It was decent and all, but nothing to make me go nuts over.

For my money, the best burger chain out of California is Fatburger. It’s not dirt-cheap like Dick’s, but they make real good burgers & great skinny fries. I wish there was a franchise in Seattle (as it is, I make sure to drop in when I’m passing through Issaquah or find myself in Bellevue).

Hard to top Red Mill though for local burgers.

They have some of the best burgers EVER. Nothing I have had in Chicago has even begun to rival a Schoop’s burger. The crispy golden meat-hunkiness hanging off the edge of the golden toasted bun is to die for. Shoops special edge is just that – a crispy edge on the burger.

They have twenty locations in Northern Indiana, Chicago, and now are opening stores in Las Vegas.

They have Green River Soda!

That’s a new one on me. I can hardly wait to get my sourdough yeast culture started again so I can post a pizza comparison thread. http://slice.seriouseats.com/ for a lot of good pizza reviews. Their preferences aren’t everyone’s though. That site did turn me on to how to make a good crust. Next purchase is a grill and a replacement pizza stone…and some containers for growing yeast.

Squirt was always a favorite of mine, wow, that a long time ago.

There is nothing like a Green River and I used to have them mixed for me when I was a kid at places like the G.O. Guy Drug Soda Fountain.

Green River Info

We can do fish and chips some other time.

I have to do three things when I come to Seattle.

Dicks, Taco Time, and fish and chips.

I like Spuds, Ivars, Totem House, and even Skippers if you can still find one open.

“Animal Style” = The double meat is dipped in yellow mustard and frilled. They then add double cheese, pickles, extra spread and grilled onions. This in addtion to the ample lettuce, tomato and raw onion.

“Animal Style Fries” = fries with cheese, spread, grilled onions and pickles if requested.

The Grilled Onions are the key at In and Out. They blend nicely with the cheese and special sauce. Nice gooey mess.

Dick’s is Dick’s, and In-and-Out is part of SoCal car culture. We all have our personal favorites, and the luckiest can appreciate another’s taste, though sometimes it’s more the setting than the substance—even a petrified piece of discarded animal parts is still A Hot Dog At Yankee Stadium.

So I’ll risk my loyal purple neck by nominating another Pac-10 jewel, well-known to the fans at USC: the Tommy Burger. This is best appreciated standing outdoors at the original Tommy’s on Beverly and Rampart. Go the first time with someone who can tell you how to order and get through the line, and don’t even think about ordering one without chili.

Hey John: maybe after you’re done with the all-time teams, you can publish some kind of “Best Of” food and/or watering hole guide for travelers in the conference? Maybe even recruit the other SB Nation blogs to nominate what they’re most proud of in their own locale…

I can’t believe we’re getting this much mileage off of a food thread!? After all this is a Huskies site!

In and Out uses fresh cut potatos with no skin left on. I think they use a smaller potato so the fried are shorter tham I like.

but I can say this about Dicks. I don’t really like fast food, and I don’t really like burgers, but I’ll eat at Dicks any times. their burgers and fries are the best. Plus it brings back good memories of when I had season tickets to the Sonics and would go to Dicks before every game.

In ’n Out is hella ****ing awesome!