Chunky's Burgers
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
Texas Kicker & Hickory Burger
(Texas Kicker) Homemade Queso, Bacon, Bottle Caps, on Texas Toast. (Hickory Burger) Tangy BBQ Sauce, Onion Rings, Cheese, and Bacon
(Texas Kicker) $7.19 (Hickory Burger) $7.59
On my recent trip to San Antonio, I made sure to go to a burger place that I was familiar with from YEARS and years. ago. Chunky's Burgers for anyone who doesn't know, was a burger place that was featured on Man vs. Food for having one of the hottest burgers in country called "The Four Horsemen". The Four Horsemen burger has 4 different spice qualities on it being: Jalapeno and Serrano peppers, Habanero sauce,, and the Ghost (Jolokia) pepper. It is crazy hot, and while I myself would never eat it, I had two roommates who attempted it years ago and got physically sick doing it, it was funny as I was there enjoying my nice cheeseburger, but I digress, that's not why we are here. This time, when I hit Chunky's, I was looking for their most popular burgers.
The first burger I had was the the Texas Kicker, from the description sounded AMAZING, but I was a little let down when it arrived. The first thing I noticed was how dried out my meat was, it was as if my burger was maybe finished first and was left out while the other food in our order was cooked, so I was a little disappointed going into the burger. The Queso, which was one of the things I was excited for ended up being a small dollop of very hard yellow cheese, when I was expecting some creaming liquid queso. The bacon was under cooked but still surprisingly had very good flavor, so I can't knock it on that.The Texas Bottle caps were their name for fried jalapenos and they were the best part of the burger, they were front and center as the main attraction of the burger and every bite had a little kick and flavor to it because of them. I whole hardheartedly think they alone saved this burger from a below average score. Overall the burger was good, but would have been better if some of the ingredients were presented and made a little differently.
The second burger I had was the Hickory Burger which was by far and away the better burger of the duo. First and foremost, the BBQ sauce was incredible! It was very spicy but contained so much flavor that I couldn't get enough of it on every bite. The meat was a little better on this one as if my theory was correct and it was cooked after the first burger so it was less dried out. The bacon was the same as the first burger, and the cheese was just a slice of cheese that didn't really do much for the burger but add a little bit of different flavor to it. The onion rings were a nice touch, but they didn't hold a candle to the Texas Bottle Caps from the first burger. When it came down to the end, this burger held up a little better than the first just because of the freshness I think.
The first burger I had was the the Texas Kicker, from the description sounded AMAZING, but I was a little let down when it arrived. The first thing I noticed was how dried out my meat was, it was as if my burger was maybe finished first and was left out while the other food in our order was cooked, so I was a little disappointed going into the burger. The Queso, which was one of the things I was excited for ended up being a small dollop of very hard yellow cheese, when I was expecting some creaming liquid queso. The bacon was under cooked but still surprisingly had very good flavor, so I can't knock it on that.The Texas Bottle caps were their name for fried jalapenos and they were the best part of the burger, they were front and center as the main attraction of the burger and every bite had a little kick and flavor to it because of them. I whole hardheartedly think they alone saved this burger from a below average score. Overall the burger was good, but would have been better if some of the ingredients were presented and made a little differently.
The second burger I had was the Hickory Burger which was by far and away the better burger of the duo. First and foremost, the BBQ sauce was incredible! It was very spicy but contained so much flavor that I couldn't get enough of it on every bite. The meat was a little better on this one as if my theory was correct and it was cooked after the first burger so it was less dried out. The bacon was the same as the first burger, and the cheese was just a slice of cheese that didn't really do much for the burger but add a little bit of different flavor to it. The onion rings were a nice touch, but they didn't hold a candle to the Texas Bottle Caps from the first burger. When it came down to the end, this burger held up a little better than the first just because of the freshness I think.
VERDICT: (Texas Kicker) 3 out of 5 Stars.
VERDICT: (Hickory) 3.5 out of 5 Stars.
And so the Chase continues…
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