What the Heck: IHOP Bacon Burger

Published on Friday, August 26, 2011, by James Norton / Edit Post

Bacon 'N Beef Bacon & Egg Cheeseburger

Bacon 'N Beef Bacon & Egg Cheeseburger

I Paid: $8.99 for a cheeseburger and fries (prices may vary by region)

Taste: 1 stars

Marketing: 3 stars

International House of Pancakes enters the burger market, much to the dismay of Supertaster.

James Norton edits the Upper Midwestern food journal Heavy Table. He's also the coauthor of a book on Wisconsin's master cheesemakers. For his Supertaster Daily videos, he samples offerings from supermarket aisles and fast-food menus. (Click here to see all of James's previous Supertaster work.) You can follow him on Twitter and fan him on Facebook.

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  • Seems to me that you went to a horrible IHOP. I'm not really defending them, it's just, if the first thing you notice is that the bun isn't even the right one for the burger, that's usually a bad sign as for how the rest of it's made.

    As for IHOP, most of their food sucks, but at 3 in the morning in a small town, it's either that or Waffle House, and IHOPs tend to be cleaner and have less...+READ

    Seems to me that you went to a horrible IHOP. I'm not really defending them, it's just, if the first thing you notice is that the bun isn't even the right one for the burger, that's usually a bad sign as for how the rest of it's made.

    As for IHOP, most of their food sucks, but at 3 in the morning in a small town, it's either that or Waffle House, and IHOPs tend to be cleaner and have less drunk homeless people begging for change inside of them.-COLLAPSE

  • It doesn't seem so much that the burger was *bad*, rather, it was simply a let down. Promised Bacon Armageddon, got much less.

  • If its bacon-y goodness (or lack thereof, coupled with mediocre cheese, tomato and lettuce) is that much in question, I suppose dining in wouldn't have made much difference? I'd still caveat that getting takeout from a primarily sit-down style restaurant doesn't exactly do it justice...

  • They don't call it ISLOP without reason.

  • Wow, a bad burger from the Int. House of Corn Syrup. I think it's smart marketing but their food has always been mass produced crap.

  • UW madison alum?