Every Regional Style of Hamburger We Could Find Across the United States
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May 12, 2025
Weird History Food is going on a Nationwide Burger Run. Hamburgers across the United States go well beyond the backyard burger or popular smash burger, with each section of America adding its own regional twist to the burger.
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Today, we're taking a bite out of every style of hamburger we could find across the U.S
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What separates the Connecticut steamed cheeseburger from all the other burgers is the way in which it's cooked
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It's a literal steamed ham. The Dominican Chimmy Burger is typically topped with Leloy's golf sauce
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along with tomato and cabbage. It is always served on pan de agua
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Iowa's loose meat sandwich is basically just a burger. mixed with onion, ketchup, and pickles
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But the beef is all loose, like a meatloaf in a car accident. Olive burger
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It's a burger with green olives on top, often with Swiss cheese as the topping of choice
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While juicy Lucy may sound more like a cabaret performer than a savory treat, the only difference between a juicy Lucy
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and your standard cheeseburger is that, in a juicy Lucy, the cheese is cooked inside the burger
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The Missouri Goober Burger made a name for itself as the one-stop shop for those looking to eat both a hamburger
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and a peanut butter sandwich at the same time. The Wisconsin Butter Burger has grown from a regional secret
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into a nationally recognized burger style that are covered in a healthy serving of melted butter
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Meet the Colombian Comida Rapida Burger. While this fast food burger is frequently topped with lettuce, tomato, and onion
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it also often includes melted mozzarella cheese and crushed potato chips Now introducing the Frita Cubana it a ground mix of both beef and either chorizo or pork along with a bunch of other additives like paprika ketchup onions and potato sticks
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The Mississippi Slug Burger isn't supposed to have any slugs on it at all
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Its patty is loaded either with breadcrumbs or with flour and soy meal
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The San Antonio Bean Burger is a standard beef patty topped with crushed Fritos, diced onions
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cheese whiz, and refried beans. The New Mexico Green Chili Cheeseburger is a cheeseburger topped with, well, you get it
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However, the green chilies in the green chili cheeseburgers are actually a special green chili sauce
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rather than chili peppers. Behold, the California Burger What sets this Golden State rendition apart from the American classic is simple
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It either includes avocado, or if the chef is feeling particularly saucy, guacamole
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Bacon's usually thrown into the mix too, along with lettuce, tomato, and onion
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A patty melt is a cheeseburger, usually made on grilled rye bread
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And topped with Swiss cheese and grilled or caramelized onions While no one seems to know for sure just who thought to put pastrami and thousand island
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dressing on top of a cheeseburger, the resulting pastrami burger has become a Utah classic
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The Montana Nut Burger is a normal burger covered in a decidedly abnormal sauce
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a delectable mixture of Miracle Whip and crushed salted peanuts
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