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SM1DY 21-08-2009 04:39 PM

KFC is now selling the Ultimate heart attack
 
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/85...ed-chicken-bun

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A new KFC monster burger that uses two slabs of fried chicken in place of bread buns has gone on sale in the US to the dismay of nutrition experts.

The "Double Down Chicken Sandwich" contains two slices of bacon, pepper jack cheese, swiss cheese and sauce, wrapped between two fillets of chicken.

Would you eat this burger? Have your say here.

A television advertising campaign bills the US$4.99 ($6.00) Double Down as "so much 100 percent premium chicken, we didn't have room for a bun".

A spokesman for the Australian arm of KFC did not rule out the burger being sold locally in the future.

Ninemsn contacted a KFC store in Omaha, Nebraska, where an employee said sales of the Double Down had exceeded expectations.

But the burger, which does not appear on KFC's official website, has raised the ire of health experts.

"The world does not need [these burgers]," top Australian nutritionist Dr Rosemary Stanton said.

"These sorts of burgers have become a rite of passage for kids and young men ... but pity about your arteries, your waistline and your chin."

Burgers such as the Double Down made a mockery of fast food chains' persistent claims to provide healthy and balanced menus, Dr Stanton said.

Online food forums have been flooded with both criticism and support for the burger.

"Wow, I couldn't believe that American fast food has sunk this low," wrote one person on foodgeekery.com.

But another wrote: "Oh … oh my God. That is the best thing ever."

"I don't know what 'Colonel's Sauce' is, but it is like a party in my mouth."

Another person said he recently received an invitation to complete an online survey on the Double Down in exchange for US$10 KFC voucher.

KFC in Australia today issued a statement saying "we don't have this product in our plans at present".
I'm kinda fanatical about avoiding fast food, but honest to god, if they sold this in Australia, I would have to get one.


vztrt 21-08-2009 04:48 PM

Go get a Buxton cathedral burger. This thing is a lightweight.

http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/si....asp?PageId=19

GT0336 21-08-2009 04:57 PM

That is nuts!

Windsor220 21-08-2009 04:59 PM

Those burgers are big but atleast they look like burgers. (except for maybe the OP chicken bun one lol)

As far as heart attacks go the old Mcdonalds double pounder still would hold the title I would think

https://www.aldenteblog.com/images/2...blepounder.jpg

escapin 21-08-2009 05:09 PM

how awsome is that kfc burger

drooling now

greenguzzler 21-08-2009 05:10 PM

Would you like fries with that?

tickford2001 21-08-2009 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windsor220
Those burgers are big but atleast they look like burgers. (except for maybe the OP chicken bun one lol)

As far as heart attacks go the old Mcdonalds double pounder still would hold the title I would think

https://www.aldenteblog.com/images/2...blepounder.jpg

LOL @ McChicken...is that the entree? :mrsparkle

irlewy86 21-08-2009 05:25 PM

Oh yeah, because one burger can kill. Where do they find these "experts"?

xr8 007 21-08-2009 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tickford2001
LOL @ McChicken...is that the entree? :mrsparkle

ahahahah i was thinking the same thing. Just in case you get hungry. lol Maybe its a burger for the road.

paule11 21-08-2009 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vztrt
Go get a Buxton cathedral burger. This thing is a lightweight.

http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/si....asp?PageId=19


Kfc sounds good but the Buxton burger looks great

caputo9 21-08-2009 05:33 PM

i want one now

has anyone been to Harndorf restaurant in Adelaide and had their burger its massive it tastes good as well :nosh:

vztrt 21-08-2009 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paule11
Kfc sounds good but the Buxton burger looks great


Interesting to eat as well (yes I finished one).

Amazingly the road house that sells them survived the bushfire (the other half of the town was destroyed).

tickford2001 21-08-2009 05:36 PM

im tempted to do a buxton run on sunday arvo now...always wanted to try one *drool*

DJM83 21-08-2009 05:41 PM

To die for, i want one :lol: :wtf: is with that maccas burger x 8 :lol:

Rodp 21-08-2009 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SM1DY
I'm kinda fanatical about avoiding fast food, but honest to god, if they sold this in Australia, I would have to get one.

They do some crazy things with fast food in America. My all time favorite show would have to be Man v Food. We absolutely pale in comparison.

Now check this out for a burger. It costs $50.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYFxAoFh4Eo

Everytime I watch that show my arteries harden just a little more.

Franco Cozzo 21-08-2009 06:32 PM

Pfft,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11dzx5v-5RM

130 pounds of beef, burger big enough to feed 300 people.... Now we're talking.

cool65 21-08-2009 08:58 PM

$38.90 - or free if you finish it
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...7-661,00.html#

MrSparkle 22-08-2009 12:05 AM

Ah the double pounder, such fond memories we have had together...

EFPWR 22-08-2009 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windsor220
Those burgers are big but atleast they look like burgers. (except for maybe the OP chicken bun one lol)

As far as heart attacks go the old Mcdonalds double pounder still would hold the title I would think

https://www.aldenteblog.com/images/2...blepounder.jpg

Holy . That's one biggg burger! The other weekend a customer ordered a big mac with a mc chicken patty replacing one of the beef patty. Would've been interesting, that's for sure.

InfernoSR 22-08-2009 01:47 PM

God damned diet!

XRFutura 22-08-2009 01:54 PM

for the people who haven't seen what the double down chicken sandwich looks like

http://www.foodgeekery.com/fullimg/kfc-doubledown4.jpg

chief 22-08-2009 06:12 PM

It is a cost cutting exercise by KFC not having to put the burger in a bun.

Mont5.0 22-08-2009 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chief
It is a cost cutting exercise by KFC not having to put the burger in a bun.

wouldnt the fillets top and bottom cost more than a bun?

calais 22-08-2009 07:10 PM

I like seeing this sort of thing. Bring on the options that the "experts" keep trying to deny us!

schnoods 22-08-2009 07:40 PM

I'd like to have a carck at the $39 monster there, i reckon i could get past halfway with ease, but dunno about 3/4. Done kilo steaks before with little hassles.

Done a "pounder" before but felt sick with all the cheese and grease, wouldnt attempt a double!

Iggypoppin' 22-08-2009 07:53 PM

worst I have done is 4 quad stackers from HJ's then-vomit.

Feathers 22-08-2009 10:22 PM

Ugh. I gagged at the sight of the Double Big Mac a friend ate in Thailand. I'll pass on this.

[Tonko] 22-08-2009 10:31 PM

Double big mac... love it. geez im hungry after reading this thread

Feathers 22-08-2009 11:06 PM

Here's the Double Big Mac. Sorry about the editing.
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/SL372071.jpg

[Tonko] 22-08-2009 11:21 PM

That bloke has a smile... as would i


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