While McDonald’s is ubiquitous when it comes to fast food burgers, in recent years, favorability hasn’t always been on the incline. According to The Washington Post, the chain produced the lowest rated burgers of all fast food establishments back in 2014. In the years since, McDonald’s has made changes that have been helped, for example using fresh rather than frozen beef as of 2020 (via CNN).
The shift in quality was reflected in a large influx of sales, with 40 million more Quarter Pounders sold that year than in the same period in 2019. And while Double Cheeseburgers and the Quarter Pounder still rank as some of the best options you can pick up at the restaurant (via Uproxx), they still can’t match the public’s infatuation with Wendy’s or Burger King as noted by Mashed’s survey, which had 20,000 total respondents.
But as the burger wars — and now the fried chicken wars — show, it’s always anyone’s game. As restaurants change their menus and as time goes on, we can expect to see the best burger shift from chain to chain, and we may end up seeing McDonald’s reclaim their crown when it comes to serving up the most popular burger.
