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Well, hello, ladies and gentlemen. Happy Sunday. Good afternoon.
This is Running on Empty Food Review, and I am your host, the Report of the Week.
So, it's another week-
I think it's been almost a week exactly-
since I did, uh, did my last food review because we did a food of here, then we did a, yeah, like a
miscellaneous video, and now we're back doing the food reviews, and
It's so strange. You know, it feels like I was just here a week ago,
but I guess I wasn't, you know, I guess it's just a little bit of déjà vu, but no matter what,
Burger King is one of those establishments that's just pumping out new food, new items, at an extraordinary rate and
I-I know, you know, it's probably
Burger King and Taco Bell, I would say those are the two establishments that, you know, really [release] so many new food items,
they probably make up really the bulk of my reviews, but I always like to just review whatever is newly released,
whatever people are kind of talking about, and I just go from there and the last review
I did, I know it was just for the Cheesy Tots from Burger King, and all of a sudden, now
they already released a new item. They released another one of their
infamous King sandwiches, and,
if you've been following this a while, you know how the outcome of that usually is, but
the King Sandwiches, it's a lineup of deluxe burgers
with two, around two quarter-pound beef patties,
totals around a half pound of meat there, and this is their Rodeo King. Now- now they had so many of these sandwiches,
I had the Bacon King, the Barbecue Bacon King, the Swiss Mushroom King,
this King, that King, the triple King King Sandwich, and I got the Rodeo King Sandwich, and the Rodeo King
Sandwich, you know, what is it exactly?
Well, it comes with two beef patties, totaling again around a half pound of meat,
American cheese, comes with onion- onion rings or little fried, you know, onion bits, I guess you could say,
barbecue sauce, three half strips of Bacon (wow, they really, they're really giving you a ton of that) and
then it comes with just absolutely glorious mayo,
that that we all need,
on a sesame-seed bun,
Hence: the Rodeo King.
But you know, I'm staying hopeful. I'll be completely honest: with this King sandwich, if
there's one of them that I'm gonna like, I think it's gonna be this one, because I like burgers with bacon,
I always find those to be pretty good,
sometimes I think barbecue sauce on a burger can actually be pretty good. The onion rings look pretty good, actually, and as long as they
finally get a handle on on this mayo situation,
I think this is actually going to be the King sandwich that (finally) isn't an utter disappointment.
So, I'm absolutely keeping my fingers crossed. I got my
Wholesome Ducks of Good Luck here to wish me all the best and,
hey, we'll just have to see, right?
Now, here's what it looks like. You can see
this one was gonna fall off, but that's what one of the onion rings looks like.
Can you see me through it? I can see you through it. There we go: onion ring. That's what it looks like. And here's a
view of the burger itself, you can see- there it is!
Here's another view, can see kind of a little pool of mayo right there.
We'll just have to see, you know. We'll just have to see. Let's un-bun it and see what we have there.
Actually, there is a little more bacon. The website said it was just three half strips of bacon, but this actually looks a little bit...
more- more than that.
But you can see really the burger here, could see some of the onion rings there, and some more bacon,
and the two beef patties, and the cheese, but honestly,
if-if they can get a hand on this mayo, and it doesn't overpower everything,
I really actually have some high hopes for this burger, so I'm really-
I'm looking forward to this, actually, and I'm hoping this is gonna be a good one.
You know, I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I think if there's gonna be one of these King sandwiches that's good,
it's gonna be this one, so let's try it out. It's the Rodeo King
sandwich from Burger King going in. [NONCHING]
Here's a cross section.
See, this is a cross section where we could really see a little bit of everything now.
You can see the bacon, kind of stacked up there. You could see one of the onion rings there too, some of the sauce.
So that's a good cross-section there. Now, we'll delve into it a little more. [NONCHING CONTINUES]
[To Wholesome Ducks of Good Luck] Excuse me, guys. Sorry.
I'm gonna take one more bite. [NONCH IT BABY ONE MORE TIME]
And again, here's a cross-section.
They [Wholesome Ducks] were just wishing everyone well.
This is...
This is a new beginning.
Maybe I just actually got, you know, just a good burger this time around, but
they released this lineup of the King
sandwiches,
not quite a year ago, about
maybe 11, 10 months ago,
and the first Kings sandwich I ever had was vile. You know, it was, I mean, repulsive, I
mean, it was disgusting!
Just the meat was charred. It was just so disgusting.
Completely covered in mayo, and every sandwich thereafter was either repulsive and inedible or barely edible.
But this one, they finally got a hand on it, and they finally fixed that issue where I was saying,
"There's too much mayo on it
and it drowns everything out, and the meat is as dry and flavorless and disgusting." In this sandwich, that cleared up both of those issues,
number one the mayo situation.
There's mayo on this burger,
but now there's enough onion rings and pieces of
bacon and the barbecue sauce that it blends together nice and actually adds a little bit of moisture to the sandwich,
and I don't have a problem with it. The amount of mayo they put on the sandwich does not cause any problems.
The two beef patties that are on it: they're thick, but the way they finally cooked them this time,
they actually are juicy and flavorful.
And that's a really pleasant, positive change to see (finally), and you could still taste a little bit of that char on it,
which is intended, you know, you can taste that, a little bit of a char grill on it, and that's good,
you know, that's what they were kind of aiming for with it.
The cheese also
helps solidify the patties, so you don't really have anything sliding around, and it's not a complete and total mess.
I'm sorry about that, and sometimes I get some technical issues and the camera just gives out, I apologize.
What I was saying?
I believe we were just talking about the burger last and the cheese that really holds everything together and solidifies everything there,
so that was just a pleasant change.
Lastly two other things. I just really wanted to finish up on, here.
The amount of bacon that they put on the burgers, you could kind of see from when I was showing it to you there,
was really a good amount. You know, they mentioned online that it was just going to be three half strips of bacon there,
but it certainly was a lot more
than that, so it really was-was good in terms of the amount of bacon. You could really
finally taste the bacon. It didn't get lost in everything, and
that's really a good, pleasant change. And also the onion rings,
again, adds a nice little crunch to it and a, you know, a good flavor there.
One last thing, also, the barbecue sauce that they added,
it was a tangy barbecue sauce, you know you have different types of barbecue sauce, you have the, you know, honey barbecue,
you could have a tangy barbecue, could even have a spicy barbecue sauce,
but this barbecue sauce that they added on the burger here,
it's a bit of a tangy barbecue sauce, and that gives a nice little flavor to it, as well a nice little tang and a,
you know, a little-a little bit of a zing to it, you can kind of say.
Where, you know, the sandwich itself, otherwise it might just seem to blend, and it might just seem too meaty and
salty and, you know, however you want to describe it,
but that little tang that's in the barbecue sauce? That really kind of gives it that extra, extra little boost and kind of
overcomes that hurdle, and really makes it, what I would finally call, a good sandwich.
So, really, this sandwich is around six dollars. You are getting a lot of food, though.
They finally did this one right. There were a lot of issues with the last ones that they seemed to have actually taken care of.
They finally got this one right, in my opinion, and
in it, you know, again, you get a lot of bacon. The meat is actually cooked good.
It's not incredibly messy. You get some good barbecue sauce, as well,
some onion rings, too, and,
all in all, I think this is actually probably the best King sandwich of them all!
It's been a lot of disappointment in the past, but this one, it's a lot more enjoyable
than all the other ones that I've ever had, so with that being said, I'm going to be giving this sandwich an
8.5 out of 10.
It's not perfect by any means, you know, it's not a gourmet burger or anything
I would even call close to it, however, in comparison to all the other King sandwiches that I've done in the past,
it certainly beats the rest, has a lot of good flavors to it, and of them all,
this is the one I would recommend.
You're getting a lot on it.
You got a little bit of everything, get that tangy barbecue sauce, some bacon,
some onion rings, the meat itself, too - a little bit of cheesiness also.
You're getting a lot of,
you know, a lot of stuff, a little bit of everything, you can say, and I just think it's a good sandwich.
Overall, I would recommend that, truth be told, one of the better sandwiches I've ever had from Burger King.
That's all that I have for you, ladies and gentlemen.
I'm your host, the Report of the Week, today's review is for the Rodeo King sandwich from Burger King.
Thank you for watching, take care!
We'll see you later with (likely) another review of some sort. Until then, take care and have a good one!