hello everyone this is running on empty food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone
watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of the running on empty food review series
i'm your host the report of the week checking in from a black void this time around i decided to
enter the abyss once and for all and that's where i'm reporting from to be honest so i'm not even
sure how the lighting and all of that is uh kind of turning out in this one i do have a suit jacket
it's draped over the chair that i'm sitting on so i'm not like floating on some sort of
you know cloud or something um but i just wasn't sure how the lighting and all that
would work out but anyway yeah it's it's in the evening i understand that and uh well i just kind
of say no why not let's let's let's go for it besides the no i don't think this is actually
the case but you could say well the mysterious lighting is uh perfect for the mood of this video
i don't even know where i was going with that because i don't think there really is anything
mysterious about this but let's pretend that it is let's pretend that this is like
this is the reincarnation of scooby-doo right here and i'm solving this mystery
you know just make something up burger king has made an adjustment to their menu though and that
isn't a mystery because they promoted it and they let everyone know about it so see there's
that segway there's the glorious uh segue that explains everything um but burger king
see late last year they have they introduced a dollar menu i should say
and that makes sense you know all sorts of places have these value menus and dollar menus where they
just have some cheap eats and cheap snacks and burger king kind of said all right well
better late than never let's go for it so they introduced this menu that's called the your way
value min menu which just has you know cheap eats for a buck pretty much and uh they introduced that
late last year and since then they've been making some tweaks and adjustments to the menu i guess
they're just trying to perfect it and figure out what works best with this what works best there
what items are even worthy right of being a dollar so they had a bacon cheeseburger on the dollar
menu they got rid of it now some people are kind of saying well maybe it's because you know this
bacon cheeseburger is just some sort of evil monstrosity and it's not even deserving of the
dollar menu but other people are kind of saying well i think they did this as a cost uh saving
measure and they replaced it i mean no matter why they took it off the menu what we do know is that
they replaced it and they replaced it with the rodeo burger now the rodeo burger isn't anything
new it's been on the menu for i mean a very long time we're talking years at least um i'm not sure
how long but it's just been a long time this is not anything new but they are lowering the price
of the rodeo burger to one dollar the rodeo burger is one of those items i've never had it before
um i've always looked at it and i've always just to be completely honest i've looked at it and i've
said to myself this looks like the saddest most dejected looking sandwich that i've seen like
it looks like this is the sandwich that that had potential and just completely and utterly failed
and it's this sad looking little thing and uh now it's just rejected and sitting there on the dollar
menu forgotten by everyone so what i want to find out today is this an underrated favorite you know
is am i just judging a book by its cover which i probably am either way and uh maybe this is like
a hidden gem and that's the thing that i always like like doing with these sorts of dollar menus
and stuff you always get these little obscure types of items that are either really really good
and it's like well i can't believe never heard of this before or never tried it or not as many
people know about it or it's god-awful and it's like yeah all right i know why this isn't here
on the way no one really knows about this because this thing is just terrible so the rodeo burger
again it's available at the price of one dollar here's what it comes with a flame grilled patty
onion rings barbecue sauce and it's on a sesame seed bun so it's a very simple burger um
i guess it's evocative of those memories of being at the rodeo right
i don't know i guess you throw in some barbecue sauce and onion rings and that's what all the
cowboys eat so there you go imagine that you're at the rodeo feasting away on these um but that's
what it is have it right here it's a simple simple sandwich although you even look at the size of it
right here in the wrapping it actually a little bigger than you think i already got a thumbnail
of this so i'm not going to bother with that um because the sun is it's not even late at that
that late at night i should say um but the sun was just going down and i thought i'll just get the
thumbnail then before i really get into the video hence the disparity there let's take a look at it
now here's a close-up of it it's a no-frills burger small patty two onion rings sesame seed bun
then see right there there's the barbecue sauce so see there's the the bottom bun the beef patty
actually there's three onion rings look at that they went all out and then there's the barbecue
sauce so see there i am with it we'll just do this for the fun of it and i'll put it together
you know i had the white shirt on for a while because i thought it might just be better for the
lighting but i don't know i feel like i'm here in front of the camera i've got a suit jacket right
here i'm just going to put the suit jacket back on because why not it just feels right you know
there we go even if you can't really see much of me anymore i feel like i'm back in business now
that was a waste of a couple seconds either way so you know what's on it here's the size comparison
you can see it's like i think the bun is the biggest thing on it all but we'll see is this
an underrated favorite is it not let's find out rodeo burger from burger king going in
it's basic but it's not bad i mean you got here's one of the most important things i always factor
in with these sorts of you know dollar menu items it's just a buck i mean that's all that it is
you're not out there paying you know 12 bucks for this or something this is something that
can be bought with just some pocket change lying around so you think about that you
think about what you're paying for it right what you're putting in versus what you're getting out
when you break it down that way say to myself well it may not be the best burger in the world
it may not even be as good as the rodeo king burger which they did release a couple years
ago um which had a lot to it but you break this down that this is just a dollar menu burger
it's pretty solid i mean i gotta give them credit see here's the thing everything works
it's a rather simplistic sandwich it has some issues but it's not bad all right the beef now
yeah i know they don't really use the actual you know the traditional flame grilling anymore
but it still tastes good you could really get that meaty flavor it's a little on the dry side but
i'll explain that in a minute it's a little on the dry side still flavorful though but
then you get the onion rings which have that nice potency but that nice crisp to it as well
in terms of consistency it really adds a lot to the burger and then when i was talking about
the dryness you have the barbecue sauce which is actually it's like a tangy barbecue almost
and there's a good amount of it now it's kind of you know nudged between the onion rings
but you factor that in the barbecue sauce really gives it some very much needed moisture
it ties it all together it adds a nice tanginess to the burger
it works well with the onion rings and the beef patty and it all just blends together nicely and
it leads to a pleasant combination everything kind of equals out on itself the meat helps balance out
the flavor and the bun too helps balance out the flavor of the onion rings in the barbecue sauce
but those two flavors in and of themselves give the burger the boost that it needs
to really be something um it's a pleasant sandwich it's light there's really not a lot to talk about
it's small it's snack sized the fact that it's just available for a buck and yeah some people
say but with the bacon cheeseburger you're you know you were getting some bacon and some cheese
true but in this case you still are getting some nice barbecue sauce and some onions it's a totally
different thing so it's like trying to compare apples and oranges you know a rodeo burger with
barbecue sauce and onion rings isn't the same as a bacon cheeseburger i think people have to make
that distinction so factoring that all in it's a pleasant sandwich i can't really complain and
like i said all of the ingredients seem to have a distinct purpose and they all work out nicely
together and for a buck it's a solid snack and i'd get it again you know if i'm feeling a little
peckish but not really hungry for a full meal it's just a dollar and it tastes good for what it is so
that's what's most important so therefore out of 10 i'm going to give the rodeo burger from burger
king an 8 out of 10. i know burger king may have some hits or misses um but i think they did a good
job with this one happy to report so with that we tried out the rodeo burger from burger king seeing
if this is maybe an underrated item that not a lot of people really know about they're putting some
renewed attention on it and i could see why so check it out it's just a buck and get it if you're
interested that's all that i have for you i'm your host the report of the week until next time