hello everyone this is running on empty Food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone
watching welcome on and all to this newest edition of The Running on Empty Food review series I'm
your host at the report of the week pleased to be here when it comes down to these fast food
items obviously there's a number of new releases continually coming out some of them are items that
have already existed that you know establishments bring back just like the last one that I tried
out the Detroit style pizza from Pizza Hut that had already been released back in 2021
and then they bring it back periodically and you see that from time to time you see that a
lot with places like Taco Bell for instance and even if they're bringing an item back sometimes
it'll generate a lot of conversation it'll get a lot of excitement it'll get a lot of hype but
the things that get people talking the most for the most part are new items and not only
is this a new item but it is a collaboration and that especially gets the interest going up
I have reviewed Shake Shack before and admittedly my experiences with Shake Shack
have been they've been variable the first time I tried them out the experience was quite good
second time I tried them out and not so much so we'll see what this is we'll see how it is how
the quality is ETC and it's my intention to just give an honest open assessment if it's good it's
good if it's bad it's bad just go from there but there's a lot of interest surrounding this
item because Shake Shack has collaborated with hot ones now that's a popular series
think it's on YouTube I'm pretty sure I know it was originally on YouTube and I guess it's
still going so I know it at least from being on YouTube where it's a a popular series where
usually there will be an interview and over the course of the interview both the interviewer and
interviewee will consume chicken wings with various hot sauces thereon and the hot sauce
will progressively get hotter and hotter as the interview continues until it becomes unbearably
hot and it usually makes you an entertaining viewing experience and like I said I know it's
been a very popular series it's been going for years at this point and I take it that it's still
going strong because they collaborated with Shake Shack for a new hot ones menu so obviously these
are going to be spicy items and they're going to be incorporating various hot sauces in these items
so of the things that are on the menu here I believe you can get the hot ones Burger you can
get the hot ones chicken sandwich and you can get the hot ones fries the burger seems to be
getting the most attention so that's what I'm going to be going with today and here are some
details about it it's called obviously the hot ones Burger it comes with an Angus beef patty
on top of the beef patty is hot ones Shack sauce they call it that's the hot sauce and I think they
said on a on a 10 scale it's supposed to be a 7 out of 10 in terms of the spice level so it's
supposed to be really spicy also comes with bacon Monterey Jack cheese and it's on a potato bun
price for the burger by itself for a single is ten dollars which I think it's overpriced
Shake Shack though they have these sorts of prices this is just the way that it is with them but ten
dollars for the burger by itself just one Patty and again it's not like a big you know Diner or
anything but I suppose their justification for the prices saying well this is a special collaboration
we're teaming up with hot ones we're going to have a special limited time hot sauce on
the burger premium ingredients good quality so ten dollars is a fair price that's what
they say whether you want to agree with that or not that's up to you but these
are the facts surrounding the item so ten dollars for it the hot ones Burger
comes in the Burger box right here and let's open it up and let's take a look let's see what we have
not necessarily the most uh not what I would call the most photogenic looking Burger but uh it is
what it is there it is that's the sauce you could see obviously that orangish sauce that's the hot
sauce you have the cheese there's the beef patty the bun and looks like the bacon is right there
on the right so that's what it looks like uh like I said not again the most photogenic
Burger but just because it looks like someone sat on it doesn't necessarily mean that it's
going to taste that way it might taste quite good but that's what it looks like what I'll do is I
am going to unwrap it get it out of its little receptacle here it's a little containment device
and I'll even go as far as to debun it there's the sauce on the top bun
and there's the bottom
bacon the sauce the cheese and the beef patty
in the end the appearance is one thing but if it's good it's good it's just obviously if it
doesn't look photogenic or whatever I'll mention it you know I'll I'll say it uh to the best of my
ability as as I see it but just because it looks a certain way it doesn't mean it'll taste that
way it's what I'm trying to say so anyway you know what it is I know what it is we all know
what it is we we know this thing's life story now we know its deepest darkest Secrets at this point
maybe we wish we didn't but this is just how it is
and that said let's try it out let's see how spicy this is the Shake Shack hot ones Burger going in
and I'm going to take one more bite specifically
for the sake of entertainment I'm going to bite right there this big pocket of hot sauce
even if there's no meat there I just want to get a good taste of the sauce so let's do it
I got a vanilla milkshake along with this so first
I want to assess the spiciness of this so I'm not actually I'm not gonna drink anything right
now I'm just going to let the spice kinda sink in because we know with various hot sauces and
spicy items sometimes you'll have the heat that'll hit you right away sometimes it'll
Linger on as an aftertaste so I'm just going to let it sit so I can get the full experience
here are the Impressions so far the big appeal of this item is obviously the the heat the spice that
it is said to unleash some actually say that the spice is strong enough that you can rule
the world with it I know it's crazy isn't it but they call it hot ones for a reason
this is spicy I'll give them that would I necessarily say that it's let's say 10
being like the spiciest thing ever something that would would have you in a hospital bed would this
be a 7 out of ten I wouldn't necessarily say so but I would say that it is spicier than average
and what I notice here sometimes you could really pinpoint the spice you can really
easily discern oh this is you know this pepper this is uh that pepper etc etc this is a tough
hot sauce to try to pinpoint and admittedly I am not a hot sauce expert so I won't even pretend
to be one so I will just try to explain the spice to the best of my ability so please bear with me
as I mentioned sometimes you'll get these hot sauces that it'll hit you right away you'll
bite into something you'll have a chicken wing or whatever it is spice hits you immediately and then
as soon as you bite something else or you wash it down with you know I know people say a lot
about water and I know it just kind of spreads it around but even if you take a sip of water
sometimes or you eat something or of course if you take a sip of milk Etc then the space quickly
dissipates it quickly abates it goes away other times you have something where you'll bite into
it the spice it'll hit you a little bit but then with time you'll have the spicy aftertaste that'll
develop and the spice will really linger that is the type of spice we're talking about here
the sauce itself best way I could describe it very spicy very creamy it's a thick creamy sauce
not runny in the least so it'll be heavily concentrated where you you bite in it doesn't
really slide around the sandwich as you could see so depending on its preparation you may bite
in and you may essentially come across a pocket of that hot sauce and at first you're going to
bite in and you're going to say to yourself This doesn't really taste that spicy I mean
this is supposed to be the hot ones burger from Shake Shack 7 out of ten spice they sang but I
don't really I don't really feel anything but as you eat it a bit more it builds up with each bite
and then really once you've swallowed down the bike and you let things sit for a bit
then the spice really starts building and it starts building as an aftertaste and then
for instance as I've been enunciating I feel the spice kind of coming back up a
little bit and it and it definitely lingers on again as a spicy aftertaste for a while
it I would say I don't know how many minutes it's been since I stopped
eating maybe it's been like three four minutes now it's starting to die down
it's not one of those things where I feel like I needed to have that milkshake right it's not like
I needed to have something to make it go away to make it stop it's not like it's unbearably spicy
but it's noticeable and you'll take that bite and I think yeah there's some space here there
definitely is and it's a flavorful spiciness but at the same time definitely does pack that
punch and you're going to notice the spice again building up the more you eat this the more it will
Linger on the more of a spicy aftertaste you will notice gave me a very slight very slight runny
nose I would describe it as being but definitely noticeable as far as spicy fast food items go all
right you have so many of these places that say get away get away bug there is a bug flying around
so you have so many of these places that say oh we have the ghost pepper this we have the ghost
pepper that this is going to be the hottest this and that and the other thing and then of course
you have it and you're like what what exactly is this so understand that when it comes down
to fast food and spice the spice Factor they're in nothing is as spicy as they make it out to be
and I would I would assume that you know that by now but this is another example of it but still
this is a bit spicier than most of the items that claim to be spicy so bear that in mind and I would
say if your tolerance to spice is a bit lower I would say have a cold drink a cold beverage
handy and get ready to start sipping that down so it also will come down to your personal tolerance
what you're comfortable with when it comes down to the spice so it's definitely going
to be noticeable it's going to hit your hardest after you really eat it as an aftertaste and it
will Linger on for a bit it's not unmanageable it's not unbearable but it might be advisable to
have a cold drink on hand and in this case like I didn't even need to go for the the
milkshake at this point it's it's worn off on its own at this point I don't taste it anymore
so the spice is really what you will taste the most with this burger that's obviously what's
in the spotlight it's the namesake it's what we're all focusing on here so you're not going to notice
too much else aside from the spice because it's potent it's powerful and it's long lasting but
otherwise all the other components are fine like I said it kind of looked a little sloppy at first
looked like some guy sat on it and I was concerned that what if it's going to taste the way that it
looks but thankfully it didn't the meat as far as I can tell flavorful it's a tender it's juicy
it's a bit on the greasier side so bear that in mind the bacon and the cheese is kind of just
there I don't really notice it too much it kind of gets lost in the spice but the quality of the
burger itself is good the bun is a potato bun so it's soft has a little bit of chewiness to
it but all in all the quality of the food is fine no issues with the burger this time around last
time I had Shake Shack the thing was all burnt and charred and it was awful this time it's much
better so that's that's good to see but again the star of the show here is going to be the
spicy sauce that's the main thing you're going to notice everything else is kind of just there
it's like all right spicy sauce hot sauce with a side of burger that's how you should look at this
so you're going to notice the sauce and all of that but the quality of everything else even
it'll just essentially be an afterthought is all right so that's good to see so in the end
any spicy fast food item gets hyped up and you have to understand that that it will get hyped
up they're going to make it seem like it's the hottest thing you've ever eaten odds are it's not
going to be but just bear in mind what I mentioned about it it's still spicy which is good quality
is good I would still say though I think it's overpriced and that's just my uh my opinion there
and you see this a lot though the other day went over to Krispy Kreme and I got a six piece Donuts
and they charged 11 bucks for six donuts at this point it used to be much lower it used to be like
seven dollars for just six donuts Krispy Kreme now it's 11 12 so price for everything's going
up it's across the board Shake Shack has always been a bit pricier but I will still insist that's
slightly overpriced but taking everything into account the price the quality The Experience
Etc I'm going to be giving the hot ones burger from Shake Shack an eight out of
ten I would say you'll definitely notice that spice tastes pretty good for what it is in
the end I'm happy with it I just wish it was a little cheaper that's all so that's all that I
have for you today thank you for watching until next time I'm your host the report of the week