Most disgusting fast food chain (we're talking the food, not the companies)

[HopeHoops]

I know, I know - they are all gross. But WHICH has the most disgusting of the greasy high-fat artery-clogging sewage in a wrapper masquerading as food?

Note: I didn't include Jack in the Box because they haven't been east of the Rockies in like 20 years.

[Danger Mouse]

1. Dude, Carl's Jr. wins. Why isn't that on the list?

They were featured in Idiocracy for a reason.

[HopeHoops]

7. Never heard of it.

[ogneopasno]

10. It's Hardees.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. Hardee's used to be great, before they were bought out by the Carl Jr.'s parent company.

I loved, loved, loved The Big Cookie. Brings back many great memories of childhood.

Haven't been to a Hardee's in a long while, although last time I was there (I think post Carl Jr.'s takeover) their menu was a lot less diverse.

[no name no slogan]

29. I briefly managed a Hardee's in the early 90s

Back when they had Will Rogers' friend chicken. I can no longer eat there.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

38. I worked, briefly, at a Roy Rogers.

My one and only experience with fast food.

[Pool Hall Ace]

70. Don't you mean *Roy* Rogers *fried* chicken ?

:rofl:

[jobycom]

73. "Will Rogers friend chicken"? Guess he never met a chicken he didn't like, neither.

Though one has to be afraid of a man who eats his friends. :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

11. Whenever there's a list of 'disgusting fast food' they're always on it.

They produce some hideous greasy sludge.

[Lethe]

64. Carl's Jr. and Red Dog beer, the worst combination known to the human digestive system

i guarantee if you combine these two abominations, you will pay the price the next day :D

[QueenOfCalifornia]

116. I posted an OP

here about how much I hated Carl's Jr just based on their ads... I learned a lot about Hardees that week.

[SteppingRazor]

2. Er ... you included Jack in the Box?

Doesn't look that way.

In any case, I'd vote for them. Didn't their food actually kill somebody some years ago?

[HopeHoops]

6. I was going to, then changed my mind - I edited the OP

On edit: As for killing someone, that was a really long time ago and I think it was traced back to rancid kangaroo meat.

[SteppingRazor]

26. Yipes! Doesn't that make it worse?!

Or am I misreading the idea that Jack in the Box actually served rancid kangaroo meat to its customers?

:scared:

[HopeHoops]

30. There was some evidence of kangaroo meat being used - not sure if it was tied to the deaths.

[KamaAina]

49. I believe the death was caused by E. coli O157:H7

in an undercooked (cattle) beef patty.

As far as I know the kangaroo meat thing is an urban legend most often attributed to Mickey D's. (Funny, I'd heard Wendy's.)

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/wormburg.asp

[HopeHoops]

53. Had to be Burger King - they always had the sleaziest ads

On Edit: and talk about BAD MEAT! Burger Blech!

[jmowreader]

74. Or fake meat, as the case may be

The so-called Angus burger tastes a LOT like soyburger.

[HopeHoops]

77. Oh no way - soyburger is HEALTHY - there's no WAY Burger King would sell that!

I'm thinking "road kill"

[MrCoffee]

9. It did, and they are remarkably strict about hygiene now

I worked at a JitB for 3 days in high school, about 5 years after those people died from food poisining, and at the time, they had incredibly strict cleaning and cooking protocols.

Most of the 3 days I worked there I was watching videos on how to wash my hands and clean the equipment.

[SteppingRazor]

19. I'd imagine they would be.

Hell, I'm surprised they weren't sued out of existence.

[MrCoffee]

23. I think it was part of the settlement

[ipfilter]

12. mmmmm, salmanila

or maybe it was E. Coli.

Just say no to Jack in the Crack.

[yellowdogintexas]

89. I do not like Jack in the Crack, except chicken fajita pita, or coffee nt

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Taco Bell. I don't know how anyone eats that crud.

:blech:

[fizzgig]

45. you're still traumatized by the bald douchebag

someday you will heal and be able to eat it again ;)

[LNM]

4. Gotta be Burger King.

I can't choke it down.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

92. +1

Burger King Sucks

[fizzgig]

5. other: chick-fil-a

:puke:

[Danger Mouse]

8. I happen to like Chick-fil-a.

:P

[SteppingRazor]

15. I imagine they're protesting the restaurant's politics more than its food. n/t

[fizzgig]

33. then you would imagine wrong

[SteppingRazor]

39. I stand corrected.

:)

[fizzgig]

35. and i happen to like carl's jr

:P

[Danger Mouse]

42. 'Carl's Jr. - fuck you, I'm eating.'

[fizzgig]

43. damn straight

they have some tasty burgers

[Danger Mouse]

47. how's their big ass burrito? i heard it has more molecules.

[ipfilter]

16. cick-fil-a was my first job.

I couldn't eat chicken for years after working there and I still don't care much for it.

[jakefrep]

107. Agreed...

..pickles on a chicken sandwich is nasty.

[nomorenomore08]

13. I voted Taco Bell, and yet I still eat there semi-regularly.

From an objective standpoint it's probably the worst-quality fast food out there, but my tastebuds must be so fucked-up from a lifetime of such slop that I actually enjoy it. The Crunchwrap Supreme with "hot lava" cheese sauce? Give me a bong hit and I'm down! :P

[davidinalameda]

102. I love me some Taco Hell

[AlCzervik]

14. i have a calorie book somewhere and Long John Silvers seafood platter had a staggering

amount of fat, around 75 grams and over 3000 calories and that was a platter for one.

[HopeHoops]

17. Oh, you got the "LITE" meal then!

[AlCzervik]

20. is fried considered "lite'?

[MnFats]

71. stopped going to long john silver's when a kid (employee) shouted to another..

who was heading to the basement:
"Bring up another bag of chowder powe."
and he came up with this 50-pount bag of dry-as-desert chowder powder w
which was like concrete only with little lumps of stuff that was supposed to be clams.
he poured half the bag in a vat of water and ,,,presto! soon it would be genuine new england clam chowder..

[davidinalameda]

103. another restaurant I love

I wish there was one close to me though

[geardaddy]

18. The Castle is disgusting only if you're not plastered.

:D

[ipfilter]

21. I didn't know anyone ate there while sober.

[geardaddy]

24. I have occasionally.

It's just not the same.

[HopeHoops]

44. Dude, that is just TOTALLY wrong on WAY too many levels.

[geardaddy]

46. Awww come on...

x(

[HopeHoops]

25. The pictures remind me of Little Tavern death burgers

They had Little Taverns in MD when I was a kid. You would get a bag filled with some kind of nasty salty mystery meat patty with the stoplight of death - red death (possibly ketchup), yellow death (possibly mustard), and green death (possibly pickles). That was my introduction to the concept of terminal heartburn.

I've been a vegetarian for 20 years now.

[geardaddy]

32. At WC they have "Ketchupmustard"

It's a single bottle.

I once shared "The Crave Case" (30 WCs) with a couple of friends (just a couple of years ago). Yikes.

[HopeHoops]

36. That is a case study (pun intended) in over-packaging

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. Probably White Castle, because from what I remember, their "burgers" aren't really burgers

More like a slice of fried roast beef on a biscuit.

[geardaddy]

28. They're perfectly delicious when you're lit.

Along with a bag of onion chips. It's the perfect alcohol absorber/laxative.

The secret is they use the armpit cut of beef.

[HopeHoops]

31. The "laxative" part is clearly accurate, but WAY TOO MUCH DAMN INFORMATION!

[geardaddy]

34. Aww c'mon. They're not even fried

They're steamed on a bed of onions.

Drunk + White Castle (or 5) = the delish (at the time)

[Bake]

37. What is wrong with you people? White Castles are FABULOUS!!

I can eat 10 or 20 of 'em at a time! I looooooves me some sliders!

Krystals, now, are a poor imitation of WCs.

Bake

[geardaddy]

40. So true.

It's what you crave(tm)

[Radical Activist]

50. damn i love white castle

[flvegan]

41. I never ate at a Taco Bell, for just that reason.

Disgusting.

[AlCzervik]

48. their food also looks disgusting.

the ground beef looks like poop.

[HopeHoops]

51. If it looks like, smells like, and tastes like - well?

[bullwinkle428]

113. The one restaurant on the poll list that I've NEVER eaten at

in my nearly 45 years on this planet!

[HopeHoops]

52. Anyone else notice that Taco Bell and KFC are in the lead and are both owned by Yum! ?

So are Long John Silver's and Pizza Hut - all inedible garbage. Oh, and while I'm not sure of the current political makeup of Yum!, Pizza Hut's previous corporate entity was responsible for all of those disgusting anti-Hillary ads back in 1993 or so when she was working on health care reform.

[jobycom]

54. The one that's that winning is the only one a vegetarian can eat at.

Maybe not love it, but when you are traveling in podunk towns where every meal has something formerly cute and furry in it, Taco Bell is an oasis.

They should have an option for "All of the above except Taco Bell," but since you don't, I picked KFC.

As for Jack in the Box, they are all over Texas, and Texas usually vacations east of the Rockies this time of year.

[HopeHoops]

59. In Texas, they consider "cow" to be a vegetable - and there's a fair argument to support that!

Can you think of a dumber animal other than a Republican?

[jobycom]

67. I'm in Texas, and we do not. Most of us do not, anyway.

Then again, I'm in Austin, and we are more enlightened.

As for a dumber animal, I'm convinced most humans are dumber than cows. Present company (all of us) excepted. :)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

69. Burger King veggie burgers are pretty good

[jobycom]

72. Oo, forgot about them.

Not my favorite veggie burger, but not bad in a pinch.

[MorningGlow]

55. I can handle a lot, but Burger King always made me physically ill

I have no idea what's in their Whopper Jrs, but damn, I used to get sick to my stomach when I ate them. Haven't gone near one of those places in years.
:puke:

[blue_onyx]

65. Same here

I would get sick when I ate a Whopper. I didn't even like it...I would just eat BK when I was with other people who wanted it. I now refuse to eat there and haven't had Burger King in at least 10 years.

[KG]

56. Dairy Queen - very big in the rural south and i don't know why. practically inedible

except for the ice cream.

White Castle too; even the french fries are crap.

[XemaSab]

57. KFC-- The last time I ate there I found a feather

:puke:

[HopeHoops]

60. That's better than the fried chicken head a woman got with her "wings"

[jmowreader]

75. It's a good thing you didn't show it to them...

There's an upcharge for feathers. Certificate of authenticity and all that.

[SoxFan]

88. Could have been worse...

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A man was burned when he fell into a deep-fryer unit at a Manchester, N.H., fast-food restaurant.

District Fire Chief Al Poulin says the 20-year-old man was cleaning an exhaust hood over the fryer at a KFC on Sunday when he slipped and fell, burning his arms, face and chest.

The man's name was not released.

http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/03/09/KFC-worker-burned-in/1236627401.html

[ccharles000]

58. Burger King

[HopeHoops]

61. Burger King is in my WalMart category - I only enter the place if I have to pee really badly.

[Eyerish]

62. Other...

Not sure how widespread they are but I'd have to go with Wienerschnitzel...
"pushing the boundaries of taste" that's an understatement... :rofl: its truly a heart attack covered in a chili grease slick...:puke:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

66. Those fuckers don't even sell Wienerschnitzel.

What kind of sixth reich mindfuck is that?

[blue_onyx]

63. Burger King makes me sick

Literally, I would get sick when I ate it. I stopped eating there at least 10 years ago. Taco Bell and Arby's are the only fast foods I enjoy.

[Auggie]

68. All of these are pretty bad -- and getting worse.

[LSdemocrat]

76. Maybe the one near me is just a bad apple but: Subway

The only place I have ever seen attempt to sell brown veggies and green tinted meat. Not to mention the lousy milquetoast mush they call bread.

[Ohio Joe]

78. Sonic

I had heard for a long time how good they were and finally tried them recently and... blech, the worst.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

79. Got food poisoning at Taco Bell last year.

Two weeks later, the building was torn down. A few weeks after that, a new Taco Bell stood in its place.

I also got food poisoning at Jack In The Box once, many years ago, before the widely-publicized e-Coli scandal and the resulting fallout and image-rebuilding.

[Iggo]

80. IN N OUT.

Oh, the horror.

Gross. Gross. Gross.

[Mollis]

105. ahh I love in n out.

you must be craaazy

[Tommy_Carcetti]

111. I dislike In and Out for the sole reason....

....that they apparently think they are too good to expand beyond the West Coast. Don't tell me how supposedly great your burgers are if you're not willing to prove it to the entire country.

That being said, whenever I do make it out to Cali to visit, yeah I'll definitely try an In and Out.

[Iggo]

115. They suck.

Go to Tommy's instead.

[mainegreen]

81. Long John Silvers or maybe Papa Ginos.

[SoxFan]

84. Papa Ginos isn't actually all that bad

The pizza is much better than what you find at other chains, such as Papa John's, Godfather's, or CeCe's.

[SoxFan]

85. self delete

[flvegan]

96. I LOVED the Papa Ginos in my hometown when I was young.

[Critters2]

82. We have a KFC/Long John Silver's here that smells of grease

when you drive by. I shudder to think what their food is like.

Me, shuddering to think--> :scared:

[Mike 03]

83. I don't want to name the company, but i wish I could tell you what we used to do there.

And also, what the food looked like in the morning before we "revitalized" it for human consumption.

Oh my goodness.....

[SoxFan]

86. Church's Chicken: foul fowl

I never acquired a taste for pigeons boiled in old axle grease.

[Blue_Tires]

109. good choice

forgot about them....haven't seen one in years, though

[tabbycat31]

87. Toxic Hell

[jmm]

90. I got food poisoning at KFC and Boston Market but

I voted KFC since it was on the list.

[Initech]

91. Yeah I definitely have to go with Taco Hell.

Pizza Slut and KFC aren't that far behind though.

[Jamastiene]

93. Sonic had my vote until I saw Hardee's.

No fast food joint is worse than Hardee's. Second worst is Sonic. I swear I think they dip the bread in the deep fat fryer before making the sandwiches at Sonic. Their milkshakes are great, but they can keep that crap they call food...except when my aunt insists we eat there. Then I have no choice and I grumble about it the whole time.

[Chan790]

94. I'm going to point out the ironic...

Taco Bell, who is currently winning this poll, is the only option in this poll to serve a cruelty-free entree. (i.e. vegan...but I refuse to call any Yum!-brand food-item vegan as veganism is an ethical choice...and there is nothing ethical about Yum!)

Given that option is the bean burrito, fresco (no cheese or other high-fat toppings. Just lettuce, onions and tomatoes...Taco Bell uses shortening rather than lard in their refried beans because it's cheaper.)...which is gross, it's not a great accomplishment. But it is ironic. It's probably the healthiest option on any nation-wide fast-food chain's menu...again, no great accomplishment.

[begin_within]

95. I happen to think their lard-free beans are an accomplishment.

I live in the "big avocado" (San Diego) where there is a taco shop on every corner and an authentic Mom-and-Pop Mexican restaurant in every neighborhood. Good Mexican food is easy to find here, but the beans are almost always a disaster. You get a puddle of lard with some beans floating in it. Authentic, maybe, but DISGUSTING and extremely unhealthy due to the saturated fat of the lard. I congratulate Taco Bell for using vegetable oil in the beans instead of lard, and for getting the texture and seasonings of the beans just right. And the amount of vitriol and hatred DUers want to spit at me for this position doesn't amount to a hill of beans to me.

[mykpart]

97. Boston Market

Worst stuff I ever ate.

[Broken_Hero]

98. Taco Hell,

I can't stand it, but the wife loves it...figures.

:hide:

[slutticus]

99. No Jack in the Box or Carl's Jr. ? Useless.....

[last_texas_dem]

100. I like all of 'em

:hide:

(Well, except Roy Rogers... I've never been there. I'd probably like it, too, though. Oh yeah, and I've never been to a White Castle, either, but I have had Krystal Burger and frozen, microwaveable White Castle burgers...)

[dysfunctional press]

101. they aren't all COMPLETELY gross- they each have something worth eating...

at least something i can usually stomach.

burger king- their fish sandwich(the whaler, for purists) is one of the best in fast fooddom.
mcdonald's- sausage mcmuffin w/cheese & hash-browns before 10:30, asian chicken salad after.
wendy's- baked potatoe, chili, chocolate frosty.
arby's- corned beef reuben and curly-fuckin'-fries
taco bell- mexi-melts and crunchy taco supreme
roy rogers, sonic, hardees- not in our neck of the woods.
kfc- i love their potatoe wedges and cole slaw, and their original recipe chicken. and the biscuits.
white castle- i gave them up when i stopped drinking alcohol. there are no redeeming qualities in their products...THEY really are 'completely gross'.

[MilesColtrane]

104. Jack in the Box

The Home of Explosive Diarrhea

followed closely by

Taco Bell

Alpo on a Tortilla

[JCMach1]

106. What, no Olive Garden?

[TheMightyFavog]

108. KFC.

Their chicken does not agree with me. Gives me a raging case of indigestion and farts that'll give a person cancer. Their only saving grace are their biscuits. :9

BK's burgers haven't been agreeing with me recently either, the few times I've eaten there.

[raccoon]

110. You left out Zaxby's. I don't know if they're outside GA and SC.

I believe the company is GA-based.

THey sell chicken wings, sandwiches, salads with chicken, etc.

THey are SUPER-salty. And their much-vaunted "sauce" is, I think, just Thousand Island dressing with the pickles filtered out.

[AngryAmish]

112. Taco John's or Whataburger

If you want mexican food with an Iowa culinary sensibility, you have Taco John's.

[bigwillq]

114. Taco Bell is just gross.

I'm not a big fan of McDonalds, either. I only eat McDonalds if it's on-the-go and that's the other place around.