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Ball Park to Serve Deep-Fried Sliders

The Gateway Grizzlies, the Frontier League baseball team based in Sauget, Illinois, are at it again. Last year the stadium served "The Grizzly Burger," a bacon cheeseburger served on a toasted Krispy Kreme doughnut. This year, they're raising the bar with deep-fried White Castle sliders. Called "Baseball’s Best Sliders," they'll come two for $4. A side of cheese sauce is $1 extra. Says Darren Rovell, the man who broke the Grizzly Burger story last year, "It’s pretty awesome when it has been sitting in the studio for an hour. I can only imagine how great it is hot out of the fryer sitting at the ballpark. I couldn’t eat too much being that I’m down a gallbladder, but it basically...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 21, 2007 at 1:40 PM
Tagged: baseball, burgers, deep-fried foods, hamburgers, megaburgers, sliders, sports

World's Largest Burger?

Restaurant Says It Has World's Largest Burger: "Weighing in at 123 pounds, this giant burger features an 80-pound beef patty, a 30-pound bun, 12 tomatoes and 160 slices of cheese. Denny's Beer Barrel Pub also throws on a pound each of lettuce, ketchup, mustard and mayo -- and up to five onions. The menu price for the Beer Barrel Main Event Charity Burger comes to $379." If you think the photo on the left looks terrifying, go see the larger version on the Denny's Beer Barrel Pub homepage—it made me feel queasy, which I assure you is not an easy feat. I wonder if it comes with sides? (You can read more about huge burgers in A Hamburger Today's...

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3 Comments | Posted by Lia Bulaong, February 26, 2007 at 11:48 AM
Tagged: AHT, burgers, gross, megaburgers, record-breaking