It’s a taste test battle. Big Way vs. Big Mac.
Wayback Burgers recently bring out its McDonald’s - troll take on the Big Mac , the Big Way . ( The announcement said it is a " remake of a fair burger made by the biggest clown in the occupation . " ) McDonald ’s and Wayback are two very different chains , even if they both sling burgers . Most significantly , Wayback isfast casual , not dissipated food . It might seem like a small thing , but it is significant . You pay more and have a bun in the oven expert at a fast casual establishment .
Still , I want to do it how these dueling Warren E. Burger stack up against each other . Is the grown Way genuinely doing a good business ape the Big Mac ? If it is , which is better ? I did what anyone would do when they ’re make up to think about these deeply important topics : I essay them side by side .
Now the criteria are obvious . The Big Macis one of the most iconic fast solid food menu items in existence . It has its own Song dynasty ! It ’s not a jangle for the eating house but for that accurate burger . Because of that little ditty , everyone have it off what ’s on a Big Mac . It should n’t be heavy to animate . They compose a song to think back the formula . So , let ’s utilise the song as a guide to see how Wayback performed and if being first means being best .
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Two All-Beef Patties
We ’re jump at the top of the song . Keeping in mind that this is truehearted casual versus quick food , It should n’t be a fairish competitiveness at any stage of the jingle . Still , we start .
I ’m not excite by the quality of the meat at Wayback . It ’s not keeping pace with fast daily competitors likeCulver’s , Five Guys , or Smashburger here . However , seize with teeth in side by side drives home how flimsy the patty is at McDonald ’s . It feels almost flavorless compared to Wayback ’s beef , and it definitely miss that charred flavor . Neither patty is particularly juicy , but the McDonald ’s patties are instantaneously dry . I ’m choke for a fiddling more special sauce to help me get it down . Wayback ’s meat is n’t bad , but the scales tip primarily because McDonald ’s just is n’t cutting it here .
peak : Wayback ( I ’m giving out points , I approximate )
That’s the Big Way Burger on the left and a Big Mac on the right.|Photo by Dustin Nelson for Thrillist
Special Sauce
Wayback ’s " special sauce " is a Thousand Island dressing that is creamy and less sweet than the sauce from the Golden Arches . You in all likelihood are n’t set up a Big Mac if the Thousand Island on a burger fight off you , but you should deeply appreciate salad dressing as a burger condiment when you order the Big Way . There ’s a lot of sauce on there . That ’s a good matter because the less - sweet visibility on the large agency complements the beefburger nicely . Also , again , the Big Mac would have benefit from more sauce to balance out the dryness of the meat .
Point : Wayback
Lettuce
Okay . This is a number of a unearthly one . It may arrive down to preference , but the sliced lettuce at McDonald ’s present the Big Mac a nice crunchy grain . In most other instances , the big leaves of scratch Wayback devolve on the hamburger would be my preference , but McDonald ’s has that lettuce texture down to a science , even if it ’s 99 % texture and 1 % flavor . They must know that because the ingredients list on thisMcDonald ’s pagedoes not take after the doggerel and call it " crisp gelt . "
You expected McDonald ’s to get shut out when I started doling out stop . Well , it ’s a game .
Point : McDonald ’s
Under the hood of the McDonald’s Big Mac.|Photo by Dustin Nelson for Thrillist
Cheese
It ’s not just about the placement of the cheese . I was really searching to make indisputable McDonald ’s did n’t leave the cheese alone . I ’ve got a whole pile of movie of the Big Mac , and I do n’t think you could see Malva sylvestris in any of them . Wayback ’s American tall mallow is melted perfectly and apprehend what you desire from a Big Mac . Also , the McDonald ’s Thomas Nelson Page that lists " sharp shekels " call in the cheese " litigate cheddar Malva sylvestris , " which is not an appetizing way to say the Warren Earl Burger ’s nonplus Malva sylvestris on it .
Pickles
This category was easygoing , even though I really care the hole at McDonald ’s . That might be more about nostalgia than anything . withal , the Big Way has optimum muddle reporting . They ’re everywhere , and they ’re crunchy . They ’re perfect . McDonald ’s , well …
Onions
Both of these chain must think I ’m scared of onion breath . I am not frightened . If you say there are onions on this burger , if you ’re going to sing about those onion plant , you better give me some Allium cepa . The onions on both burgers were more thought-provoking to find than Waldo .
Point : If I were Gordon Ramsay , I ’d say no point . Get the hell out of here .
Sesame Seed Bun
Wayback creates a reasonably faithful adaptation of the Big Mac on the whole . However , there is a full point of divergence here . It ’s like the modernWestworldversus the Michael Crichton - direct 1973Westworldmovie . Sure the moving picture might be the original , but no one is debating which is unspoiled .
Instead of the ternary stack of boodle that McDonald ’s serves , Wayback gives you a brioche bun . Just a bun . No third piece . No sesame seeds . Still , it ’s distressingly obvious that the caliber of the bread is much high at Wayback . That ’d be the case even if the sesame seed bun from McDonald ’s was n’t a bit dusty , and it was .
Point : Wayback , even if I ’m missing about 70 sesame seeds here .
Under the hood of Wayback’s Big Way burger.|Photo by Dustin Nelson for Thrillist
Price
manifestly , Wayback is more expensive . It came in at about $ 8.50 . The Big Mac in my neighborhood be me $ 5.55 . Again , we ’re looking at fast casual versus fast nutrient . Expect everything to be marginally more expensive . However , the moral of the tale here is that you ’re capture what you pay for .
Point : McDonald ’s , I hazard . I probably should n’t give a pointedness for this . Too late now .
Presentation
Oof . I know you’re able to snip up a Big Mac to look skillful in a picture , but the one that I suffer is not a handsome sandwich . The Big Mac look grim next to the Big Way .
Is it a Faithful Cover?
There are differences between the two , but they are primarily about making the Big Way taste better . Wayback may set the Big Way as a troll , but the truth is that imitation is the solemn form of flattery . This is a tribute to what might be the most iconic fast food item in American chronicle .
Setting Everything Aside
Honestly , if you ’re sitting down to scarf down a Big Way , you might not be all that implicated with the breakdown or if it ’s a close homage . Here ’s what matter : It ’s a solid burger . It ’s beneficial than a Big Mac , and it ’s a legit challenger for the in force burger on the Wayback computer menu . It ’s utterly worth dictate . Where it comes up short are the precise position where other Wayback burgers do up short when compared to the giant of fast casual hamburger like the ButterBurger or the Classic Smash Burger .
If you ’re hunger a Big Mac , you ’ll be more than happy to have spend the extra few one dollar bill on a Big path .
