Charbroiled all-beef patty, dill pickles, onions, mustard and ketchup on a seeded bun. 2,000 Calories is used for general nutrition advice, but calorie needs may vary. For more nutritional or allergen information click here.

HISTORY | Founded by industry pioneer Carl N. Karcher, Carl's Jr. ® restaurants have been a West Coast favorite for more than 75 years. Using $15 in savings and borrowing $311 on their Plymouth automobile, Carl and his wife, Margaret, purchased a single hot dog cart in 1941 in Los Angeles.

CHARGRILLED 100% BEEF PATTY, AMERICAN CHEESE, TOMATOES, ONIONS, PICKLES, LETTUCE, MAYO AND OUR SPECIAL SAUCE ON A SEEDED BUN.

“The predominance of industrial, grainfed beef production in America is why Carl's Jr. has initially sourced its grassfed beef from Australia - but it doesn't have to stay that way,” an AWA spokesperson said on its blog.

While some burgers consist of minced beef, with some salt and spices, others are a mix of minced meat and salt without any spices whatsoever. Some “pure-beef” burgers are made from beef meat only without any salt, spices or added water, resulting in a crumbly texture preferred by some consumers.

- The All-Natural Burger Lettuce Wrapped.

charbroiled burgers Founded in 1941, Carl's Jr. has been a West Coast favorite for over 80 years, known for our iconic charbroiled burgers. Today, we have more than 1,000 locations across the U.S. and serves 28 countries worldwide.

Ultimately, the restaurant chain failed to adapt to the Filipino preferences and the country's economic conditions. Even the immensely popular fast food chain McDonald's adjusted its original menu to include rice meals – the staple diet of Filipinos and most Asians.

- Hardee's is the East Coast equivalent of Carl's Jr. Well, to be completely accurate, they're two siblings with the same parent: CKE Restaurants. They've been a team since 1997, and they market their chains almost identically. If you see Carl's Jr., you've seen Hardee's.

Carl's Jr. Per Mashed, the burgers are cooked using a flame broiler, which is a device with a conveyor belt that draws the meat through a chamber in which flames lick from both the top and the bottom, quickly and flavorfully cooking the meat.

A burger is a patty of ground beef grilled and placed between two halves of a bun. Slices of raw onion, lettuce, bacon, mayonnaise, and other ingredients add flavor. Burgers are considered an American food but are popular around the world.

A patty or burger (in British English) is a flattened, usually round, serving of ground meat and/or legumes, grains, vegetables, or meat alternatives. Patties are found in multiple cuisines throughout the world.

Protein Style ... wrapped in lettuce. Known as "protein style," this sandwich forgoes the bun in lieu of an extra large lettuce wrap. You can, of course, customize those patties in there any which way you'd like. Some people prefer to keep their roughage and their meat in separate beds.

That said, this is still fast food. The burgers are 860 calories, with 1690mg of sodium (the daily recommended maximum is 2300mg). They contain 95% of the recommended daily saturated fat intake, and even contain 1 gram of trans-fats. This is not a healthy food.

About Carl's Jr

I went to both chains to eat their most famous burgers and to see why one had such a big brand advantage over the other. I found that the food wasn't the deciding factor: Carl's Jr. had a slightly better burger and much better fries, but McDonald's remains the more beloved brand.