The Burger Lab: What's The Best Bun For My Burger? More tests, more results! ![]() Turns out flavor companies have. Vegetables add flavor, color and texture to a boring chicken soup. Stir diced carrots or celery into the soup to add a sweet. So there you have it folks, Double Rich Chocolate took the top spot by a landslide – over 2,800 people voted this as the #1 best Optimum Nutrition Whey flavor. Follow The Food Lab on Facebook or Twitter.! The Overall Winner: Martin's. The Non- Potato Bread Winners: #1: Sunbeam#2: Arnold#3: Gold Medal. For big, thick burgers, a hearty (but soft!) bun bought from a local bakery or made at home will do you well (try out our recipes for a clone of the Spotted Pig's awesome bun), but for thin, griddled, classic diner- style burgers, nothing beats a store- bought bun. There are some battles not worth fighting, and soft burger buns at home is one of them. Why bother when they're so cheaply and readily available, and perfectly suited for the task? The ideal soft burger bun should be pillowy, squishy, and tender, with a tight but soft crumb and a distinct sweetness. I was horrified when I discovered hydrogenated soybean oil in my coffee creamer. I didn’t follow this recipe 100% (I only used 1 cup of powdered milk. Extra Hot Habanero Hot Sauce - Picante Salsa Kutbil-ik de Chile Habanero - Xtra Hot Sauce Extra Hot El Yucateco habanero chile sauce with spices. It should hold up nicely to the burger's juices, but should never be tough or cottony. On the opposite end of the spectrum, you don't want a burger that disintegrates half way through your meal. The Contenders. We picked the 7 most common nationally available brands for our lineup, as well as including our write- in wildcard favorite, Martin's Potato Rolls, sold mostly on the East Coast. For competition, we also included the only other brand of potato rolls we could find: Pepperidge Farm's Golden Potato. Finally, we included one generic brand from the local supermarket to see how it would compare to the mass- market brands (Super A). Here are the contenders, in alphabetical order: Arnold. Gold Medal Bakery. Martin's. Pepperidge Farm. Pepperidge Farm Golden Potato. Sunbeam. Super AMarket Pantry (Target)Whole Foods. Wonderbread. When there was a choice, we always chose the unseeded version of their hamburger bun (some of them were called . We tasted each bun in two ways: plain, and toasted with a cheeseburger. For the plain buns, tasters were asked to evaluate flavor and texture. Does it become cottony in your mouth as you chew it, or is it sufficiently soft? Each bun was also toasted and used to assemble a cheeseburger. Tasters were asked to evaluate how well it stood up to the onslaught of burger juices, as well as whether or not the flavor of the patties was compatible with the flavor of the cheese and the burger. Does it balance out the meat, or detract from it? Does it disintegrate halfway through the burger? Or perhaps it's too tough so the burger gets squashed as you eat it? These are the pressing questions we ask ourselves on a typical work day. The Results. No huge surprises here: Martin's was the overall winner, although we were mildly surprised by the fact that both the sunbeam and the Arnold brand buns scored within . Martin's. So all is not lost if Martin's isn't available in your area! The most interesting result to come out of the tasting came when I compared a graph of the overall score of each burger bun against a graph of the perceived texture of the buns. There was a near perfect correlation between how soft the buns were and how much we liked them. Check this out: There was no such similar correlation between flavor and overall ranking, which indicates that for burger buns, texture is the overriding factor when comparing quality. Here are the final rankings, with our tasting notes. Martin's (6. 7/1. The gold standard of burger buns, its signature yellow crumb, buttery- sweet flavor, and soft but substantial texture make it the ideal partner for beef and cheese. I WOULD HAVE YOUR BABIES. A surprise winner for us; people weren't too keen on its . It squishes down until it's just . They may have actually been more appropriate for a large, grilled backyard burger, although some complained that . Like the regular Pepperidge Farms buns, these ones are significantly larger than either Martin's or Sunbeam. But that doesn't mean it tastes like real bread. Several found that the outer crust had a stiff, papery quality. In comparison with other buns, though, it just didn't stack up. For a brand known for its soft- textured, insignificant sliced bread, its burger buns are surprisingly stiff. Super A (4. 2/1. 0)Looks like going with the national brands is the way to go. Our one generic label brand dropped quickly to the bottom of the heap. Whatever else they do right, they just can't seem to make any decent packaged products. It is significantly taller and denser than any of the other entries, it . Some were ambivalent, claiming it to be ! Follow The Food Lab on Facebook or Twitter. Love hamburgers? Then you'll Like AHT on Facebook! And go follow us on Twitter while you're at it!
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