Big King

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The Big King sandwich is a hamburger sandwich made by fast-food restaurant chain Burger King. It is one of their products oriented to late teen to young adult males.

Contents 1 Product description 2 Variants 3 History 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Product description

The Big King is a hamburger, consisting of two (2) fire-grilled beef patties, sesame seed bun, King Sauce (a Thousand Island dressing variant), iceberg lettuce, onions, pickles and two (2) slices of American cheese. The product has been discontinued in United States, but is available in other regions such as Brazil, Spain, Germany, Italy and Canada.

[edit] Variants

The Big King originally was configured identically to the McDonald's Big Mac with the three (3) piece roll. It was reformulated later as a standard double burger.

• The Big King (alias)
• The Double Supreme (alias)
• The King Supreme (alias)
• The King Supreme Jr. (Single hamburger patty)
• Hambúrger Supremo (Brazilian version of King Supreme Jr.)
• The Big King XXL (a 1/2 pound Big King, with two Whopper patties)

[edit] History

The Big King was first created in the late 1990s. During its initial launch period, it was called the Double Supreme Cheeseburger, but later was renamed as the Big King when it was relaunched a year later.

Originally, the burger had a look and composition that resembled the Big Mac: it had two beef patties, "King" sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a three-part sesame seed bun. Because its patties are flame-broiled and larger than McDonald's grill fried, seasoned hamburger patties and the different formulation of the "King Sauce" vs. McDonald's "Special sauce", the sandwich had a similar, but not exact, taste and different caloric content. Burger King eventually reformulated the sandwich to use a standard hamburger roll, presumably as a cost measure.

In Canada, the Big King's name was changed to the King Supreme and is only available at select franchises. The burger was also renamed as the King Supreme (and had a single version known as the King Supreme Junior) in the US before being taken off menus.

Recently BK has begun to sell a new sandwich line called the BK Stacker, which has drawn some comparisons to the Big King. However, the sandwich does not contain vegetables and includes bacon.

[edit] See also

• Big N' Tasty
• Big Mac
• Whopper
• BK Stacker

[edit] External links

• Burger King nutritional facts