New burger at KFC

[Farbs]

From KFC:

Something big is coming to KFC this week. A burger unlike any other. The type of burger that will demand so much attention that you can’t help but do a double take.

Introducing, The Double.

There are no equivalents here, The Double IS the man. It’s the burger that says NO to bread buns and HELL YES to double fresh breast fillet, rasher bacon, double cheese, double awesome! You can choose to go the Original flavour route or turn up the heat with Zinger fillets!

We’re launching this brazen burger on Wednesday, but as a KFC VIP you can get a taste of it tomorrow. Get to your nearest KFC store and ask for The Double. They’ll make it to order and boom! You’ve just encountered The Double’s mammoth flavour hit.

Grab one tomorrow and then tell everybody that you were the first to tame the mighty The Double.


Don't know if it will top the tower burger, but will have to give it a crack!!

[Baron Greenback]

Sounds AWESOME!

[Lightning McQueen]

[Johno6]

pics?

[OnSong]

I think I've seen this? The burger with chicken fillets as the bun?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/andrew-clark-on-america/2010/may/19/fooddrinks-restaurants

America has spoken, according to the fast food chain KFC. The nation has given a thumbs-up to a controversial, greasy, artery-clogging new "sandwich" called the Double Down - which is just like any other burger except that the bread is replaced by fried chicken.

The fast food chain KFC has scored a hit with the contentious new menu item described by one physicians' group as "a troubling symbol of corporate irresponsibility". The Double Down consists of two boneless chicken filets enclosing two slices of bacon, a generous quantity of melted cheese and a slathering of sauce.

The bread-less sandwich has had a harsh reception from food pundits. To many, there's something faintly appalling about the concept of a bread-free, all-meat sandwich. The Chicago Tribune's food critic branded it "double down, triple chin, quadruple bypass". One blogger, TreeHugger, compared it to the military-style Hummer vehicle in terms of marketing logic, describing it as "the vilest food product created by man". It isn't likely to play well with Michelle Obama, who recently began a high-profile campaign against America's childhood obesity epidemic.

Consumers have fewer qualms. The Double Down appeared in KFC's US outlets on April 12 and was supposed to be a limited-time offer ending on May 23. But the chain announced today that it was close to selling its ten millionth Double Down and that its availability would be extended into the summer.

"This is truly an example of popular demand," says KFC's executive vice president of marketing and food innovation, Javier Benito. "Millions of Double Down fans have spoken and we won't disappoint them."

Weighing in at 540 calories, the Double Down contains 32 grams of fat and 1,380 milligrams of salt. As a "combo" meal with a side order and a drink, it can contain 1,000 calories, 45 grams of fat and 2,120 milligrams of salt - which is more sodium than the American Heart Association recommends in a day.

A medical advocacy group, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, has written a letter of protest to the chairman of KFC's parent company, Yum Brands. The committee's director of nutrition education, says: "The Double Down is clearly one of those products with a death wish appeal."

For all the bluster, the Double Down isn't the most egregious burger on the market. Others, such as Wendy's Baconator and McDonald's Angus Bacon and Cheese, are more fattening. Yet removing the bread from a sandwich seems to represent a breakthrough of the least appealing kind.

KFC points out that it is donating any bread rolls it saves to local food banks. And that a slightly less unhealthy grilled version of the Double Down is available as an option.

If there's anybody in Britain licking their lips, you're in for a long wait. A KFC spokesman says: "We know the Double Down has been a huge success in the States, but all our products are tailored to specific markets because all consumers have different tastes, and we don't have any plans to introduce it to the UK."

[OnSong]

Can someone get one and post their thoughts in the Test Dummy thread?

http://www.safooty.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32103

[gadj1976]

I think I've seen this? The burger with chicken fillets as the bun?

It looks like a nastily 'overly dried'/shrivelled hamburger. Maybe the sharpei of the hamburger world.

[Drop Bear]

No wonder we're the fattest country in the world. That thing is scary!

[Lightning McQueen]

No wonder we're the fattest country in the world. That thing is scary!

It's smiling at me.

[Drop Bear]

No wonder we're the fattest country in the world. That thing is scary!

It's smiling at me.

Evil heart attack inducing smile!

[JK]

I think I've seen this? The burger with chicken fillets as the bun?

It looks like a nastily 'overly dried'/shrivelled hamburger. Maybe the sharpei of the hamburger world.

LMFAO

[Pag]

I've got a 21st in town on Saturday night, and after not having a drink for the whole of March, that thing will go down very well at 3am on Hindley St.

I can't wait.

[OnSong]

I've got a 21st in town on Saturday night, and after not having a drink for the whole of March, that thing will go down very well at 3am on Hindley St.

I can't wait.

Other things go down well at 3am on Hindley street....

[Pag]

I will have the missus in tow, which will mean KFC will be the highlight of my time on Hindley for the night...

[Bum Crack]

I will have the missus in tow, which will mean KFC will be the highlight of my time on Hindley for the night...

I've seen pics of your missus and she shits all over the pic of that burger.

[Iron Fist]

I will have the missus in tow, which will mean KFC will be the highlight of my time on Hindley for the night...

I've seen pics of your missus and she shits all over the pic of that burger.

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[locky801]

No wonder we're the fattest country in the world. That thing is scary!

It's smiling at me.

[The Sleeping Giant]

I'm getting one. It has 2 of my favourite food groups. Bacon and Cheese.

[RustyCage]

Would there be such a negative reaction to this burger if it was exactly the same thing but with a bit of bun on the top and bottom?

[JK]

Would there be such a negative reaction to this burger if it was exactly the same thing but with a bit of bun on the top and bottom?

My thoughts exactly