Update – Big A Angus Charbroil (was Big Az)

Stopping by my two neighborhood stores, I have a choice between the nice Korean family at the independent market on one side of the street, or the new owner of the 7-Eleven, a nice Iranian family.  I generally favor the Koreans, for no particular reason, I guess, other than consistency, because the prices are about the same at both stores.  With the Koreans, there is always a smiling family member behind the counter, and with the Iranians, they have a lot of part-time employees, so friendliness can be hit and miss.  Whatever, I’m just sayin’.

I talked about this pre-cooked burger early on, in this post. This is an 8.5 ounce vending/food service product from Pierre Foods in Ohio, which furnishes product to school, vending, stores, the military, and so on.

Why I decided to pick up another one of these today, was new packaging and a new name caught my eye. Previously packaged in white freezer paper with the name “Big Az”, the sandwich is now in clear cello with a name change that has dropped the “Z”, it’s now the “Big A Angus Charbroil with Cheese”.  It’s interesting they went with clear, when the trend among consumers seems to be vibrant photos/graphics on a solid color package.  But this is probably less expensive, for sure.

So be it.

The instructions on my package suffered from smeared ink, so I’m gonna just punt on the microwave deal. Last time, I pronounced this better than most fast food burgers, we’ll see if they changed the formulation along with the packaging.

The unwrapped frozen burger exhibits no frills; sesame bun, burger patty, cheese slice on top, cheese slice underneath. (Tho one cheese slice is half the size of the other, not sure if that is intentional).

This is a refrigerated product, so it’s mostly thawed.  As such, like I do the home version of White Castles, I separated the meat and bun for heating.

I decided to go with 45 seconds or whenever the cheese was fully melted, for the patty.   And that reaction happened exactly at 45 seconds, so good guess, BurgerDogBoy.  I threw the bun in for 15 seconds, removed, assembled, dressed (onion, pickle, mustard), and voila!

Was it as good as I remembered?  Yes.  Have they changed anything besides the packaging?  Doesn’t seem so.   Do I still think this is better than most run-of-the-mill fast food burgers?  Yes for flavor, but no for value (it’s $3.69 at my neighborhood 7-Eleven.)

I like the flavor, has some smoke added to be more “grilled-like”, the grind is ok, probably a bit finer than I usually prefer, but OK, nonetheless.

Maybe it’s less of a big deal, than I am making it out.  Unlike BK and McD, this burger isn’t overwhelmed by the flavor and quantity of ketchup, which I loathe on my burgers.  It might just be that simple.


One comment to “Update – Big A Angus Charbroil (was Big Az)”
One comment to “Update – Big A Angus Charbroil (was Big Az)”
  1. Postscript: I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken. Nah, really, in looking at the website for the manufacturer, Pierre Foods, I discovered that the Big Az and the Big A are two different offerings, so my thing about them changing the packaging was wrong. Oh well.

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