National Double Cheeseburger Day is enjoyed every year on September 15. This iconic food item is way up on the charts of everyone’s favorite foods. Full credit has to go to the person who decided that double cheese is better than single cheese.
- 1904 – The St. Louis World’s Fair popularizes the hamburger nationwide.
- 1921 – White Castle opened, selling 5-cent square hamburgers that are now known as sliders.
- 1926 – Lionel Sternberger created a cheeseburger in Pasadena, California. While working at his father’s sandwich shop, The Rite Spot, he saw a sizzling piece of hamburger that just needed that one extra thing. So he decided to slap a slice of American cheese on it to see what would come out of it. Technically it was a cheese hamburger, not a plain cheeseburger, but that’s how cheese found its way into our burgers.
- 1937 – Bob’s Big Boy serves up the first double cheeseburger.
- 1948 – It was In-N-Out that helped popularize the double cheeseburger after launching their “double-double” in 1948.
- 1955 – On April 15, 1955, Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s restaurant east of the Mississippi River. It was located in Des Plaines, Illinois.
- 1971 – 1985, Mayor McCheese was the mayor of McDonaldland.
- 1982 – The world’s biggest burger is made, weighing close to 3,600 pounds
- 2012 – McDonald’s sold over 25 million double cheeseburgers in the United States alone.
- 2017 – Mallie’s Sports Bar creates one of the largest cheeseburgers, weighing almost 1800 pounds.
- Approximately 70% of Americans prefer American cheese on their cheeseburger.
- Americans consume over 50 billion hamburgers or cheeseburgers annually.
- Many cities in the U.S. such as Denver, New Haven, and Pasadena claim to have invented the cheeseburger.
- Jimmy Buffett’s song “Cheeseburger in Paradise” was inspired by his craving for a cheeseburger on a rocky boat trip.
- Goat cheese brightens a burger every time. But if you’re looking for a crispness, too, add some creamy coleslaw instead. Another option in this category is the reliable tartar sauce.
- If you like to bring the heat, you can look to your cheeses. Pepperjack is a mild way of adding some spice. However, if you prefer to test the limits, fresh sliced jalapenos or habaneros will also do the trick.
- It is most likely that the hamburger sandwich first appeared in the 19th or early 20th centuries, but there is much controversy over its origin. Over the years, the hamburger has become a culinary icon in the United States.
- The man who invented the hamburger was smart; the man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. – Matthew McConaughey
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