Burger Notes

JewBoy Burgers

Sun, 03 May 2026 18:48:02 -0500

A great potato roll left untoasted, an unseasoned patty, and one truly excellent oak tree.

Dale's Essenhaus

Sat, 02 May 2026 16:50:48 -0500

A real flat-top smashburger from a German roadhouse most people drive past.

Agape BBQ

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:50:29 -0500

A thick, well-seasoned brisket-blend patty doing real work — Fridays only, and worth planning around.

About

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A husband-and-wife duo based in central Texas. In 2018 we knocked out the Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ tour in three and a half weeks (every joint on the list, the entire state, plus eight wildcards along the way). These days we’re chasing burgers with the same seriousness.

Every burger gets a Burger Notes Score out of 100. The rule: every burger gets ordered twice. One Plain & Dry for the score; One How it Comes for context. The patty, bun, seasoning, and cook have to stand on their own. Nine weighted categories, one number, no exceptions.

The Score

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Every burger gets a Burger Notes Score out of 100. Nine categories, each scored 0–10, weighted by how much they matter to a real burger experience — the patty matters more than the seasoning, even though both count.

We always order two: One Plain & Dry, One How it Comes. The Plain & Dry is what gets scored — no toppings, no sauce — so the patty, bun, seasoning, and cook have to stand on their own. The How it Comes version gets noted in the prose for context, since it tells you what the kitchen intended. Cheese is optional; when it shows up it gets noted but isn’t part of the weighted score.