🍔 Septemburger 2025: The Burger Tournament Begins! 🏆

GET HYPED!! It's that time of year again: Septemburger! The annual hamburger tournament is back, and eight chains are entering this greasy gauntlet. In this episode, I reveal all the contenders, break down how the tournament works, and review the first five burgers of round one. From a slew of mediocre burgers to Santa Claus cutting promos for Arctic Circle, this year is already unhinged in the best way.

🥊 Cook Out (featuring my Dad) vs. A&W (with Herbert Amaya) 🎅 Santa Claus Represents Arctic Circle vs. Carl's Jr. (with podcast composer James McEnelly) 👑 Dairy Queen Wants to Melt the Competition (with Tyler Eaton) 🍔 The Tournament Sees its First Upset 📣 Wrestling-Style Promos from Each Guest

📋 TOURNAMENT RULES:

• 8 chains enter, each providing 3 burgers.

• Round 1: each chain's "#1-on-the-menu burger." Later rounds = specialty burgers.

• Seeding is based on the best burger I've ever had at each chain.

• Fill out your bracket here.

• YOU MAY ADJUST your picks until end of day 9/24 as you follow along.

• Anyone who correctly predicts the champion is entered into a drawing for the grand prize!

🎁 GRAND PRIZE: The winner can name any American chain restaurant I haven't covered yet, and I'll review it in Season 4. PLUS, I'll write and record a rap song about the winner or any food/restaurant topic of their choice.

🔥 SEMIS & FINALS: Coming 9/30 on Patreon for FREE (no subscription needed), or on the regular podcast feed in October.

💬 COMMENT BELOW: Who's your pick to win Septemburger 2025?

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👉 NEXT WEEK: We cover Sonic Drive-In with special guest Marc Pope from the Geek Off the Street podcast!