As a former wendy's employee I can tell you the step-by-step process. Get the meat from the fridge because it's never frozen for some reason. Put 2 or 3 patties on the grill and lay down the lid. The bacon should already be in the oven cooking on parchment paper, and when it's done the bacon grease is discarded. Once all the meat is ready, you toast the buns with a little butter, then the sandwich construction is cheese, beef, cheese, bacon, beef, bacon, mayo and ketchup. Working on a Wendy's at a college campus, I made no fewer than 200 of these every shift... and if there was a basketball game that night... holy hell.
I'm playing a game called "dark deity" right now, and they have an item called "Guga steak". It raises max hp, so apparently the developer thinks Guga steaks are healthy.
Skyline/Cincinnati Chili is really different from what most Americans think of as chili. Most chilis are very meaty, thick like a stew, can be spicy from chile peppers, and depending on if you’re in Texas or not, contains beans.
The square patty on a Wendy’s burger functions like the corner of a diagonally sliced sandwich. It ensures you get a higher ratio of beef to bread when you get to the edges of the sandwich. This prevents you from getting a sad bite of mostly bread and ketchup when you approach the initial bite and the final bite of the burger.
I don't think I've seen Angel so happy from Guga's food before. He's definitely infectious. This was 100% an Angel type of experiment. Glad he enjoyed it so much!
@@jcashbbeblockbreadent3198 perhaps you misread my statement. I didn't challenge you to do better I responded to you saying it's no fun to make such a extravagant upgrade to something like I said " you see have far you can blow them out of the water " this has nothing to do with you personally I was just saying taking it to crazy extreme cam be fun
The real reason is increased surface area = less cooking time. Those patties are quite thin, they start off as 4 oz for the big patties and 2 oz for the small patties. I worked at Wendy's, the square doesn't help or hurt with how many you can fit on the grill. You can easily fit 75+ large patties on a single grill, and that's excluding the jr. sizes.
The company said the bits of meat that push past the bun makes the customer thing they are getting more meat per burger than the other places. It's supposed to be all eye appeal
I love when Angel is in these videos! You should do a cook off with Mamau and Angel giving them the same steaks or even burgers and serving them to you to rate out of 10! (Not knowing who’s is who’s) i think this video would be an absolute banger! They can chose whatever seasoning, cooking style etc
I feel like a lot of the videos nowadays has become more and more unobtainable for the average person where as they used to be occasional expensive items and most often then not more affordable. Just my observation and it could be wrong but either way the content has been good. Keep it up
Yeah, I agree. I originally started watching Guga and SVE because of the technique to make everyday items amazing. Now everything is wagyu or something else I either can't get where I am, or can't afford.
He chose the square shape to show that Wendy's does not cut corners when it comes to freshness. It's a visual representation of the chain's values, including "fresh, never frozen," and the founding idea that "Quality is our Recipe." Where's the Beef? It's in their burgers.
@@vagabondwastrel2361 Probably because it's more efficient, as you don't have to press individual patties, you can press a giant sheet of meat, and then use a machine to cut the sheet into square patties. Then it also saves space on the grill in the restaurant because you can line them up more easily.
We truly need a sous vide Everything/Guga Foods discord where we can discuss dry aging, cooking, sous vide experiments and many more and to maybie help others make their meals the best they can be! i have some ideas and wanna discuss it with other people before i destroy a good piece of meat! Please Guga
Yessss! You finally did the “Slatters 50/50” style! It’s a game changer! 100% need to make an experiment video testing ground beef, ground beef with bacon and ground beef with sausage
When I worked for Wendy's it was because "We don't cut corners!" So making the patties square I believe was an ease of handling issue; that, and the only other restaurant (that I know of) that uses square patties is White Castle making them fairly unique as well.
1:20 the fact you're so up-front and honest about the recipe ahead of time is refreshing. So many celebrity chefs hate on and insult fast food but are really missing the entire point of it
Square patties were intended to differentiate Wendy's from other fast food. It was a way to prove that the meat was pattied fresh, not frozen. The frozen stuff was always round. I regret never having a chance to run the meat machine. Fresh ground meat in, square patties wax papered patties out. It was a beast.
Switch out wagyu for normal beef and there’s no reason you cant make this? You can replicate sous vis machines with water and a zip lock back. But you don’t have to cook the burger sous either - searing it would work. Won’t taste wildly different.
Looks awesome guys! I've been making something similar for a few years. I did find, that a 40% chuck, 40% short rib (or wagyu picanha or brisket or whatever you want) and 20% uncured bacon makes the best blend that still tastes like a burger but has a steak and bacon infusion. Anyway, that has always gotten the biggest thumbs up when I make them.
I’ve said this before- the real challenge would be making an item that tastes exactly like the original. Recreating something with better ingredients is too easy.
Good call on adding the bacon while grinding Guga. We add ground up bacon to our deer meat when we grind it. It's fantastic! Makes is less dry and the flavor is phenomenal.
Wendy's burgers are square for 3 reasons: The founder wanted something unique to separate them from the rest of the burger places. Since the patties are sticking out from the bun you can see the beefs quality before you eat it. They can fit more patties on the grill at once with square burgers.
Yo Guga, I'm planning to make sausages out of home made bacon (to avoid the white goop situation some shop bacon gets). I dare you to do the same, and maybe experiment to see at what stage baconing your pork is best - whole, minced, or already in the sausage? I'm baconing mine whole for guaranteed success, but is that best? Please help me find out!
Guga as an Italian with a passion for food I have always been curious to try Kangaroo. Please make a Kangaroo roast episode! It can make for a fantastic mystery meat!
Used to work at a Wendy's in high school, square patties were so you could take a square spatula and smash each of the four corners. Wendy's was smashing burgers before it was trendy.
If Wendy's was to offer that kind of burger, it would cost at least 50$ with that meat quality. The original baconator is tasty enough and affordable! =)
You did a great job with this burger to give it the right amount of flavor blending steak with the proper bacon , I would like to see you make a Stuffed burger patty with smoked Gouda and bourbon caramelized onions . I enjoy all your videos and hope you have a great weekend
I am about to buy me some sous vide set up because of this channel... And it actually isn't as expensive as one would think! But the meat... Oh that is a different endeavor altogether, that is a whole different quest 😂
Hey Guga, thanks for your great videos. After watching your videos, I have three requests for future videos: - Please try some other cattle breeds than wagyu and American beef. - How do you clean all your pans and other cooking ustensils so they continue to be so shiny ? - Please cook a foie gras in a terrine using sous vide. And yes I'll repeat those requests often. ;)
You should try the "Hodad's" method for making your bacon. Basically you boil the bacon to cook it, then press it into a patty on a flat iron to crisp it. Two patties of burger one patty of bacon and a pile of cheese to glue it all together.
Wendy's, Krystal's and White Castle use square patties mainly because of packaging. A 20 lb box of 4 oz square patties is smaller than a 20 lb box of 4 oz round ones. You can fit more on a shipment and put more in the cooler. You also reduce the chances of freezer burn since there are no big gaps of air around the patties.
Square patties make it much easier to manufacture the beef patties without waste. The patties can be evenly divided without having to recycle the beef left over when making circular patties
Anytime there's a question as to why a large company does what they do, answer is always "More money for them (lower expenses)" Most of the time they will offer BS reasons such as "we don't cut corners" or Hotels ask you to reuse towels "for the environment" blah blah, it all comes down to $$. My guess is square patties pack tighter and therefore shipping/packaging/storage costs are lower.
Wendy's has square patties because they "don't cut corners"
That and the "square deal"
Lol
There's also like 25% more patty
@@justicewalker4209 Than a 25% smaller round patty?
@@MCCENTx2 surface area.
As a former wendy's employee I can tell you the step-by-step process. Get the meat from the fridge because it's never frozen for some reason. Put 2 or 3 patties on the grill and lay down the lid. The bacon should already be in the oven cooking on parchment paper, and when it's done the bacon grease is discarded. Once all the meat is ready, you toast the buns with a little butter, then the sandwich construction is cheese, beef, cheese, bacon, beef, bacon, mayo and ketchup. Working on a Wendy's at a college campus, I made no fewer than 200 of these every shift... and if there was a basketball game that night... holy hell.
Man I remember this days
Because frozen meat SUXKS
I know this pain but from a subway perspective
Thank you for your service,I would’ve died with out the Wendy’s near us
@@draxxsklounst6595 at least there isnt much meat or cheese to put on there since Subway is cheap with those.
I'm playing a game called "dark deity" right now, and they have an item called "Guga steak". It raises max hp, so apparently the developer thinks Guga steaks are healthy.
it is healthy, but if you over consume it then you get instant death effect...
“It’s good for you!”
“It’s a heart attack on a plate!”
“It’s good for your soul!”
“Oh please, I have no soul”
“Muahahaha!”
He is the reason prices at fast food has gone up.
Holy shit that's amazing!
Protein for muscle
Angel: I get the baconator when I'm not here.
Guga: I'm about to ruin that for you lol.
Guga, as european I would love to see good american chili recipe. Spend time in Ohio and loved skyline chili. Just struggle to do that here in Finland
It's just borsche and porridge up there isn't it
Great idea slikki. Im from Alaska and we do bear, caribou, and/or moose chili. I think Guga could tear that up!
Cincinnati-style chili like Skyline is unlike any other. Plenty of recipes on line, attempting to let you copy it.
Skyline/Cincinnati Chili is really different from what most Americans think of as chili. Most chilis are very meaty, thick like a stew, can be spicy from chile peppers, and depending on if you’re in Texas or not, contains beans.
If you look up Joshua Weissman's recent hotdog video he shows a good chili recipe.
The square patty on a Wendy’s burger functions like the corner of a diagonally sliced sandwich. It ensures you get a higher ratio of beef to bread when you get to the edges of the sandwich. This prevents you from getting a sad bite of mostly bread and ketchup when you approach the initial bite and the final bite of the burger.
that baconator from wendy's was the prettiest one I've ever seen. I think the workers knew you were going to make a video with it 😂
Wendy's founder Dave Thomas wanted to ensure everyone saw the quality of meat sticking out of the bun.
His mother told him never cut corners
Oh so that's why the sandwiches are called Dave's single, Dave's double ! Nice.
I wonder why it isn't called Dave's instead of Wendy's?
@@lucianoDoni1 its his daughters name
@@jeffredfern3744 ohhhhhhhh everything makes sense now
I don't think I've seen Angel so happy from Guga's food before. He's definitely infectious. This was 100% an Angel type of experiment. Glad he enjoyed it so much!
Angel food
Those burgers are like 50 bucks each in just materials.
Fr. I thought he was just gonna go simple and see who's is better. Its one sided just off material.. There's no fun in that.
Yea anyone can make a better version of a fast food burger.
@@jcashbbeblockbreadent3198 sure you see how far you can blow them out of the water
@@crashoverride93637 bro I been cooking since I was 12. You know nothing about me dude
@@jcashbbeblockbreadent3198 perhaps you misread my statement. I didn't challenge you to do better I responded to you saying it's no fun to make such a extravagant upgrade to something like I said " you see have far you can blow them out of the water " this has nothing to do with you personally I was just saying taking it to crazy extreme cam be fun
The Guganator:
More savage than Wendys' Twitter account.
In a perfect world Guga's Sous Vide Smokehouse would be in ever major city
This is but better... But Better
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Papa kiss
@@Juggernogger64 papa do kiss
Here's a take: the real reason why Wendy's patties are square is because, for a given weight per patty, you can fit more of them on the flat top.
The real reason is increased surface area = less cooking time. Those patties are quite thin, they start off as 4 oz for the big patties and 2 oz for the small patties. I worked at Wendy's, the square doesn't help or hurt with how many you can fit on the grill. You can easily fit 75+ large patties on a single grill, and that's excluding the jr. sizes.
*Krystal would like to know your location*
The company said the bits of meat that push past the bun makes the customer thing they are getting more meat per burger than the other places. It's supposed to be all eye appeal
@@gralnrath same with white castle, except they also cut holes in the patty too
I love when Angel is in these videos! You should do a cook off with Mamau and Angel giving them the same steaks or even burgers and serving them to you to rate out of 10! (Not knowing who’s is who’s) i think this video would be an absolute banger! They can chose whatever seasoning, cooking style etc
I feel like a lot of the videos nowadays has become more and more unobtainable for the average person where as they used to be occasional expensive items and most often then not more affordable. Just my observation and it could be wrong but either way the content has been good. Keep it up
Yeah, I agree. I originally started watching Guga and SVE because of the technique to make everyday items amazing. Now everything is wagyu or something else I either can't get where I am, or can't afford.
Completely agree
I can afford it from time to time but i would also like more basic stuff.
He chose the square shape to show that Wendy's does not cut corners when it comes to freshness. It's a visual representation of the chain's values, including "fresh, never frozen," and the founding idea that "Quality is our Recipe." Where's the Beef? It's in their burgers.
Didn’t know that I’m and deadass including it in my marketing presentation for class (a week left and I’ll have a degree wish me luck lmao) thanks bro
I wonder what the real reason actually is instead of the pr spin.
Cutting "squares accordingly" saves a few cents per patty than circular meat.
@@vagabondwastrel2361 Probably because it's more efficient, as you don't have to press individual patties, you can press a giant sheet of meat, and then use a machine to cut the sheet into square patties. Then it also saves space on the grill in the restaurant because you can line them up more easily.
yeah but the patties do in fact get frozen :/
Wendy’s square patties is the “I’m not like other girls” of fast food chains
white castle want to have a word with you!
@@bube1994 lmao the fact that there are other chains that do the same thing literally strengthens my point 😂
@@ClobberingSocks except Wendy's isn't like other girls. She's literally better.
@@brahtrumpwonbigly7309 exactly lol
@@bube1994 Leave the white castle alone they have to deal with Harold and Kumars order first
“Let’s make a guganator”
*casually pulls out a wagyu picanha*
Didn’t think guga could get any manlier then I hear “the guganator”
love how guga acts like he never had a baconator before lmao....
We truly need a sous vide Everything/Guga Foods discord where we can discuss dry aging, cooking, sous vide experiments and many more and to maybie help others make their meals the best they can be!
i have some ideas and wanna discuss it with other people before i destroy a good piece of meat!
Please Guga
There is a Facebook group
Yessss! You finally did the “Slatters 50/50” style! It’s a game changer! 100% need to make an experiment video testing ground beef, ground beef with bacon and ground beef with sausage
I’m so jealous!! Looks amazing. The only thing...a couple more slices of cheese was what that burger was screaming for!
When I worked for Wendy's it was because "We don't cut corners!" So making the patties square I believe was an ease of handling issue; that, and the only other restaurant (that I know of) that uses square patties is White Castle making them fairly unique as well.
I wanna see a $10 menu at Wendy's now with wagyu burgers!
More like a $50 menu.
A $10 wagyu burger would either be really small, or made from the most low-grade wagyu on earth. Possibly both.
Add a zero and you might get that burger Guga made at Wendy's.
Deep fried wagyu cow sphincters instead of onion rings ?
If I'm ever on death row, and ready for my last meal, somebody needs to call Guga!
Death by sous vide ?
What is $80 bacon?
It's a pig that lived the life with spa day almost everyday
No shit! I was wondering the same thing! I can swing by Costco and get 3 pounds of pork belly for less than $12 and make some crazy bacon at home.
Only thing I can think of is wholesale Iberico. And if it's that breed of pig, $80/lb is a bargain - their meat usually sells for $200+.
@@CarlGorn cool! Thanks for the knowledge bomb!
Angel… you missed something. Cajun fries to go with that BACONATOR
Angel is one lucky son of a gun to have you as an uncle, Guga! My mouth is watering over here just watching you guys eat those Guganators! :D
1:20 the fact you're so up-front and honest about the recipe ahead of time is refreshing. So many celebrity chefs hate on and insult fast food but are really missing the entire point of it
I love how these UA-camrs compare a food item that’s made on mass production to a single food item that’s had hours put into making.
The only thing that comes to mind is that those thick burgers deserve double amount of cheese - otherwise looks amazing 👍🏼
All burgers deserve extra cheese...hell almost anything that comes with cheese deserves extra cheese in my book 😂
if Emilo sees this he is going to be heartbroken. watching guga destroy those beautiful steaks in the grinder.
Square patties were intended to differentiate Wendy's from other fast food. It was a way to prove that the meat was pattied fresh, not frozen. The frozen stuff was always round. I regret never having a chance to run the meat machine. Fresh ground meat in, square patties wax papered patties out. It was a beast.
What are the details on the bacon?
I didn't even know bacon could cost that much.
bacon on burgers has to break when bent, crispy. no acceptations, period.
I love putting my bacon in the smoker, low and slow. Get that extra smokey flavor in the bacon.
Just soak your burger bun in liquid smoke and be done...
@@DL101ca Hell yeah!
Guga this isn't even a fair comparison. You can use a wagyu A5 hoof and it would be better than Wendy's.
Wouldn't the hoof give you gelatin? Then you'd be making aspic, not burgers. 🤔
The original marketing ploy for the square patty was the illustrate they use fresh beef always and not frozen, round patty discs like the competitors.
I love waking up and watching these knowing I can never make this and can only get a Wendy’s baconator 🙄🙄
Switch out wagyu for normal beef and there’s no reason you cant make this?
You can replicate sous vis machines with water and a zip lock back. But you don’t have to cook the burger sous either - searing it would work.
Won’t taste wildly different.
You can totally recreate this. Just use normal beef. There is also no reason at all to Sous vide this
Looks awesome guys! I've been making something similar for a few years. I did find, that a 40% chuck, 40% short rib (or wagyu picanha or brisket or whatever you want) and 20% uncured bacon makes the best blend that still tastes like a burger but has a steak and bacon infusion. Anyway, that has always gotten the biggest thumbs up when I make them.
I’ve said this before- the real challenge would be making an item that tastes exactly like the original. Recreating something with better ingredients is too easy.
Good call on adding the bacon while grinding Guga. We add ground up bacon to our deer meat when we grind it. It's fantastic! Makes is less dry and the flavor is phenomenal.
waking up to this hurts me 😭
The Square Patties are to show the Quality of them.
At least we get a little more meat thanks to the Corners.
Wendy's patties are square because they do not "cut corners"!!!
Actually, that clearly indicates they do cut corners
Ugh stop, back when I worked there they used to make us say that whenever anyone asked 😂
Because “Wendy’s doesn’t cut corners” and “here you will always get a square deal.”
Guga you should try to enter Hell's Kitchen it'd be interesting to see how you would do.
That's the most stupid idea I've heard in a long while. No offence intended.
@@grammarofficerkrupke4398 agreed, who would think of such an idea?
Josh Weissman once said burgers should be wider not taller
Guga, give us a Cookoff challenge between Angel and Maumau! Give the people what they want to see!
Fresh never frozen
Meanwhile the patties in the freezer: 👀
2:03 - Says 375 for 20 minutes.. Clearly says 350 for 22 minutes. Oh GUGA! You silly!
It never fails: I find myself cursing out loud because the food looks so good.
The burgers are square because it's part of their slogan. They don't want to "cut corners" with the food, so the burgers are square-shaped :)
3:04 “the third most expensive one is the winner” *points to the second most expensive one*
Oh so you don’t have to worry about cost, production or profit??
chill fam it aint that deep
Tell me you’re a Wendy’s manager without telling me you’re a Wendy’s manager.
Edgy today aren’t we
Lol I didn’t know there were Wendy’s stans
the goal is to make it better, not more profitable.
this is a “but better” that gives honest fast food reviews 👀
and without the cringe
guga unleashing his inner epic meal time at 1:37 is the most guga thing i’ve ever seen
Using the table to make a nice square edge is sneaky...
I like it
If you don't have a food truck already you should get one
Wendy's "doesn't cut corners" good one, Dave.
For the price of that baconator, I can eat in Wendys for many days😂
Yes, but you will never learn to spell correctly hanging out in fast food joints.
Wendy's burgers are square for 3 reasons:
The founder wanted something unique to separate them from the rest of the burger places.
Since the patties are sticking out from the bun you can see the beefs quality before you eat it.
They can fit more patties on the grill at once with square burgers.
Like how angel tried to go with the fistbump in the beginning. quickly cut to next scene 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Guga I caught it
I’d love to have some Wendy’s. If their lines weren’t down the block.
Yo Guga, I'm planning to make sausages out of home made bacon (to avoid the white goop situation some shop bacon gets).
I dare you to do the same, and maybe experiment to see at what stage baconing your pork is best - whole, minced, or already in the sausage? I'm baconing mine whole for guaranteed success, but is that best? Please help me find out!
my left arm starte tingle just looking at it!
sous vide burgers?! you are a genius! i can forgive you for still not giving the sauce from the pulled pork recipe now.
Guga as an Italian with a passion for food I have always been curious to try Kangaroo. Please make a Kangaroo roast episode! It can make for a fantastic mystery meat!
No wagyu kangaroo, Guga don't care about it...
Used to work at a Wendy's in high school, square patties were so you could take a square spatula and smash each of the four corners. Wendy's was smashing burgers before it was trendy.
But who was smashing wendy?
@@TheAngryAustrian the only thing that’s gonna get smashed is your door because the fbi is here
@@acamelwholikescoke4641 I have been waiting for that since 1/6
The original idea Dave Thomas had with the square patties, was that Wendy’s never cuts corners, they always go above and beyond.
If Wendy's was to offer that kind of burger, it would cost at least 50$ with that meat quality. The original baconator is tasty enough and affordable! =)
I had a heart attack just looking at the damn thumbnail. Nice job!
it looks good right??
Fast food restaurants are so underrated they have to make so many burgers and other food in a little amount of time
I was always tole the corners of the square patties help catch sauce oozing out of the burger
How about a cured meat episode? Either channel. Your take on homemade cured meats.
You did a great job with this burger to give it the right amount of flavor blending steak with the proper bacon , I would like to see you make a Stuffed burger patty with smoked Gouda and bourbon caramelized onions . I enjoy all your videos and hope you have a great weekend
I am about to buy me some sous vide set up because of this channel... And it actually isn't as expensive as one would think! But the meat... Oh that is a different endeavor altogether, that is a whole different quest 😂
As someone who worked for Wendys, its very impressive
baconator from Wendy's is def my favorite Burger of fast food chains... But you made it 10X better lol
I'm going to have to try this at home. Thanks, Guga! Beautiful food and beautiful music soundtrack today also. 😁
they have square patties to show that "quality is their recipe" and that they "dont cut corners"
Hey Guga, thanks for your great videos.
After watching your videos, I have three requests for future videos:
- Please try some other cattle breeds than wagyu and American beef.
- How do you clean all your pans and other cooking ustensils so they continue to be so shiny ?
- Please cook a foie gras in a terrine using sous vide.
And yes I'll repeat those requests often. ;)
You should try the "Hodad's" method for making your bacon. Basically you boil the bacon to cook it, then press it into a patty on a flat iron to crisp it. Two patties of burger one patty of bacon and a pile of cheese to glue it all together.
Squares are most efficient in storing. No space left
Wendy's does Square patties because the corners hang off the but there for making the patties LOOK bigger than they actually are.
Wendy's, Krystal's and White Castle use square patties mainly because of packaging. A 20 lb box of 4 oz square patties is smaller than a 20 lb box of 4 oz round ones. You can fit more on a shipment and put more in the cooler. You also reduce the chances of freezer burn since there are no big gaps of air around the patties.
However -- Wendy's uses fresh ground beef and presses the beef into patties each morning at the store. (former Wendy's manager).
Always like the vids with Angel. He’s always buzzing
The reason of square patties when the restaurant started is for customers to see the quality of the meat. As an ex-employee at Wendy’s.
Square patties make it much easier to manufacture the beef patties without waste. The patties can be evenly divided without having to recycle the beef left over when making circular patties
Nice idea, but wrong. Wendy's patties are pressed into patties in house -- not manufactured.
The patties are square because they don’t cut corners. “Quality is our recipe”
Your Baconator looks amazing! Hopefully for a future episode you can use MY bacon for one of your dishes.
Holy Crap
This thing looks Amazing
Wow I'd love to be there to enjoy that with you
Anytime there's a question as to why a large company does what they do, answer is always "More money for them (lower expenses)" Most of the time they will offer BS reasons such as "we don't cut corners" or Hotels ask you to reuse towels "for the environment" blah blah, it all comes down to $$. My guess is square patties pack tighter and therefore shipping/packaging/storage costs are lower.
If you were wandering wich is the name of the first song is Ten Feet Curio ft. Lucy
If the Baconator has Bacon...
Then that means...
The Guagnator has Guga...
At this moment a swat team of wendy's lawyers are descending on Gugas compound.
You should do a marinade experiment to show if longer is better
"I introduce yoU to the guganator" Amazing voice crack 7:20
I actually think one could turn a sworn vegetarian into a meat lover after a few SVE episodes with Guga.. I get so hungry watching your videos!