Ripken’s Gourmet Burgers
Price: $9.99 (for 4 patties) at Giant
Rating: Four Gold Gloves out of five
Roseda Black Angus beef doesn’t need the Iron Man to make delicious burgers, but I suppose Cal Ripken can move product in Baltimore like few others. The “Ripken” branded burgers are being sold in area stores exclusively at Giant, and although they are terrible for you (10g of saturated fat!) and expensive, they are delicious.
To put it to the ultimate test, I served these puppies at my fantasy football draft this past weekend. I got comments ranging from, “yep, it tastes like a burger,” to “is it supposed to taste like iron?” My league is not necessarily full of foodies. A more sophisticated palette might note that the texture, while semi-easily screwed up by an overzealous grillmaster, is more rewarding and hearty than your typical ground beef. The burgers were even good without seasoning or cheese, allowing for that pure, earthy angus flavor to come through.
Cal Ripken seems like he’ll put his name on pretty much anything these days, but at least this time around he’s shilling for some decent protein pucks instead of crappy cable service or worthless vitamins.
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Ripken would plug Mystery Man’s nuts if he had any….
Hey incher,,,,,,,look now , they just fell out of chowmans mouth…
Think Chowman has been deported back to Dundalk.
You may be right , no one has heard from him in some time,,,,,,,,,,I should put my feelers out in Dundalk………….
I promise you that carb-packed bun and sugary ketchup is worse for you than those 10 grams of saturated fat, but I’ll keep my paleo thoughts to a minimum.
To me a frozen burger is a frozen burger. They can be quite useful, but they really can’t compared to a nice locally-sourced, grass-fed, hand-formed burger, unless ruined by an over zealous grill master.
@Matt-
I produce the burger (it is a local product being made from Roseda Farm Black Angus beef which is in Northern Balto County) and would challenge you to do a taste test with our frozen burger against ANY grass fed product on the market. Bet we would win hands down! There is a reason to grain finish cattle and that’s for superior flavor. Grass fed just can’t stack up.
Bill,
I’m glad to hear the meat is locally sourced. That should take a higher priority when choosing food.
I would love to try your burger; however, I live in the Tampa area. If you can find a way to get them to me, I would gladly do a write-up on my food blog (http://themarinara.com) and reference it here.
I’m not sure you can sway me from my love of grass fed beef, but that doesn’t mean I can’t also fall in love with your product.
Thanks for making the effort of coming to BSR.
It is the best burger I’ve ever had. Better than a restaurant burger and way way better than any fresh ground beef I’ve ever found in a grocery store