KFC is now selling the Ultimate heart attack

[SM1DY]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/85...ed-chicken-bun

A new KFC monster burger that uses two slabs of fried chicken in place of bread buns has gone on sale in the US to the dismay of nutrition experts.

The "Double Down Chicken Sandwich" contains two slices of bacon, pepper jack cheese, swiss cheese and sauce, wrapped between two fillets of chicken.

Would you eat this burger? Have your say here.

A television advertising campaign bills the US$4.99 ($6.00) Double Down as "so much 100 percent premium chicken, we didn't have room for a bun".

A spokesman for the Australian arm of KFC did not rule out the burger being sold locally in the future.

Ninemsn contacted a KFC store in Omaha, Nebraska, where an employee said sales of the Double Down had exceeded expectations.

But the burger, which does not appear on KFC's official website, has raised the ire of health experts.

"The world does not need [these burgers]," top Australian nutritionist Dr Rosemary Stanton said.

"These sorts of burgers have become a rite of passage for kids and young men ... but pity about your arteries, your waistline and your chin."

Burgers such as the Double Down made a mockery of fast food chains' persistent claims to provide healthy and balanced menus, Dr Stanton said.

Online food forums have been flooded with both criticism and support for the burger.

"Wow, I couldn't believe that American fast food has sunk this low," wrote one person on foodgeekery.com.

But another wrote: "Oh … oh my God. That is the best thing ever."

"I don't know what 'Colonel's Sauce' is, but it is like a party in my mouth."

Another person said he recently received an invitation to complete an online survey on the Double Down in exchange for US$10 KFC voucher.

KFC in Australia today issued a statement saying "we don't have this product in our plans at present".

I'm kinda fanatical about avoiding fast food, but honest to god, if they sold this in Australia, I would have to get one.

[vztrt]

Go get a Buxton cathedral burger. This thing is a lightweight.

http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/si....asp?PageId=19

[GT0336]

That is nuts!

[Windsor220]

Those burgers are big but atleast they look like burgers. (except for maybe the OP chicken bun one lol)

As far as heart attacks go the old Mcdonalds double pounder still would hold the title I would think

[escapin]

how awsome is that kfc burger

drooling now

[greenguzzler]

Would you like fries with that?

[tickford2001]

Originally Posted by Windsor220

Those burgers are big but atleast they look like burgers. (except for maybe the OP chicken bun one lol)

As far as heart attacks go the old Mcdonalds double pounder still would hold the title I would think

LOL @ McChicken...is that the entree?

[irlewy86]

Oh yeah, because one burger can kill. Where do they find these "experts"?

[xr8 007]

Originally Posted by tickford2001

LOL @ McChicken...is that the entree?

ahahahah i was thinking the same thing. Just in case you get hungry. lol Maybe its a burger for the road.

[paule11]

Originally Posted by vztrt

Go get a Buxton cathedral burger. This thing is a lightweight.

http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/si....asp?PageId=19

Kfc sounds good but the Buxton burger looks great

[caputo9]

i want one now

has anyone been to Harndorf restaurant in Adelaide and had their burger its massive it tastes good as well :

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by paule11

Kfc sounds good but the Buxton burger looks great

Interesting to eat as well (yes I finished one).

Amazingly the road house that sells them survived the bushfire (the other half of the town was destroyed).

[tickford2001]

im tempted to do a buxton run on sunday arvo now...always wanted to try one *drool*

[DJM83]

To die for, i want one : : is with that maccas burger x 8 :

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by SM1DY

I'm kinda fanatical about avoiding fast food, but honest to god, if they sold this in Australia, I would have to get one.

They do some crazy things with fast food in America. My all time favorite show would have to be Man v Food. We absolutely pale in comparison.

Now check this out for a burger. It costs $50.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYFxAoFh4Eo

Everytime I watch that show my arteries harden just a little more.

[Franco Cozzo]

Pfft,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11dzx5v-5RM

130 pounds of beef, burger big enough to feed 300 people.... Now we're talking.

[cool65]

$38.90 - or free if you finish it
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...7-661,00.html#

[MrSparkle]

Ah the double pounder, such fond memories we have had together...

[EFPWR]

Originally Posted by Windsor220

Those burgers are big but atleast they look like burgers. (except for maybe the OP chicken bun one lol)

As far as heart attacks go the old Mcdonalds double pounder still would hold the title I would think

Holy . That's one biggg burger! The other weekend a customer ordered a big mac with a mc chicken patty replacing one of the beef patty. Would've been interesting, that's for sure.

[InfernoSR]

God damned diet!

[XRFutura]

for the people who haven't seen what the double down chicken sandwich looks like

[chief]

It is a cost cutting exercise by KFC not having to put the burger in a bun.

[Mont5.0]

Originally Posted by chief

It is a cost cutting exercise by KFC not having to put the burger in a bun.

wouldnt the fillets top and bottom cost more than a bun?

[calais]

I like seeing this sort of thing. Bring on the options that the "experts" keep trying to deny us!

[schnoods]

I'd like to have a carck at the $39 monster there, i reckon i could get past halfway with ease, but dunno about 3/4. Done kilo steaks before with little hassles.

Done a "pounder" before but felt sick with all the cheese and grease, wouldnt attempt a double!

[Iggypoppin']

worst I have done is 4 quad stackers from HJ's then-vomit.

[Feathers]

Ugh. I gagged at the sight of the Double Big Mac a friend ate in Thailand. I'll pass on this.

[[Tonko]]

Double big mac... love it. geez im hungry after reading this thread

[Feathers]

Here's the Double Big Mac. Sorry about the editing.

[[Tonko]]

That bloke has a smile... as would i