Facts about hamburgers
- The Big Mac was introduced in 1968.
- The term hamburger originally derives from the German city of Hamburg, Germany's second largest city.
- The Hamburger Hall of Fame is located in Seymour, Wisconsin.
- Burgers and Cheeseburgers comprise 71 percent of the beef servings in commercial restaurants.
- 65 percent of all hamburgers and cheeseburgers are consumed away from home.
- Oprah Winfrey was sued for saying on her show broadcast on April 16, 1996 that she would stop eating burgers when there was a mad cow disease scare, on the grounds that it was unsafe.
- On average, Americans eat 3 hamburgers a week.
- Hamburgers account for 60 percent of all sandwiches sold.
- A $777 Kobe beef and Maine lobster burger, topped with caramelized onion, Brie cheese and prosciutto, was reported available at Le Burger Brasserie, inside the Paris Las Vegas casino.
- In India, hamburgers are usually made from chicken or a vegetable patties due to cultural taboos against eating beef.
- Many burger chains from the United States can be found all over Mexico, including Carl's Jr., Sonic, as well as global chains such as McDonald's and Burger King.
- McDonald's has sold 12 hamburgers for every person in the world.
- Ranking #1 among all restaurants with 31,000 stores, McDonald's serves billions of hamburgers worldwide.
