Dear John Dear,
Please answer this for me. Are Wendy's hamburgers really NEVER frozen? If not, how are they kept fresh?
Thanks,
Burger Jockey
Dear Burger Jockey,
I really can't be completely sure about this, so it's kinda based on past knowledge and partially based on me guessing. But, "Frozen" is a very loose term when it comes to food and food production. For instance, let's talk Turkey. Turkey has standards that would boggle most of our simple minds. First frozen to most of us is at 32 degrees Fahrenheit as freezing, but not with turkeys. With turkeys frozen is considered anything zero or below. Now if it falls in the 1-26 degree mark then (even though it is still well below freezing) is considered "refrigerated." Now anything 27 and up is considered fresh. So as you can tell all of those numbers are well below freezing (for water). Most of us with a thermometer would say that all of those are frozen. Thanks to other non-water substances within the bird that will affect the freezing temperature of the flesh.
I have no idea if the standards are the same for beef or whatever burgers might be made of but knowing Corporate America they can get by with stretching the truth just a little(Or a lot depending on the company.)
So I bet the meat is placed in a blast chiller right after it's ground and brought to right above whatever the beef industry considers frozen. At this point it is able to be safely shipped to Wendy's (not affiliated with John Dear... Yet) To be made into wonderful, tasty, beautiful, food like art. That is the Wendy's Burger.
Hope that helped get your mind and mouth around these Juicy, flavorful, nearly orgasmic, burgers.
Till Next time,
John Dear
Burger Jockey
Dear Burger Jockey,
I really can't be completely sure about this, so it's kinda based on past knowledge and partially based on me guessing. But, "Frozen" is a very loose term when it comes to food and food production. For instance, let's talk Turkey. Turkey has standards that would boggle most of our simple minds. First frozen to most of us is at 32 degrees Fahrenheit as freezing, but not with turkeys. With turkeys frozen is considered anything zero or below. Now if it falls in the 1-26 degree mark then (even though it is still well below freezing) is considered "refrigerated." Now anything 27 and up is considered fresh. So as you can tell all of those numbers are well below freezing (for water). Most of us with a thermometer would say that all of those are frozen. Thanks to other non-water substances within the bird that will affect the freezing temperature of the flesh.
I have no idea if the standards are the same for beef or whatever burgers might be made of but knowing Corporate America they can get by with stretching the truth just a little(Or a lot depending on the company.)
So I bet the meat is placed in a blast chiller right after it's ground and brought to right above whatever the beef industry considers frozen. At this point it is able to be safely shipped to Wendy's (not affiliated with John Dear... Yet) To be made into wonderful, tasty, beautiful, food like art. That is the Wendy's Burger.
Hope that helped get your mind and mouth around these Juicy, flavorful, nearly orgasmic, burgers.
Till Next time,
John Dear
