WHAT A WHOPPER

The Left-Handed Whopper


1998: Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own 'right handed' version."

The WHOPPER is Born

The WHOPPER sandwich made its debut on March 4, 1957, when Burger King Corp. founders David Edgerton and James McLamore concocted a burger of unrivaled size and taste in their original Miami restaurant.

Boasting a quarter pound of flame-broiled beef, ripe tomatoes, crisp lettuce, creamy mayo, ketchup, onions and crunchy pickles on a toasted, grilled bun, the duo developed a name worthy of the now famous burger and its ingredients.

Throughout the past half century, the WHOPPER has been the leader of the burger pack, pioneering the concept of customization, igniting the burger wars with its 1982 “The WHOPPER Beat the BIG MAC” advertising campaign, and offering a gamut of popular, limited-time-only WHOPPER sandwiches.

WHOPPER Fun Facts

More than 1.3 billion WHOPPER sandwiches are sold each year worldwide ! 221,184 ways to mix and match ingredients means countless ways to love the WHOPPER sandwich.

Emmy award-winning host, Ellen DeGeneres in her first stand-up act, ate a WHOPPER, fries and a shake on stage.

Hungry New Year ! What day of the year holds the record for most WHOPPER sandwiches sold ? Dec. 31. It's a WHOPPER sandwich world.

You can find a Dark WHOPPER Sandwich with pepper jack cheese, black pepper ketchup and grill sauce in the UK and Ireland.