Ladies and gentlemen, after the Double Quarter Pounder's victory of the Subway Footlong BMT, it goes on to face its next opponent. Red Robin's Whiskey River BBQ Chicken Sandwich. I know what you are saying - chicken sandwich? Are you kidding me, how can a McDonald's burger compare to a chicken sandwich, especially once that's grilled? Well my friends, that's what we are here to see. Let's go to the stats. Unfortunately, Red Robin's website is a bit sparse on the nutritional information, they only have calories, fat, carbs, dietary fiber and protein listed. No breakdowns on type of fat either. Right out of the gate, this hurts the Whiskey river bbq sandwich. However, because it has whiskey in it's name, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. Here we go.
It looks like the Double Quarter Pounder w/Cheese (sweet lord, this sandwich might lose soon just because I am so tired of typing out the full name!) takes home another victory! Let's break down the categories
| Double Quarter Pounder w/Cheese | Whiskey River BBQ | |
| Calories | 740 | 954 |
| Fat (g) | 42 | 51 |
| Carbs (g) | 40 | 72 |
| Dietary Fiber (g) | 3 | 4 |
| Protein (g) | 48 | 48 |
Calories
Winner: DQPw/C - See, I decided I would just abbreviate it, because I can't handle the typing anymore! With 214 fewer calories, the DQPw/C takes this category easily.
Fat
This one was darn close, DQPw/C edges out the Whiskey River, but only by 9 grams. if the robin gave us more info about the type of fat, Whiskey River might have had a chance to pull this one out, but that's the price you pay for limiting dietary informational disclosure (just ask Quizno's).
Carbs
DQPw/C leaves the Whiskey River back at the ranch on this one. No contest, as the whiskey river has almost twice the carbs.
Dietary Fiber
Frankly, I am a little disturbed with how the DQPw/C has 11 grams of dietary fiber, I'm not sure how that works, but however they get that fiber in there, gotta give the DQPw/C the edge yet again. EDIT: I apparently transposed the dietary fiber % with the amount of fiber in grams. Whiskey River takes this one by a gram!
Protein
It almost seems like generosity at this point that the whiskey river takes home one category. I originally listed the Whiskey River as having 2 grams more protein, but upon looking at the figures it looks like they are tied. Result: Draw.
Conclusion
The Double Quarter Pounder w/CHEESE (for emphasis) walks away with this one. The combination of high sugar bbq sauce and high fat onion straws on the red robin sandwich doom it from the start. This is sad, because it's a favorite of mine, but something definitely best left for only occasional consumption. The sandwich itself is almost half the daily caloric intake for a middle aged male. That doesn't even include the bottomless streak fries that accompany it.
Be sure to tune back in to see who the Double Quarter Pounder w/Cheese will take on next. Can anyone stop it?
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3 comments:
Hmmm...I took a look into that dietary fiber claim for the DQPw/C and I think that you may want to update your numbers. The McDonald's has slightly different numbers than the ones posted, but they claim only 3 g of fiber.
And something else that you may want to consider...the DQPw/C weighs 279 g, and the chicken burger weighs 398 g. This makes the DQPw/C more calorie dense (but not by much). So should the playing field be normalized when these comparisons are made. Just something to think about.
Extremely scientific response. I like it. It's possible I transposed some of the subway figures versus the McDonalds figures in my original analysis. I'll check it out.
Weight is definitely an issue as well. I might include calorie density as an additional category, since they all seem to include weight in the information.
Argh, just checked. Looks like that's the % of daily dietary fiber, not the amount of grams. Will be updated tables shortly
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