Here's What We Know About Beijing's Burger Lovers So Far

Michael Wester | Sep 6, 2015 7:00 pm | Add a comment | 1198 reads

With voting in the Sweet 16 set to close Monday at noon, time's running out for you to tell us which of the field should move on to the Elite Eight ... so get voting here: thebeijinger.com/2015burgercup ... you have a little more than 12 hours to go.

We've taken a peek at the results this round so far, and if voting patterns hold, we're looking at some surprising upsets, with more than one of the top-seeded venues currently trailing lower-ranked competitors in the polls.

In the mean time, here's a few facts we've gathered about you burger-lovin' voters so far:

– 55 percent of you are male, 45 percent are female.

– You dine out at restaurants (or order in) 6.5 times every week ... in other words, virtually every day.

– You eat an average of 1.3 burgers a week ... and since not many of you eat 0.3 burgers at a sitting, you can think of that as roughly six times a month (or 70 in a year). Presuming a 150g patty weight, that's about 10.5 kgs of hamburger meat shoved down your gullet each year.

And as long as we're extrapolating, at that rate it will take most of our lifetimes (71 years) for each of us to eat the equivalent of a mature cow (750 kg) in burgers.

– To no one's surprise, beer is the preferred accompaniment to a nice burger, with 42 percent of you choosing a cold brew to wash it down. The next most popular choice are soft drinks, followed by various and sundry alcoholic beverages (wine, spirits, and the like). Your full list of preferences:

Beer: 42 percent
Soft drinks: 20 percent
Alcoholic beverages (other than beer): 10 percent
Juice: 7 percent
Iced Tea: 6 percent
Water: 5 percent
Milkshake: 4 percent
Milk: 4 percent
Other: 2 percent

Can't decide which burger to try next? You can't go wrong with any of the two dozen burgers profiled so far in our Burger Brief series – read all about them below:

Home Plate BBQ
Lily's American Diner
Flamme
Village Cafe, Opposite House
Groovy Schiller's
Eudora Station
The Cut, Fairmont Beijing
Blue Frog
Tim's Texas Bar-B-Q
Cafe Flatwhite
Kenny's Burgers
Fly Pizza
Slow Boat Brewery
Plan B
Stuff'd
Yuppie & Yummy
Loft Eatalicious
Rumi
Frost Coffee, Cocktails and Dining
Luga's Villa
Jing-A
Paulaner Maximillian
Sunbake & Brew
The Garage