Guest #28, your order is ready.

Rating: 7.9/10

The best thing about this meal was that the texture of both the fries and the burger (including bun) were perfect. I had to add some S&P to the fries but other than that great. But remember, how the meal tastes when I get it is factored into the rating as well. So it gets a few tenths of a point taken off. The major issue with #28 is the taste of the burger. It had a slightly off taste to it. I couldn't figure out what the odd tasting ingredient was but towards the end I was done with it. I actually did not finish the last bite :(

I sat outside at one of the 2 seater tables, and outside usually means nothing really of interest happening. As I was in line though I heard somebody ahead of be get guest number 26. I was nervous about the possibility of getting my first duplicate. Thankfully I pulled 28, the closest I could have possibly been to a dupe (given I have had 29 already).

I should also start asking for just one tomato. I almost always get two slices, but I never want two slices.

Sweet, Sweet In-N-Out

I haven't been to In-N-Out Burger in a week, but I plan on going tomorrow. However, this will mark the longest period of not having In-N-Out since this whole thing started. Yes, 8 whole days. I'm already planning on making up for it by going again Tuesday and then likely Thursday during a trip I am taking to Arizona.

I really wanted to go today, but time constraints prevented me from doing so.

Guest #80, your order is ready.

Rating: 7.75/10

Once again the biggest issue affecting taste is the fries. Just overdone and not with the right amount of salt/pepper. The burger bun was too hard around half the edge and the tomato on the burger wasn't that great (it was ripe but too hard).

A side note on this meal. I really enjoy In-N-Out, obviously, but this is the overall meal I fear new customers will get at In-N-Out. Obviously having anything sub-par isn't going to be good, but if you get this after everybody raves about the food you'd be disappointed. You wouldn't think it is bad by any means, but you wouldn't understand the worship of it. However, sub-par In-N-Out Burger is still better than 90% of everything else out there.

Things to note: Ran into a former co-worker. Outside of that I wasn't really observing the crowd today as I was talking to the people I went with, plus we sat at the furthest away table outside so there wasn't much to see. Sorry, I'll have to be on the lookout next time. I gotta say, I'm disappointed in Alex F for ruining my non-repeating cashier streak.

Guest #67, your order is ready.

Rating: 8/10

Man I am having to pick to find something wrong with the burger...only thing I could say is I would have liked some more lettuce. The fries are the big issue this time, and the reason for the lower score. Not quite sure the picture does it justice, but about 15% of the fries were overdone or just very brown on the ends. The ones I did eat were still good though.

This was the first time since starting the 1-99 deal that I ordered to go and ended up eating there. Generally if I think it's overly busy and I won't get a table, I'll order to go just in case. And in all honesty, there hasn't been one time that I've done that in which I didn't find a table.

Thanks to Blaine for contributing to the continued streak of original cashiers, which is now standing at 14. It's only about 2.5 hours since I ate but I am already starving!

Lastly, do they have water proof pouches for iPhones? I could have sworn I saw some guy with an iPhone in a see through plastic pouch around his neck.

Lunch or Dinner? Weekday or weekend?

So I generally eat In-N-Out Burger during lunch breaks at work, but try to go on weekends every now and then. Today at lunch I made the decision to eat McDonald's instead of In-N-Out, thinking I'll go ahead and eat there tomorrow.

Man, I was not satisfied. Keep in mind I don't actually eat burgers at McDonald's (actually pretty much nowhere outside of In-N-Out). McNuggets and fries is the McDonald's meal for me. But still, despite being something different it was just not good enough for me today.

So that makes tomorrow all the more exciting. At some point in time during the day I plan on having In-N-Out Burger in my stomach...now it's just a matter of lunch or dinner.

Guest #24, your order is ready.

Rating: 8.9/10

A few minor issues. Diet Coke wasn't bad, but it did have a bit too much carbonation. Burger would have been perfect, but I had to rip off some of the tomato because it wasn't completely ripe (it was green and hard in the center). Lastly, the fries could have been just slightly more crispy.

So with those issues why is it rated the 2nd best meal up to this point? Despite only being 5 days since the last visit I had a lot of anticipation. I think that offset the issues, which were very minor.

The streak is still alive! The cashier was named Chelsea again...but looking at the last name initials it was apparently a different Chelsea. 13 visits now with no duplicate number and no repeat cashier. How long can it last?

Guest #74, your order is ready.

Rating: 8.75/10

As far as taste goes this was probably the 2nd or 3rd best visit since I started. The complaints are minor in that the fries were actually over salted this time. But texture wise they were perfect. Also the bun was too crispy and unfortunately for me the last bite was the worst bite of the entire thing. But hey, at least the Diet Coke was fine this time.

Note: So not really specific to this visit but I just noticed that since I've started this, 12 visits, I have not yet had a cashier help me twice. Wonder how long that will last? Also, this was the first time sitting outside since I started this.