Guest # honorary 69, your order is ready.

 

Rating: 8.6/10

Burger - Everything about this burger was great, with one exception. Any bite that didn't have a decent amount of meat on it had for some reason just tasted meh. Otherwise the ratio of ingredients was perfect and it wasn't too messy.

Taste - 1.7 (out of 2)

Texture - 1.8 (out of 2)

Presentation - 0.8 (out of 1)

Fries - Needed a lot of talk added but they were cooked rather nicely. Some were maybe a bit too under and though I thought most were cooked well, some still had a dry/starchy texture.

Taste - 1.8 (out of 2)

Texture - 1.5 (out of 2)

Diet Coke - It was Diet Coke.

1 (out of 1)

Possible first new number since the pandemic? It's been a long time that's for sure. Also, we're counting this as #69 because In-N-Out Burger doesn't actually do #69, because apparently we're all teenagers from the early 2000s. So since if they did do #69, this would have been it, I'm counting it. Not many more numbers to go.

Update and most recent number grid!

It feels like it's been forever since I posted the last number grid. So much so that we're down to five (or four, depending on how you look at it) numbers. Also, I've skipped so many reviews of new numbers that I should probably retire this whole blog! I do have the receipts for those numbers though. I even got one of the numbers...that I couldn't keep because I washed the receipt and it got destroyed. So now I have to get that number again. But we're nearing the end...how much longer will it take? I will make sure to do reviews for all remaining new numbers, no more being lazy and skipping!

Guest #51, your order is ready.

Rating: 8.9/10

Burger - The burger was really good. I can think of two small down sides, not enough lettuce and the bun was probably a bit too toasted or maybe just dry. However, this was an overall top notch burger as the taste was really good despite the flaws. One of the better burgers I have had at In-N-Out in a while.

Taste - 1.7 (out of 2)

Texture - 1.7 (out of 2)

Presentation - 1.0 (out of 1)

Fries - Added a lot of my own salt but I thought they were cooked nearly perfect, if maybe just a tad overdone. Normally I have more than what is left in the picture so that's a good sign.

Taste - 1.8 (out of 2)

Texture - 1.7 (out of 2)

Diet Coke - It was Diet Coke.

1 (out of 1)

This was definitely one of the better In-N-Out meals I have had in recent times. Everything was cooked almost exactly how I like it and the taste was right there as well. If not for a small flaw here and there, it could have been the best so far. Also, due to the lack of picture taking lately I forgot to take the picture BEFORE eating...not sure if that's a first.

Guest #68, your order is ready.

Rating: 6.4/10

Burger - This burger was almost as close to perfect tasting as you could possibly get. I think the slightly imperfect lettuce marred it a bit. The lettuce also marred the presentation but I very much liked the way the cheese and meat combination was clearly visible. I took a nice big bite out of that side to start with. Texture wise once again the lettuce gets in the way. Just in general the texture was all over the place with extra hard lettuce and some mushy bun. However, In-N-Out has been on fire when it comes to taste.

Taste - 1.9 (out of 2)

Texture - 1.2 (out of 2)

Presentation - .8 (out of 1)

Fries - I noticed that last time I said it is hard to make bad In-N-Out fries. They proved me wrong. I think these were the absolute worst fries I have had at In-N-Out. They were extremely bland tasting. Remember, I don't fault for lack of salt anymore so this was just tasteless in general. But that's better than outright tasting bad so you still get some score there. Texture wise they were hard and dry. Not like nice and crispy hard like a potato chip or something. Just like, really stale bread.

Taste - 1 (out of 2)

Texture - .5 (out of 2)

Diet Coke - It was Diet Coke alright.

1 (out of 1)

So it's been almost a year since my last new number. It was seven days away from being a year when I got this last week. Hopefully the next year picks up the pace a bit. I'll be updating the grid and maybe making it somewhat better in the near future. If my memory is right, I have 11 or 12 numbers left. Don't know what I'll do for #69 yet. Was thinking about asking them if there is any way their registers will allow them to force it.

Guest #70, your order is ready.

Rating: 7.9/10

Burger - Very good burger. Lots of lettuce, good distribution of ingredients for the most part. Texture was spot on and the taste about just about everything you want from an In-N-Out Burger. One of the problems with going so often is that I no longer know if a burger can ever be "perfect". I wonder if it's due to them just being so good in general that it would have to take something phenomenal to make me think "wow, this is better than ever". That said, I was very close to marking this completely perfect.

Taste - 2 (out of 2)

Texture - 2 (out of 2)

Presentation - .9 (out of 1)

Fries - Unlike the burger, the fries were not all that great on this visit. Still good, as it's hard to make bad In-N-Out fries, but the taste didn't come out all that much and the texture was one of the worst in recent memory. They were hard without being crispy. They weren't even well done they were just very solid. It was strange.

Taste - 1.3 (out of 2)

Texture - .7 (out of 2)

Diet Coke - Yay

1 (out of 1)

There is actually another note about the burger that I'm not including in the actual review. I got grilled onions on the side and tried a couple of bites with them. I have to so I don't think they really added much, so I'm not about to change my order after all these years. Also, sometimes the edges of the burger can be a bit crispy or charred. They are really good when that happens!

Guest #95, your order is ready.

Rating: 9.15/10

Burger - Probably one of the best burgers I've ever had in my life. I ordered a mustard fried cheeseburger with no onions or pickles. There were very few things wrong with this burger. Texture wise the bun was a bit too toasted for my liking but I'm not docking too much from that score as I only noticed in a few bites. Also, this did not detract from the taste at all and I think flavor wise the burger was perfect. Presentation was pretty good other than the burger being lopsided (sometimes I feel this is intentional) and the lettuce being centered almost on the middle third of the burger.

Taste - 2 (out of 2)

Texture - 1.8 (out of 2)

Presentation - .9 (out of 1)

Fries - Normally I don't like the more well done fries. They came out slightly more done than I am used to but it worked this time. Mostly because despite being cooked more they weren't too hard, just less flimsy. And that's a good thing as often the only mark on In-N-Out fries are when they seem under done. Still, there were some extra crispy and dry fries, hence the drop in score.

Taste - 1.7 (out of 2)

Texture - 1.75 (out of 2)

Diet Coke - Nothing to be said here. As mentioned before I almost want to change the scoring system to account for the fact that the soda is perfectly fine 90% of the time. But probably too late for that.

1 (out of 1)

It was the first time my daughter has been to In-N-Out Burger in a long time and she actually ate some of her food! Admittedly it was probably only like one third of a cheeseburger and some french fries. And she loved the birds that were flying around and tried to boss them around by telling them to get down from places. She's awesome.

And a special shout out to Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) as I happened to go to In-N-Out on the same day I watched his recent related video.

Guest #69, will your order ever be ready?

The list is dwindling down. The only three number block left is 68, 69, and 70. However, I was informed this past week that In-N-Out Burger no longer uses #69. I think the reasons are probably obvious and I'm not sure whether to be happy or sad about it.

On one hand, it means there is one less number for my to get. But on the other hand, it means there will always be this empty spot in my list of numbers. Do I seek out the elusive #69 at maybe some random In-N-Out Burger place that never got the memo? Do I ask my local In-N-Out Burger to specially give me that number? Or do I just roll with it and never get #69?

Thanks to @BenHBailey for giving me this info. A quick Google search did confirm it. The last evidence of the number I could find was around 2009/2010.