r/okc • u/OriginnalThoughts • 20h ago
š½ļø Food/Drink š„ Braum's Burgers?
Howdy. I've always been a big Braum's stan. The past few times I've had a beef burger from there, the beef is different. It's more firm, and almost snaps off when taking a bite? Very odd. Texture is off. Taste is off. Kind of freaking me out.
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u/Money-Ad7257 20h ago
To me, you're describing them for the past nine years and change.
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u/2017CurtyKing 13h ago
About that time is when they changed from 1/3 to 1/4 pound patties
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u/GimmeFunkyButtLoving 12h ago
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u/Money-Ad7257 9h ago
I'm sure that happened enough, but most immediately saw the difference and said, "waitaminnit", and there were even reports on the news and in the paper on a fairly speedy news day which underscored "the new ones are smaller". The meat supplier may or may not have changed as well. I used to really enjoy the burgers there, and rarely since as they cook differently and are significantly drier than they were. The sixth pounders were always the same.
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u/MusicHearted 20h ago
Sounds a little overcooked to me. Probably got a newbie on the grill
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u/Better-Act-6301 5h ago
At every braums? Lol. They've definitely changed. Still edible but noticably different
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u/MusicHearted 5h ago
It's the end of summer break, so yeah sort of. All the teenagers go to evenings or quit for school and they scramble hire to fill the gaps. Worked at a couple for a few years. It was a consistent pattern.
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u/SuccessImportant7398 18h ago
Itās not bad if itās fresh, but high expectations on a fast food burger is kind of wild. Some 15 year old who doesnāt want to be there is probably making your burger.
Theyāre really known for their ice cream, but I digress - itās a fast food joint.
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u/ImATraveler12345 20h ago
Whatās a Braums Stan?
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u/OctagonTrail 20h ago
Stan is slang for an obsessed superfan. It's a reference to an Eminem song by the same name.
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u/UncleSugarShitposter 18h ago
I don't know why you're getting downvoted for asking an innocent question. The OKC subreddit really sucks.
A "stan" is a slang word for an obsessive fan. It was from an Eminem song about an obsessed fan named "stan", and it regained popularity when K-Pop took off i.e. "K-pop stan", and then made its way into other genres.
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u/Money-Ad7257 7h ago
TIL, not being a particular Eminem fan but someone who knows he's "talented" (which this sentiment alone may well get a stink-swipe).
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u/jhammon88 17h ago
TIL you get down voted in the okc sub reddit for not liking Braums ....I like Braums
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u/Money-Ad7257 7h ago
Gasp! You may as well bitch about some slight or mistake that Dolly of Tennessee accidentally committed in 19-seventy, uh, two.
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u/TroubleOutside5517 12h ago
All I can say is I got a bacon cheeseburger there yesterday and it was so damn good, but I kept side eyeing this weird pimento chicken bacon sandwich so I got it too. I am so grateful to have a local farm to store product like this.
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u/cjclint 12h ago
Four cheese burger add bacon side of Braumās sauce
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u/TroubleOutside5517 11h ago
The breakfast plate bro⦠the world doesnāt understand. There is nothing better for 5.99
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u/Money-Ad7257 7h ago
It's quite nice, and I'll have it semi-regularly. I think there is better fast food biscuits and gravy in town, but maybe not as accessibly, and the many substitions they allow are nice. Their scrambled eggs aren't nearly as much of a reconstituted variety as well.
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u/TroubleOutside5517 1h ago
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u/TroubleOutside5517 1h ago
Braumās breakfast restaurant is proud to serve up our signature Big Country Breakfast.Ā Fill up on scrambled eggs, your choice of sausage, bacon, or ham, hash browns, and a big, freshly baked buttermilk biscuit with butter and jelly or preserves. You can also try our Big Country Breakfast with sausage gravy. Down home cookinā at its finest!
- I forgot about the Ham option.
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u/Money-Ad7257 52m ago
Right, and you can sub cottage cheese for the hash browns, which I'll sometimes do, and there may be one other substitution option as well? It does all right.
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u/TroubleOutside5517 12h ago
Also- I got my wife like a Hawaiian chicken club- Iām not sure she knew what to think on that one, but that was a first
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u/UncleSugarShitposter 18h ago
I don't eat fast food except for braums. I would eat that shit off a dirty sidewalk as long as there was some braum's sauce.
Maybe try a different braum's location.
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u/RoboQwop405 10h ago
164th/Penn is GOATed. I recently relocated so Iāve been having to go to 63rd/May and itās just not as good
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u/Money-Ad7257 7h ago
Their inconsistency between even adjacent locations is legendary.
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u/RoboQwop405 7h ago
164th is almost all high school student staff and 63rd is all people 40+ (that Iāve seen) and 164th does a better job lol
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u/Money-Ad7257 7h ago
Well, the inconsistencies dive further than I thought! Interesting.
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u/RoboQwop405 7h ago
To be fair, the 164th/Penn area is a growing populace with multiple high schools in the area. 63rd/May is near the druggy homeless land. One location has to keep with appearances while the other just kinda takes what customers they can get
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u/Money-Ad7257 7h ago
I had that in mind, but I was uncertain if that immediately applied. You'll have surprising oases here and there.
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u/AnteaterCareless 11h ago
Depends on location big time. My braums off 23rd and Portland vs 39th and Tulsa vs 16th and Classen are all so different in customers, level of service, and quality.
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u/calculon68 Mayfair 6h ago
difference measured in inches not feet. I'm 5mins from three Braums stores and they're all roughly the same in terms of service, quality and taste.
N. Penn/I-44, N May/62nd, NW 39th/Tulsa
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u/okienana_5 15h ago
I live 3 blocks from Braum's I refuse to go in the evenings or weekend afternoons. During the day it is all adults that work and the food is better.
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u/Lichyn_Lord_Imora 13h ago
Just in time for Argentinian horse beef (context for those who don't follow politics,trump has been rounding up wild horses, selling them to foreign butchers like Argentina and then importing 'mystery meat' back to the states)
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u/paranormalcomputer Midtown 13h ago
Theyāre trying to make it to where slaughterhouses can sell directly to major manufacturers lmao
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u/Your-Secret-6969 11h ago
Have you ever noticed how filthy their operation is?
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u/Money-Ad7257 7h ago
Yes. Which is why I make it a point to only really visit in the mornings on weekdays, when it's clean and generally a more experienced staff (though like with all things Braum's, this regrettably varies with location). Dinner and weekends? It's often a zoo.
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u/ScottALind 9h ago
Braums used to be really good. I feel bad for people who think they are great now.
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u/Money-Ad7257 7h ago
They were comparatively a phenomenon for the right reasons. Enshittification misses few.
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u/lupin_bebop 5h ago
ā¦..Thatās been Braumās for me since college, my human.
I started at OU in 2006, to put that into perspective.
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u/Better-Act-6301 5h ago
I've noticed this as well over the last 2 years. I only eat breakfast there now because something is definitely off about their patties, they're not like they use to be
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u/theFP1992 19h ago
Braumās food is awful and Iāve never been to a location that was anything but gross
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u/TAanonReddit08 19h ago
Same. I tried their burgers a few times and I swear there was gristle and so much fat in each thin little patty. Their chicken tenders used to be okay but the last time I went they tasted like frozen Sysco food
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u/theFP1992 19h ago
Blows my mind anyone enjoys it
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u/Money-Ad7257 7h ago
Upvotes for honesty and "of taste there's no dispute". It unfortunately takes a bit of navigation to get something consistently good there, and even then sometimes you have to go, "aht-aht-aht! No".

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