Hollis Johnson
McDonald's and Wendy's signature burgers
- McDonald's announced on Tuesday it would be swapping frozen for fresh beef in its Quarter Pounders across the US.
- Wendy's - long the fresh-beef fast-food king - shot back on Twitter, slamming its fast-food rival.
- We tried McDonald's new fresh-beef burger and Wendy's fresh, never-frozen classic - and Wendy's reigned supreme.
McDonald's and Wendy's have a beef over fresh beef.
On Tuesday, McDonald's announced it would be swapping frozen for fresh beef on all of its Quarter Pounders across the US by early May. Roughly 3,500 locations in the US had already made the switch, which the company said resulted in "hotter, juicer" burgers.
Wendy's - long the fast-food king of fresh-beef burgers - fired back at the rival fast-food chain. On Tuesday, Wendy's posted a string of tweets highlighting the fact that McDonald's wasn't planning on making the switch with all of its burgers.
"You shouldn't have to use a decoder ring to figure out what quality you're going to get" when you order a burger, Kurt Kane, Wendy's chief concept and marketing officer, told Business Insider.
Kane also said that, having tried one of McDonald's new burgers, he wasn't worried about Wendy's customers ditching the chain for McDonald's new Quarter Pounders.
So, we decided to conduct a taste test of our own. Here's how McDonald's fresh-beef Quarter Pounder matches up against Wendy's Dave's Single, made with fresh, never frozen, beef.
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