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It makes a difference because competitors like McDonald's and Wendy's reference pre-cooked patty weight when they reference the size of their burgers. In order for the Whopper to be compared accurately to those burgers we should reference the 4.4 oz weight. I will follow up with a source that shows the 4.4 oz weight. Jlipton10 (talk) 15:16, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a letter from Burger King corporate. Can you help get this updated now?
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I am the Director, Culinary Innovation, for BURGER KING® restaurants in the United States.
The WHOPPER® patty in the contiguous United States has a pre-cooked weight of more
than a quarter pound of beef. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
I plan to record a spoken version of this article for WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia, since it has been requested for narration. I’ll base the recording on the current article revision and upload the finished audio to Wikimedia Commons when complete. Sanedish (talk) 15:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
level-5 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. What instance of "burger" should be changed (and why?). LizardJr8 (talk) 01:00, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
Not done. A) needs a source, B) why do we need to give the pre-cooked weight?, C) That's a level of precision we don't really care about. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 15:02, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
