C'mon, haters. The Whopper isn't a bad idea (in concept) for a burger at all. Imagine one was made by someone who cared about how the burger tastes and used ingredients that weren't the cheapest available.
Sometimes i like lettuce and tomato and mayo on a burger (sometimes it just gets in the way). For those times I think a homemade whopper would hit the spot. Thin, slightly charred, cherry wood-kissed slider-type patties on a toasted sesame seed bun. Mmmm. Melt on some American cheese (I like American on burgers), add some homegrown leaf lettuce, a big slab of mortgage lifter tomato, some mayo and pickles. Mmmmmm.
If done right (not stepped on, not stored in a food-humidor swimming in synthetic au jus, not spit or or even aged in a trash can
), I think it's a good model for a burger.