Randy,

In-n-Out does make good burgers, fresh and you can order off the menu. You would like a double-double animal style. That said, I have to call it an almost draw between In-n-Out and Whataburger, with the edge going to the little burgerstand from Alice.

Both make their mark by being fresh and made to order, unlike every other major burgerstand. Whataburger gets top honors in my book because they are considerably larger and you can get jalapenos. Like Whataburger, In-n-out has a limited area although Whataburger has been expanding their operations.

EDIT: Just noticed the "secret code" question.

As you noticed the menu was hamber, cheeseburger, double-double, fires, shakes and soda, period.

A double-double is two patties and double cheese, was originally an off-menu item.

Any burger can be ordered animal style. For animal style they grilled the meat with mustard, add on grilled onions and chopped pickles. Used to be the only burgers they sold with pickles.

For the Atkins dieters you can order your burger "protien style", where the bun is missing and in its place the burger is wrapped in lettuce.

For the extremely hungry order up a 4x4. I'll decribe it this way, my 15 year old eating machine ordered one and had to take half home in a bag.

There is more off-menu stuff I'm sure. I believe In-n-out has a website, in fact I have seen it but cannot remember the uRL. They talk about the history of the off-menu items and outline them. Example, the double-double animal style was the brainchild of some late 50's early 60's highschool football hero, nicknamed Animal. He wanted big and cooked a specific way.

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