MrBeast Burger - Wayne, NJ

Where:
245 Berdan Ave, Wayne, NJ - (AKA, Positano Restaurant & Pizzeria).

Short History:

MrBeast Burger is an American delivery-only fast-food restaurant chain founded by YouTuber, Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast), in partnership with Virtual Dining Concepts, LLC.

The food is cooked via a "ghost kitchen" and picked up or delivered through the MrBeast app.

Ghost kitchen - definition: 

Also known as a delivery-only restaurant, virtual kitchen, shadow kitchen, commissary kitchen, cloud kitchen or dark kitchen, is a professional food prep and cooking facility set up for the preparation of delivery-only meals. 

In other words, you can't sit in Positano Restaurant in Wayne, NJ and order a MrBeast burger - your food must be ordered via the MrBeast app and either picked-up or delivered. 

Furthermore, you can't place an order at any MrBeast Burger location and expect to sit and eat it at that location after you've picked it up. Pick-up or delivery, that's whatcha got.

Food Quality:

The most common issues with ghost kitchen cooking are quality and presentation. The presentation of my Karl's Deluxe burger is evidence of that (check my photos). 

Since the chain is operated as a ghost kitchen, the orders are cooked by the staff of the volunteering restaurant, (in this case, Positano's), so the quality of an order is going to depend on the location it was ordered from. 

Donaldson has been addressing complaints on Twitter, stating, "I’ll be the first to admit we are not perfect! 

(Even the most well-established brick-and-mortar restaurants struggle with food continuity issues, good luck with a ghost kitchen!) 

Good News:

Since Donaldson's menu fit into most restaurants without the need for training or new equipment, MrBeast Burger became a secondary source of revenue for struggling restaurants during our year of Covid. 

ON TO THE BURGERS>>>

Beast Style Double (as advertised):

Smashed crispy beef patties with house seasoning, American cheese, pickles, diced white onion, mayo, ketchup, and brown mustard on a soft roll.

My comments:

$6.99 for a double cheeseburger, pricey? maybe; but with 5Guys selling a double CB for $8.69 (also in Wayne, NJ), I'd say this was a pretty good value for the burger(s) I ate. They are thin, loosely packed patties with just enough crispness and what I'd say is a good dose of salt and pepper. They are juicy and full of flavor, (aka-fat). I'm going to go back to MrBeast's Wayne location soon in order to make sure this review wasn't skewed by my "hangryness" at the time.

Karl's Deluxe:

A patty melt served Karl's Style with a crispy seasoned beef patty, caramelized onions & cheese on a toasty inverted bun - $6.49.

My comments:

Same comments as the Beast Style Double only my Karl's Deluxe was not presented well at all and it really needed a  second patty to help with the burger-to-bun ratio.

I give the Beast Style Double an overall rating of 7.6

Karl's Deluxe was below a 6 - (Won't be ordering you again Karl!) See my rating scale below...

That's it for now, I'll try to get back to Positano's for a second tasting when I'm not so "hangry" - after that, I'll be trying a second, new MrBeast location to see how the quality and presentation compare.

Ciao,  

~BC

Booty from Positano's (MrBeast's ghost kitchen in Wayne, NJ)

I told you Karl's Deluxe was below a 6 on my rating scale... tasty  meat, but just thrown together...

Karl's Deluxe

MrBeast Style Double

Not much love went into the caramelized onions - things like this are dropping MrBeast's quality ratings.

BC Rating Scale:

1.0 - 2.9  Epic-Crap-Fail 

3.0 - 5.9  Won't be back 

6.0 - 7.9  Would try again if convenient. 

8.0 - 8.9  I'll definitely be back 

9.0 - 10   Keep'em coming 

Mr. Beast Burger - (Beast Style Double)

Criteria for ratings:
(I rate each category with a 1 to 10 rating)

Meat flavor - 7.5
Juiciness - 6.5
Size - 7
Freshness - 7.5
Burger to bun ratio - 8.5
Bun Type - 7
Overall taste with selected condiments - 7.5
Edibility - 10
Temperature - 7

OVERALL RATING: 7.6