Hamburger Review: KFC's Double Down Sandwich

Posted by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Here it is, the official review thread for the Double Down sandwich, I gave it 5/5 stars. What would my fellow bombers give it?(I know some of you have tried it.)
EDIT: As always, thank you to buzz_clik for the sweet image at the intro.

#1 Edited by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Here it is, the official review thread for the Double Down sandwich, I gave it 5/5 stars. What would my fellow bombers give it?(I know some of you have tried it.)
EDIT: As always, thank you to buzz_clik for the sweet image at the intro.

#2 Posted by ricetopher (1044 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I would also give it a 5/5 stars. Looks nasty, tastes really good though.

#3 Posted by InfiniteGeass (2009 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread?

#4 Posted by ThatFrood (3257 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@InfiniteGeass said:

" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "

oh shi-

#5 Posted by JJOR64 (18222 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@ThatFrood said:

" @InfiniteGeass said:
" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "
oh shi- "

Oh shit is right. I don't know what to call it.

#6 Posted by Smokay (525 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I believe its not available in Canada so ill never have to opportunity to eat this wonderful grease filled monstrocity

#7 Posted by Slax (832 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Oh man, you don't know how stoked I am to try this!

#8 Posted by Brunchies (2484 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@JJOR64 said:

" @ThatFrood said:
" @InfiniteGeass said:
" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "
oh shi- "
Oh shit is right. I don't know what to call it. "

That's exactly how I feel about it. Anyway we could call it a durgwich in celebration of the durger, or we could avoid that all together.

#9 Posted by ThatFrood (3257 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@Brunchies said:

" @JJOR64 said:
" @ThatFrood said:
" @InfiniteGeass said:
" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "
oh shi- "
Oh shit is right. I don't know what to call it. "
That's exactly how I feel about it. Anyway we could call it a durgwich in celebration of the durger, or we could avoid that all together. "

but a durger involves hotdogs

#10 Posted by Bam_D_Leprechaun (795 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I have to get me one

#11 Posted by Dalai (6268 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

A TurboMan review of the Double Down Sandwich... totally expecting this.

#12 Posted by DJbruce92 (129 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I haven't been to KFC in ages. Also I live in the uk so I don't know if they sell them here.

#13 Posted by RandomInternetUser (6779 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I give it a 4.5/5, as it's amazing, but I don't thing it gives a good bang for your buck, as you can get much more food for the price it is elsewhere. That said, it was a truly great sandwich.

#14 Posted by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@InfiniteGeass said:

" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

#15 Edited by kishan6 (1913 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

i live right near where mgmt was started

#16 Posted by Mmmslash (2164 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@kishan6: That's fantastically irrelevant!

#17 Posted by Gabriel (4036 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I got one, it was surprising good.

#18 Posted by Brunchies (2484 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@ThatFrood said:

" @Brunchies said:
" @JJOR64 said:
" @ThatFrood said:
" @InfiniteGeass said:
" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "
oh shi- "
Oh shit is right. I don't know what to call it. "
That's exactly how I feel about it. Anyway we could call it a durgwich in celebration of the durger, or we could avoid that all together. "
but a durger involves hotdogs "

I truthfully have no idea what to call it so uncreative points went to that name.

#19 Posted by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@Mmmslash: (I used MGMT in my vid)

#20 Posted by Mmmslash (2164 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@TurboMan: You caught me, I didn't watch the video!

#21 Posted by Ubiquitous (571 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@TurboMan:
I must have this delicious sandwich(?). Also the Management is awesome, they've changed so much over time.

#22 Posted by addictedtopinescent (3645 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Too bad it isn't available in Canada, I would love to try one

#23 Posted by Kohe321 (3512 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

That looks like the unhealthiest thing ever. lol

#24 Posted by Shadow (4878 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Bojangles is fucking terrible

#25 Posted by kishan6 (1913 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@Mmmslash said:

" @kishan6: That's fantastically irrelevant! "

while it may be irrelevant the song was in thevideo and he said that mgmt rox soooooooooo it isnt THAT irrelevant

#26 Posted by RobotHamster (3969 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

So is it a sandwich?

#27 Posted by AgentJ (8775 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

I just tried it a little bit ago. I can't say I was a fan. 2/5. Too greasy and hard to eat, and the taste itself was somewhat bland compared to what I was expecting. I wish they would have just used big pieces of popcorn chicken instead of the greasy crap they did.

#28 Posted by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@AgentJ: well, they released the boneless pieces of chicken about a month or two ago. This sandwich is just them using their resources(who knows, maybe nobody was buying the boneless, and they're just getting rid of what tthey have). I don't go to KFC often(Bojangles is better), but if I'm forced to, they're popcorn chicken is delicious as is, they don't need to make it bigger. They probably should make the portions smaller IMO... but that's another topic all together.

#29 Posted by ImperiousRix (2933 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@TurboMan said:

" @InfiniteGeass said:

" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU "

Of course it's still a sandwich. It has stuff SANDWICH'd between two pieces of chicken. An ice cream sandwich is still a sandwich despite being bread-less.
That's my two cents.
And good review as always ChurboMan.

#30 Posted by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@ImperiousRix: ChurboMan?

And I've had a long discussion about sandwich's before, and ice cream sandwich is definitely a sandwich. But the main substance in that is the ice cream, which is sandwiched by the two chocolate pieces. What's different in the double down is that the main substance is the thing that is sandwiching the other ingredients, which is just the bacon and cheese. So is that still called a sandwich?

#31 Posted by fuzzy510 (199 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@ImperiousRix said:

" @TurboMan said:

" @InfiniteGeass said:

" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU "
Of course it's still a sandwich. It has stuff SANDWICH'd between two pieces of chicken. An ice cream sandwich is still a sandwich despite being bread-less. That's my two cents. And good review as always ChurboMan. "

@ImperiousRix: Yes, but while it has no bread, it makes up for it by having two chocolate wafer cookies as the "bread", so it still has baked goods there. Fried chicken breasts are delicious, but not baked goods.

#32 Posted by LiquidPrince (14748 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Maybe I'll buy that, and then also get my own bun and have a huge sandwich. That sounds like it would be tasty.

#33 Posted by Shirogane (3423 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@LiquidPrince said:

"Maybe I'll buy that, and then also get my own bun and have a huge sandwich. That sounds like it would be tasty. "

ARGH! Genius! Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Effectively you could get 2 sandwiches out of it! Or maybe 3...hmm

#34 Edited by bhhawks78 (1148 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

All I know is that it's 540 calories so the media hoopla is silly, the reason people are obese isn't this sandwhich. It's because they would order 2 with fries and a giant cola.

If they separated the chicken pieces, added buns, they would be like 900 calories combined and noone would say a fucking word.

#35 Posted by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@Shirogane: make it a big mac style of sandwich, 3 buns.

#36 Posted by Hot_Karl (3309 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Tried it...it's not horrible.

I dunno. The chicken itself was crunchy & tasty, everything else felt like salty goop in between. I felt like I ate about a whole bucket of chicken after I consumed everything, so I guess it did what it was supposed to. But it's probably less effort to just get a 2 piece meal at KFC.

#37 Posted by SJSchmidt93 (4841 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Eh, I thought it was okay. Maybe it was due to the fact that I didn't eat it for about 40 minutes after I got it. I'll give it another shot and make sure to eat fresh right away next time.

3/5

#38 Posted by UnsolvedParadox (1817 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

It looks truly horrifying, but I'll probably try one eventually.

#39 Posted by JJWeatherman (13986 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

These burger reviews are amazing.

'Nuff said.

#40 Posted by ImperiousRix (2933 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

@fuzzy510 said:

" @ImperiousRix said:

" @TurboMan said:

" @InfiniteGeass said:

" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU "
Of course it's still a sandwich. It has stuff SANDWICH'd between two pieces of chicken. An ice cream sandwich is still a sandwich despite being bread-less. That's my two cents. And good review as always ChurboMan. "

@ImperiousRix: Yes, but while it has no bread, it makes up for it by having two chocolate wafer cookies as the "bread", so it still has baked goods there. Fried chicken breasts are delicious, but not baked goods. "

I can see what you dudes are saying, but I don't know if a sandwich is technically defined by its filling in every instance. For example, a burger featuring ciabatta bread is often referred to as a ciabatta burger; in this case the burger's identity is defined by its bread. This is also the case with a sourdough burger/sandwich. Therefore, I propose this could be referred to as a bacon and cheese sandwich which substitutes chicken breasts for the bread.
Now I'm hungry.

#41 Posted by Raspinudo (264 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

i must try this new fangled sandwhich thing

#42 Posted by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

Any ideas for the next addition? I've got one burger on my mind, willing to expand on that list.

#43 Posted by TheDuke (230 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

now if only it was bigger

#44 Posted by Vinchenzo (6189 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

Sorry, Popeye's is not crap, it's the best of it's kind. Excuse me while I swear at you...

FUCKER!

Okay, sorry. You do understand though... right? That I'm correct and you're incorrect? Okay.

#45 Posted by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

@Vinchenzo: Have you ever had the pleasure of trying out a Bojangles?

#46 Posted by Vinchenzo (6189 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

@TurboMan: I live in Illinois, I don't think we have those.

#47 Posted by TurboMan (5628 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

@Vinchenzo: they're only in the south(the bible belt)... and they have the best fried chicken and biscuits.... be sure to check it out if you have the pleasure.

#48 Posted by buzz_clik (6738 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

FYI, my good man - clickety.

See that image there? I want to have its greasy little babies.

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#49 Posted by theragu40 (39 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

I tried the DD...I'll never order it again. A sloppy, slimy, shitty pile of a sandwich. The chicken breasts taste awesome, but I wished it had just been the chicken. The cheese and glop all over the place ruined the chicken for me.

#50 Posted by sickVisionz (1255 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

@InfiniteGeass said:

" Would you still call it a sandwich even though it doesn't have bread? "

It's a new age avant garde sandwich. It takes old conventions and brings them into the 21st century by completing shattering them and rebuilding it as it sees fit.

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A hamburger is a hunk of ground beef served between two pieces of bun-configured bread. Hamburgers are often served with a variety of toppings and condiments. It is named for the region in which it was invented, not for the kind of meat (as is often mistakenly suggested).

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