Editing Hamburger (section)

=== Steak burgers ===
[[File:Steak burger with cheese and onion rings.jpg|thumb|left|upright|A steak burger with cheese and onion rings]]
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In the United States, a '''steak burger''' is a marketing term for a hamburger claimed to be of superior quality.<ref>Ronald R. Butters, "Trademark linguistics: Trademarks: Language that one owns," in Malcolm Coulthard, Alison Johnson, ''The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics'', p. 360</ref><ref>George Motz, ''Hamburger America'', 2011 {{isbn|0762440708}}, p. 17, 41</ref><ref>Thomas Riggs, ''Encyclopedia of major marketing campaigns'', '''2''':456</ref> Elsewhere, it is a burger containing a [[steak]].

Use of the term "steakburger" dates to the 1920s in the United States.<ref name="Perry"/> In the U.S. in 1934, A.H. "Gus" Belt, the founder of [[Steak 'n Shake]], devised a higher-quality hamburger and offered it as a "steakburger" to customers at the company's first location in [[Normal, Illinois]].<ref name="LR66">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oq80iaT38k4C&pg=PA210|title=Legendary Route 66|page=210|isbn=9781616731236|last1=Michael Karl Witzel|first1=Gyvel Young-Witzel|year=2007|publisher=Voyageur Press }}</ref> This burger used a combination of ground meat from the strip portion of [[T-bone steak]] and [[sirloin steak]] in its preparation.<ref name="LR66"/> Steakburgers are a primary menu item at [[Steak 'n Shake]] restaurants,<ref name="LR66"/> and the company's registered [[trademark]]s included "original steakburger" and "famous for steakburgers".<ref name="AFDLD"/> Steak 'n Shake's "Prime Steakburgers" are now made of [[Beef carcass classification|choice grade]] brisket and chuck.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.steaknshake.com/|title=Steak n Shake &#124; Steakburger & Homemade Milkshakes|website=www.steaknshake.com}}</ref>

[[Beef]] is typical, although other meats such as lamb and pork may also be used.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZARABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT6|title=Be Your Own Burger King|publisher=PJ Group|page=14|last=Stone|first=Martha|date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> The meat is ground<ref name="Croft">{{cite web | url=http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2014/10/09/make-great-steak-burger/16911277/ | title=Make your own great steak burger | work=[[The Indianapolis Star]]| date=October 9, 2014 | access-date=October 9, 2014 | author=Croft, Sara}}</ref> or chopped.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/savoirfarelondon0000loui|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/savoirfarelondon0000loui/page/14 14]|title=London|publisher=New York Review of Books|isbn=9781892145659|last1=Louie|first1=Elaine|year=2008}}</ref>

In other places - including Australia and New Zealand - a steak burger contains a whole steak, not ground meat.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://outbackjoe.com/macho-divertissement/australian-places-and-general-travel/steak-sandwich/ | title=Steak Sandwich Around Australia | work=Outback Joe | access-date=July 18, 2017| date=April 2012 }}</ref>

Steak burgers may be cooked to various [[Doneness|degrees of doneness]].<ref name="Kearney"/>

Steakburgers may be served with standard hamburger toppings such as lettuce, onion, and tomato.<ref name="Kearney">{{cite web | url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/One-great-dish-Signature-Steak-Burger-at-La-Casa-5449167.php | title=One great dish: Signature Steak Burger at La Casa del Caballo | work=[[Houston Chronicle]]| date=May 2, 2014 | access-date=October 9, 2014 | author=Kearney, Syd}}</ref> Some may have various additional toppings such as cheese,<ref name="Kearney"/> bacon, fried egg, mushrooms,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Efo_YpMVL0C&pg=PA99 | title=The Little Black Book of Burgers | publisher=Peter Pauper Press, Inc. | page=99 | isbn=978-1441300409}}</ref> additional meats,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdgfAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA41|title=Hamburger America|pages=41–42|isbn=9780762440702|last1=Motz|first1=George|date=May 10, 2011|publisher=Running Press }}</ref> and others.

[[File:Burger King Angus Bacon & Cheese Steak Burger.jpg|thumb|A [[Burger King]] bacon and cheese steak burger]]
Various fast food outlets and restaurants {{mdashb}} such as [[Burger King]], [[Carl's Jr.]], [[Hardee's]], [[IHOP]], [[Steak 'n Shake]], [[Mr. Steak]], and [[Freddy's]] {{mdashb}} market steak burgers.<ref name="Perry"/><ref name="AFDLD">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3imY6hdVgQC&pg=PA109|title=Annual Franchise and Distribution Law Developments|pages=109–110|isbn=9781590314319|last1=Brimer|first1=Jeffrey|last2=Smith-Porter|first2=Leslie|year=2005|publisher=American Bar Association }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20-IA3|title=Life|page=83|date=November 10, 1967}}</ref><ref name="ARDBCL">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OZCKtzM3ZkC&pg=PA1075|title=Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation|pages=1075–1076|isbn=9781590315460|year=2006|publisher=American Bar Association }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70vSvQwG4vAC&pg=PA186|title=Inventory|page=186|isbn=9781439109892|author=A.V. Club|date=October 13, 2009|publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> Some restaurants offer high-end burgers prepared from [[Beef aging|aged]] beef.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E8vhbo4so_0C&pg=PA80|title=Serious Eats|pages=80–81|isbn=9780307720870|last1=Levine|first1=Ed|date=November 2011|publisher=Clarkson Potter }}</ref> Additionally, many restaurants have used the term "steakburger" at various times.<ref name="ARDBCL"/>

Some [[baseball park]]s concessions in the United States call their hamburgers steak burgers, such as [[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhNkcSYS1OwC&pg=PA96|title=Brit at the Ballpark|page=97|isbn=9780786486472|last1=Taylor|first1=Peter|date=August 31, 2011|publisher=McFarland }}</ref>

Burger King introduced the [[Burger King premium burgers#Sirloin Steak sandwich|Sirloin Steak sandwich]] in 1979 as part of a menu expansion that, in turn, was part of a corporate restructuring effort for the company.<ref name="Perry"/> It was a single oblong [[patty]] made of chopped steak served on a sub-style sesame seed roll.<ref>{{cite AV media |year=1979 |title=Specialty Sandwich commercial |medium=Television commercial}}</ref><ref name="HBR-BK">{{cite magazine |last1=Sasser  |first1=W. Earl Jr.|last2=Rikert |first2=David C. |title=Burger King Corp. |url=http://hbr.org/product/burger-king-corp/an/681045-PDF-ENG |magazine=Harvard Business Review |access-date=November 25, 2013 |location=Cambridge, MA |date=February 27, 1996}}</ref> Additional steak burgers that Burger King has offered are the Angus Bacon Cheddar Ranch Steak Burger, the Angus Bacon & Cheese Steak Burger, and a limited edition Stuffed Steakhouse Burger.<ref name="Perry">{{cite web |last1=Perry |first1=Catherine D. |author-link1=Catherine D. Perry |title=Memorandum and Order: The Steak 'n Shake Company vs. The Burger King Corporation, Case No. 4:04CV525 CDP |url=https://ecf.moed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/STEAK_N_SHAKE_ET_AL_V_BURGER_KING_ET_AL-CDP-57.PDF |date=July 7, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928003530/https://ecf.moed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/STEAK_N_SHAKE_ET_AL_V_BURGER_KING_ET_AL-CDP-57.PDF |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |publisher=[[United States District Court]], Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division |access-date=June 26, 2024}} [https://casetext.com/case/steak-n-shake-company-v-burger-king-corporation (July 7, 2004) 323 F. Supp.2d 983 (E.D. Mo. 2004)]</ref>

In 2004, [[Steak 'n Shake]] sued [[Burger King]] over the latter's use of the term ''Steak Burger'' in conjunction with one of its menu items, claiming that such use infringed on trademark rights.<ref name=StL>{{cite news|author=Peter Shinkle|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=June 16, 2004|at=Metro|title=Burger battle heats up in court}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20040602/BUSINESS/40601034 | title=Steak 'n Shake sues Burger King over use of "steakburger" phrase | work=[[The Florida Times-Union]] | date=June 2, 2004 | access-date=February 22, 2015 | agency=[[Associated Press]] | archive-date=February 25, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225221307/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20040602/BUSINESS/40601034 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
(According to the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', Burger King's attorneys "grilled" Steak 'n Shake's CEO in court about the precise content of Steak 'n Shake's steakburger offering.)<ref name=StL/> The case was settled out of court.<ref>[https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/d90958d8-a18d-4958-8efc-cd019b8a72fd/?context=1519217  4:04cv525, Steak N Shake Company et al v. Burger King Corporation] CourtLink docket.</ref>