{"id":254366,"date":"2026-04-17T15:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/254366\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:53:08","slug":"texas-burger-giant-knocks-off-mcdonalds-as-no-1-value-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/254366\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas burger giant knocks off McDonald&#8217;s as No. 1 value bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netcredit.com\/blog\/cheapest-cheeseburger\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">NetCredit<\/a> released its 2026 ultimate value ranking earlier this year, sizing up fast food chains to see which was home to the most money-conscious burgers and fries deals. The study calculated the national average price per ounce of single-patty cheeseburgers as well as medium fries, applying that metric across 14 of the biggest burger chains in America.<\/p>\n<p>The result? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/food\/article\/whataburger-east-austin-renovations-21304547.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Whataburger<\/a> reigned supreme as the chain with the best overall value for a burger, as well as the biggest burger patty offerings among all 14 restaurant brands. While the Texas-founded staple has higher burger prices than most of its competitors, it also comes with a hefty portion of meat per sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>Whataburger&#8217;s signature sandwich charges $5.92, which, at a weight of 3.56 ounces, breaks down to $1.66 per ounce of meat. That bested McDonald&#8217;s cheeseburger offering, which came in second with a price-per-ounce of $1.91. Rounding out the Top 5 were Smash Burger at No. 3 ($1.96 per ounce), Burger King at No. 4 ($1.99 per ounce) and Wendy&#8217;s single cheeseburger at No. 5 ($2.21 per ounce).<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, when looking toward the fries, Whataburger ranked No. 12 of the 14 chains for its price per ounce of fries, clocking in at $0.99. The winner? Shake Shack&#8217;s fries, which registered at $0.40 per ounce. California rival In-N-Out also fared better than its Texas counterpart in the sides category, with its fries landing at No. 4 courtesy of its $0.64 per ounce costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NetCredit released its 2026 ultimate value ranking earlier this year, sizing up fast food chains to see which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1112,2527,820,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-254366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-mysafood","tag-mysalifestyle","tag-mysastaff","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}