Official Fast Food Fry Rankings

[Pretzel]

The only issue I have with these rankings are where they put Chick Fil A. I enjoy the texture and the taste of them quite a bit, so I was surprised to see them ranked so low.

That said, McDonald's fries are clearly king.

[jamo]

My feedback: Chick-Fil-A should be much higher on texture and flavor, In-N-Out should be higher on flavor and lower on texture (their burgers, though, are my favorite fast food burgers by a lot), Shake Shack should be tops overall, Wendy's should be lower on texture (and the flavor is actually very good but often wayyy too salty). 

I'd also like to see White Castle, Whataburger, and Raising Cane's added. The one time I've been to Whataburger I thought their fries were very like McDonalds in every way but like 10% better. White Castle, in my experience, are similar to Shake Shack but 25% worse in every way. Raising Cane's is my favorite fast food restaurant.

I also think Five Guys should be docked points for inconsistency. I've had some of the best french fries of my life at Five Guys, but I've also had terribly mushy, overly-salted (or under-salted) grease sticks. 

Mostly, though, what I dislike about Five Guys is that I think they've popularized their style of "fresh-cut" or "hand-cut" or whatever-cut fries, and everyone and their mother seems to think their fries need to be like that. (Maybe I shouldn't put all the blame on Five Guys because In-N-Out fries are similar in this way). French fries, though, are a rare food where cooking once, freezing, and then cooking again (which is how McDonalds makes their fries) actually improves them. 

Also, unrelated, but I continue to not understand the love people have for Popeyes chicken. Every Popeyes I've ever been to has a noxious fake-spice smell wafting out of it, and their food is delivered enveloped in it. IMO Popeyes doesn't hold a candle to Raising Cane's. 

[jamo]

40 minutes ago, jamo said:

My feedback: Chick-Fil-A should be much higher on texture and flavor, In-N-Out should be higher on flavor and lower on texture (their burgers, though, are my favorite fast food burgers by a lot), Shake Shack should be tops overall, Wendy's should be lower on texture (and the flavor is actually very good but often wayyy too salty). 

I'd also like to see White Castle, Whataburger, and Raising Cane's added. The one time I've been to Whataburger I thought their fries were very like McDonalds in every way but like 10% better. White Castle, in my experience, are similar to Shake Shack but 25% worse in every way. Raising Cane's is my favorite fast food restaurant.

I also think Five Guys should be docked points for inconsistency. I've had some of the best french fries of my life at Five Guys, but I've also had terribly mushy, overly-salted (or under-salted) grease sticks. 

Mostly, though, what I dislike about Five Guys is that I think they've popularized their style of "fresh-cut" or "hand-cut" or whatever-cut fries, and everyone and their mother seems to think their fries need to be like that. (Maybe I shouldn't put all the blame on Five Guys because In-N-Out fries are similar in this way). French fries, though, are a rare food where cooking once, freezing, and then cooking again (which is how McDonalds makes their fries) actually improves them. 

Also, unrelated, but I continue to not understand the love people have for Popeyes chicken. Every Popeyes I've ever been to has a noxious fake-spice smell wafting out of it, and their food is delivered enveloped in it. IMO Popeyes doesn't hold a candle to Raising Cane's. 

All that said, this thread made me really want fries so I went to Five Guys and got probably the best batch of Five Guys fries I’ve ever had.