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Burger Beast Approved Us!
I don’t get as many recommendations for burgers as you might think, so when a reader wrote in and mentioned he had a great burger at a new place in Davie I was off. Knucklehead Burgers are “made of a custom 100% USDA Certified Angus Beef blend of Sirloin, Brisket, and Filet Mignon”. It’s a no-brainer that I’m getting a burger but what else?
The Chili Cheese dog catches my eye but I opt for the more sensible 1/4 lb dog. Yes, that’s sensible when the other option is 1/2 lb. There’s also a difference in dogs as the 1/4 pounder is a Hebrew National while the 1/2 pound is National Deli (one of my faves). I also forgot to mention the burgers, dogs and all sandwiches are served on fresh baked buns. Some great stuff that makes a world of difference in quality. Nothing better than knowing someone is paying attention to the details. The dog was split, stuffed with Chili and topped with shredded cheddar. I did it up with some raw onions too. My only mistake was not getting mustard on it but I think I’ll live.
Chili Cheese Dog
Instead of choosing their fries which are of the frozen variety I went with the Black & Bleu Chips. These little fellas are potato chips topped with Bleu Cheese Dressing & Crumbles plus some of their Smoked Pecan Bacon (we’ll get to that shortly) crumbles. These are highly addictive and after we asked for a side of Hot Sauce (they use Rickey’s) to dip them in, they were the perfect side dish. Well perfect except that I started sweating lightly on my brow.
Black & Bleu Chips
My k.i.s.s. Burger had unwelcome visitors, mushrooms. I ordered my burger with only American Cheese and some of their Smoked Pecan Bacon. While we were seated waiting for the grub I noticed the receipt said I had ordered a Swishroom Burger (w/Swiss Cheese & Mushrooms). By the time I mentioned it to them, the mushrooms had made it onto the burger but at least I got my American cheese. I like mushrooms just not really on my burgers,they tend to add a little too much moisture. I mean I was OK with it and didn’t go back and create a scandal as some folks love to do. Knuckleheads make mistakes and I’m sure they would have been more than happy to correct it if I had brought it up to them.
The only other thing the burger had going against it was that the patty was smaller than the bun, which is a mini pet peeve of mine. The burger was great (cooked a beautiful Medium without asking), the bun was great but that Smoked Pecan Bacon is still the thing that stood out the most. You hear from everyone, “Applewood” this and that but this is probably the smokiest of Bacons I’ve ever had. Plus, take a look at it below, it’s beautiful in a Bacon kinda way.
k.i.s.s. Burger (Keep It Simple Stupid)
As our eating escapade was winding down, wings were being offered around. I tried their “Hot” and liked it. I’m not so sure that they were good enough to crave but if you looking for wings and are in the area, they’ll do you better than Hooters.
I’ll be back as I’d like to try their “Rise & Shiner” with an Egg, Cheddar Cheese and some of that ridiculous Smoked Pecan Bacon. I’d have to be a Knucklehead not to.
ByBurger Beast
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Knucklehead Burgers (Davie)
***** Knucklehead Burgers *****
There are things in life that are “certain.”
1. When Jeff Eats buys a stock, the next tick is down.
2. After someone celebrates his or her 100th birthday-the next piece of news about that person ain’t gonna be good.
3. People worry about things happening and most of those things never even happen.
Anyway…
A new fast food burger joint- Knucklehead Burgers, opened this week at 4900 South University Drive, Davie, Florida 33328, (954) 434-0013.
Jeff Eats’ buddies at Burger Beast (www.burgerbeast.com) already-got to Knucklehead Burgers and gave the 40 seater a rave review. Based on Burger Beast’s review, Knucklehead’s cool name/decor (www.knuckleheadsburgers.com) and a 20 minute phone conversation with Adam Knucklehead’s operations manager—Jeff Eats is gonna go out on a limb here and…green-light this joint for you.
Now-only certain things in this life are for certain…but Jeff Eats is feeling real good about Knucklehead. Now of course if Burger Beast’s stellar track record proves not to have been as stellar/certain) as I thought it was, Jeff Eats will have to further scrutinize Burger Beast’s picks a whole lot closer in the future.
I’ve got Knucklehead Burgers on my “to try” list.
If you get there before I do, let me know if my “gut” call on this joint was right or wrong.
Your input will certainly be appreciated.
Jeff:
Burger Beast loved the food.
I looked at Facebook and place looks great.
What did The operations mgr tell you that convinced you to greenlight a place you never were at?
Thanks,
JNH
JNH:
Just had a chance to read your comments.
As I mentioned in the writeup, Burger Beast has already given the joint a very positive review. Just so you know, Jeff Eats really doesn’t socialize with too many other food bloggers, but Burger Beast and for that matter Worst Pizza (www.worstpizza.com) are two “bloggers” who seem to have a really good feel for their respective arenas. For sure, Jeff Eats hasn’t always seen eye to eye on every review, but give or take one here and there, Jeff Eats and these two sites appear to be on the same wave length.
Like you, I checked the joint’s sites, and the photos that I found showed me a really cool looking place. Now, unless the photos are doctored which I seriously doubt, Knucklehead looks to have an interesting decor.
My conversation with the operations manager touched on a whole lot of things. Just call it a hunch, but I think that the two guys who own the business are trying to “sell” a quality product at a very reasonable price. But, like I said a few seconds ago, that’s just an educated guess.
As indicated in the original story, Jeff Eats plans on trying this one out in the near future.
So what do we have for that “greenlight?”
1. A real good blog site’s recommendation.
2. Real cool pictures.
3. A conversation with an employee
Anyway, if you get there before Jeff Eats—let me know if my call was right or wrong.
One final thought…A joint named Knucklehead can’t be bad!
Thanks for reading…