In “Supersize Me,” documentarian Morgan Spurlock risked getting a major coronary and life-threatening cholesterol levels to create a film about the dangers of fast food. But Alan Richman just one-upped him by traveling 23,750 miles and consuming more than 150,000 calories while taking the measure of 162 burgers across the country with one goal: To find you the best damned assemblage of ground beef and buns across America.
In “The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die”: GQ Features on men.style.com, you can read his story in straightforward, egalitarian, substantial, and good-natured terms. He consumed “crazy burgers, Kobe burgers, bison burgers, longhorn burgers, ostrich burgers, onion burgers, lamb burgers, and of course, cheeseburgers.”