The History of Hamburger

  • 1238

    Burger concept

    the burger concept probably started out with a raw dish called steak tartare.
  • 1401

    15th century

    Hamburg Germany became a major port for Russia's trade operations. so the famous meat dish came too. as more people moved to the US they took their traditional meat preparation.
  • 1802

    US restaurant serving up Hamburg-style chopped raw steak.
  • The Salisbury steak was born

    New York doctor, James Salisbury suggested that cooking the beef patties could be just as healthy. The Salisbury steak was born
  • Charlie Nagreen

    Hamburger Chali, he was selling meatballs at a county fairy, but no one would buy from him. But then he realized that his meatballs were too hard to eat. he quickly smushed together meatballs between two slices of bread to make it easier to hold it.
  • Hamburger bun

    We should thank Oscar Weber Bilby and his wife Fanny for the hamburger bun. Their hamburger was served on a farm in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  • 1900

    Congress gives all the credit to Lewis Lassen who actually invented the Hamburger.
  • Fletcher Davis

    Fletcher Davis from Athens, Texas took his burger recipe there and sold out.
  • Bun

    Bun started to get more popular when White Castle set up shop. The burger shop was started out out as a tiny food cart in Wichita, Kansas. their burgers were served with created buns.
  • cheese

    Until 1925 that cheese was put on a hamburger. But it took another 10 years for someone to think of the name, Cheeseburger.
  • The first double decker

    The first double-decker called The Big Boy was created in Glendale, California.
  • McDonald

    In 1948, the McDonald brothers got into the hamburger business.
  • Fast Food

    then came to the competition, Burger King, but McDonald's prized money menu item.
  • 1967

    Big Mac didn't get invented until 1967.
  • TODAY

    Today more than 40 billion burgers are served in the United States per year and it's no longer just scrap meat. We can get a bison burger, a Wagyu burger, etc.