In-N-Out Burger's Secret Menu and More!

The first In-N-Out Burger was founded in Baldwin Park, California in 1948 by Harry and Esther Snyder. Harry's idea of a "drive-thru" hamburger stand was the first of its kind, as other places brought the food out to you by carhops.

Since its beginning, In-N-Out has grown to more than 215 family-owned stores, owing their success to the quality of their food.

Following is a description of the freshness of their food from their website:

"Our commitment to quality starts with our hamburgers. We make them from fresh, 100% pure beef. They are free of additives, fillers and preservatives of any kind. But the focus on quality starts well before we deliver our hamburger patties to our stores. We own and operate a world class patty making facility. Since we only serve burgers, fries and drinks, making a high quality hamburger patty is everything to us.

We have always made every one of our hamburger patties ourselves using only whole chucks from premium cattle selected especially for In-N-Out Burger. We pay a premium to purchase fresh, high quality beef chucks. We individually inspect every single chuck we receive to make sure that it meets our standards. Then our highly skilled, in-house butchers remove the bones. We grind the meat ourselves and make it into patties ourselves. We do all of this in our facility on our property in Baldwin Park, California. These steps enable us to completely control the patty-making process and be absolutely certain of the quality and freshness of every patty we make. We've always made our hamburger patties this way.

Our commitment to quality doesn't stop there. Our lettuce is hand-leafed. Our American cheese is the real thing. And we use the plumpest, juiciest tomatoes we can find. All of our ingredients are delivered fresh to our stores. In fact, we don't even own a microwave, heat lamp, or freezer. We even bake our buns using old-fashioned, slow-rising sponge dough. And we make every burger one at a time, cooked fresh to order.

Of course, what's a great burger without great fries? At In-N-Out, we know a french fry is only as good as the potato it comes from. That's why we use the highest grade potatoes and ship them fresh from the farm. Then we cut them right in the store, one potato at a time. And cook them in 100% pure, cholesterol-free vegetable oil. To top it all off, we also make our delicious shakes from real ice cream. We wouldn't do it any other way. Because when it comes to burgers, fries and shakes, getting fresh is a good thing."

Next time you're at In-N-Out (like tomorrow, or even tonight!), order some of these Secret Menu specials:

3 by 3: Three meat patties and three slices of cheese.

4 by 4: Four meat patties and four slices of cheese.

2 by 4: Two meat patties and four slices of cheese.

Double Meat: Like a Double-Double without cheese.

3 by Meat: Three meat patties and no cheese.

Animal Style: The meat is cooked and fried with mustard and then pickles are added, extra spread and grilled onions are added.

Protein Style: For all you low-carbohydrate dieters, this is a burger with no bun (wrapped in lettuce).

Flying Dutchman: Two meat patties, two slices of melted cheese and nothing else - not even a bun!

Note: You used to be able to get any amount of burger patties and/or cheese slices you requested, but the company has recently changed its policy and now supposedly limits the patties and cheese slices to 4 by 4, sigh. But some people get around this by ordering Double-Doubles and however many Flying Dutchmen needed to make their burger as large as they'd like it!

Grilled Cheese: No meat, just melted cheese, tomato, lettuce and spread on a bun.

Extra Everything: Adds extra spread, tomato, lettuce, and onions (regular or grilled).

Extra Toast: The bun is toasted longer.

Chopped Chilies: Mild (pickled) chopped peppers (peperoncinis) are added to the burger.

Veggie Burger: A burger without the patty or cheese. Sometimes this is called the "Wish Burger," as in "I wish it had meat!"

On the Sal: Lettuce with tomato and "spread" (which very closely resembles 1000-Island Dressing).

Dump Truck: The scrapings from the grill!

In-N-Out prints discreet references to Bible verses on their paper utensils. The print is small and out of the way, and only contains the book, chapter and verse numbers, not the actual text of the passages. The practice began in the 1980s during Rich Snyder's presidency, a reflection of the beliefs held by the Snyder family.

Burger and cheeseburger wrappers
Revelation 3:20-"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me."

Beverage cups and antenna toppers
John 3:16-"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Milkshake cups
Proverbs 3:5-"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."

Double-Double wrapper
Nahum 1:7-"The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him."

Paper water cups, or "R-9's"
John 14:6-"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

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