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Burger Chef, Indiana, Images of America, Paperback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- 9780738560984
- ISBN
- 9780738560984
- Book Title
- Burger Chef
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.3in
- Genre
- Photography, Travel, Cooking, History
- Topic
- Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), History, United States / MidWest / East North Central (IL, in, MI, OH, Wi)
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 0.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 128 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Frank P. Thomas Jr., Donald J. Thomas, and Robert E. Wildman, owners of the General Equipment Company, entered into the fast-food business by opening a 15cents hamburger restaurant called Burger Chef in Indianapolis in 1958. General Equipment was a manufacturer of restaurant machinery and built the equipment installed in each Burger Chef store. The partners started their new Burger Chef division to sell more equipment; they never could have imagined that Burger Chef would eventually grow to become the nation s second-largest hamburger chain and beloved by customers in towns and cities across America. Burger Chef continued in business until 1982, cooking its popular flame-broiled hamburgers and introducing its memorable advertising icons, Burger Chef and Jeff.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN-10
0738560987
ISBN-13
9780738560984
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73053931
Product Key Features
Book Title
Burger Chef
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), History, United States / MidWest / East North Central (IL, in, MI, OH, Wi)
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Photography, Travel, Cooking, History
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
0.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tx945.5.B86s26 2009
Reviews
Title: Burger Book Report Publisher: Burgatory Date: 8/13/09 You've seen books from the Images of America series thousands of times at your local bookstore, airport, historic landmark gift shop, etc. (there are over 5,000 titles in the series already). They are paperback books chock-full of black and white pictures of historic towns, neighborhoods and fraternal organizations. The Burger Chef book is the first one dedicated to a fast food outlet and for sheer historical and pop culture value, the chain is a great choice for this treatment. First time author Scott R. Sanders uses images he has gathered from Burger Chef co-founder Frank P. Thomas Jr. (who sadly passed on before the book was published*), several collectors and perhaps the largest collection of Burger Chef memorabilia, Schroeder's Drive-In in Danville, Illinois, to move along the pretty compelling story of the chain. Running almost parallel to McDonalds (in philosophy, McD's set up shop in the big towns and Burger Chef ruled small town America), the chain was a trailblazer in fast food technology and marketing and at one point laid claim to the title of fastest growing fast food chain in the country (and second-largest chain overall behind McDonalds). As much as I wanted Stacy Perman's In-N-Out Burger book from earlier this year to be some sort of cosmic event - offering up the secrets to success and worldwide burger adulation with a side order of history, Sanders builds a story here that I think is much more compelling. In less space and really only with pictures, he illustrates Burger Chef's impact on the industry and in reshaping small town America (now whether that is a good thing is debatable, but with chains that have disappeared we can cut them some slack). The incredibly personal and candid photos used throughout stamp a real time and place aspect on the story, which ratchets up the nostalgia factor while easing you through the history. Broken up into 6 sections, the book takes you from the birth of the franchise (like McDonalds, Burger Chef was born out of the technology that was used in the restaurant - in this case the Sani-Shake and Sani-Broiler designed by chain founders under the General Equipment Company flag), through its growth and ultimate demise, with stops along the way to gawk at store merchandising, promotional items and advertisements. One of the most interesting sections of the book is about an ill-fated side venture from Burger Chef, the Pied Piper mobile food van. As shown below, the entire operation was run out of an early 60's Volkswagen Van. One innovation from Burger Chef that did stick was the "Fun Meal" which was introduced in 1973 and served as the template for similar offerings at other chains and continues on today as "Happy Meals" or "Kids Meals." I had the chance to speak with Scott about some topics not covered in the book. The last Burger Chef closed in 1996, is there chain today making burgers similar to BC? The hamburgers at Carl's Jr. are flame-broiled and taste the closest to what I used to eat at Burger Chef. Burger King used to taste similar, but the flavor of their hamburgers has changed. Asked if writing a book about burgers caused him to eat more of them… I don't think I ate hamburgers more frequently while writing the book, but I was often reminded of how much I missed eating hamburgers at Burger Chef. Scott is an elementary school teacher in Alvin, Texas and I asked him how his pupils have reacted to the book… Actually, I did a presentation about Burger Chef and my book for my school last spring, and the reaction of the students was amazing. They were fascinated by the story of the chain and they all wanted to go out and eat at one of the restaurants. If you are in Texas, Scot
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2008-943323
Dewey Decimal
338.7/6164795
Series
Images of America Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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