Resurrecting a brand that once sizzled

It's Big Chef and Super Chef, NOT Big Shef and Super Shef.

NO, it IS Big Shef and Super Shef. Look it up. The chain was called Burger Chef. The burger's had the quirky S in place of C.

In my mind Burger Chef was merged with Hardees long before 1982 in Plainfield, but that probably is just me. I went to collage in Vincennes in 1985 and left in 1987 and there was still a Burger Chef there. They still had a stockpile of tabletop advertisements. I am looking a set of salt shakers my wife stole from Burger Chef back in the day. I do believe they came out with a kid meal before McDonald’s? I remember playing a scratch off movie trivia game there also.

I remember the Burger Chef murders in Speedway many years ago - still unsolved

You are correct OIFVet....
Their kids meal was called the "Fun Meal".

Good, I loved burger chef as a kid.

Now if only this outfid could bring back the Milkshake candy bar! YUM!

Long live Burger Chef and Jeff!!!

They forgot a few things. Burger Chef also introduced:

-the concept of a "works bar" where you could put whatever you wanted on your burger.

-the concept of a salad bar in a fast food establishment.

-the concept of a special, all-inclusive kids' meal with a toy (the Funmeal, co-opted by McDonald's and called the Happy Meal. McDonald's also carbon-copied the Big Shef when they introduced their Big Mac).

Burger Chef was also the first fast food place to have a licensing deal with Star Wars (way back in '77 when the original one came out!).

I also can't believe nowhere in here is a mention of Burger Chef and Jeff.

More succinctly, Burger Chef ROCKED.

My guess John Ketzenberger not a Hoosier

Burger Chef did rock!! The one at 86/Ditch I grew up at...evolved in to Hardee's that is remarkably still there! Burgers don't compare to Hardee's, McD's or anyone, really. C'mon Hardee's, give it up! Either be your own brand or not!

Is this really a story about a Burger? What a waste of paper.

If you post on a story about a burger, you are telling the editor you want more stories about burgers.

Huh wrote:

Is this really a story about a Burger? What a waste of paper.

BC was a home grown national brand and we were proud of it. But it never acquired the critical mass needed to survive the burger wars.

The problem is that Hardees tried to do a Big Chef on the cheap. Instead of following the original recipe they made it a double cheeseburger with thousand island. Big mistake. If the other company gets the rights to the original recipes they will be a success.

The Burger Chef closest to me was close enough where after my paper route, I would go for double-cheeseburgers, large fries and chocolate shakes. Mom was an R.N. and had 'healthy' food waiting for me, but for some reason many evenings I just wasn't too hungry after arriving at home. Still have my mass-produced glossy pic of Burger Chef and Jeff. What fond greasy memories.

I for one hope Burger Chef is revived. It would certainly be a better choice than Hardee's. Hardee's is slooooow, it isn't too family friendly and their burgers are not the greatest burgers around, despite what some may think. Oh and they're expensive. Does anybody actually eat there?

As far as fast food goes, Burger Chef was one of the all time best. The Works bar was a great item I'd like to see again!

Hope they bring it back. Hardee's is the most ghetto, disgusting fast food out there.

Hardee's is awful bring back the chef

"Is this really a story about a Burger? What a waste of paper." The only waste, "sir" is the worthless waste of humanity that have shown yourself to be. What an arrogant smug jerk. You go back to tennessee or kentucky or wherever the hell you're from and you STAY THERE! We don't complain about your god-awful "cuisine" when we travel to the south.