Our Quarter Pounder® with Cheese features 100% fresh beef, American cheese, onion and pickles. Try a fresh beef burger today at a McDonald's near you!

The Quarter Pounder is a brand of hamburger introduced in 1971 by a Fremont, California franchisee of international fast food chain McDonald's and extended nationwide in 1973.

McDonald's Quarter Pounder® with Cheese Deluxe is a fresh take on a Quarter Pounder® classic burger. Crisp shredded lettuce and three Roma tomato slices top a ¼ lb.* of 100% McDonald’s fresh beef that’s hot, deliciously juicy and cooked when you order.

Jan 7, 2025 · There's the Big Mac, the McDouble, and the most filling of all — the Quarter Pounder. The juicy burger is named after its hefty size, featuring a quarter-pound beef patty, onions, pickles,...

Oct 24, 2024 · McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese burger features a ¼ lb (4 ounces, 113.4 grams) quarter pound 100% beef patty. The patty is seasoned with just a pinch of salt and pepper, sizzled on a flat iron grill, then topped with slivered onions, tangy pickles and two slices of American cheese on a sesame seed bun.

Mar 10, 2024 · The McDonald’s Quarter Pounder was created in 1971 by a franchisee named Al Bernadin. The owner of two McDonald’s locations in Fremont, California, Bernadin believed that there was something missing on the McDonald’s menu — an offering for people who wanted a “higher ratio of meat to bun.”

Nov 16, 2024 · Since 2018, McDonald's has been using fresh, never-frozen beef for their Quarter Pounders across all 14,000 U.S. locations. It's the only burger on their menu that gets this special treatment, even outshining the famous Big Mac in terms of freshness.

The Quarter Pounder is a hamburger sold by international fast food chain McDonald's. Until 2015, the weight of the patty was four ounces (a quarter of a pound) (113.4 grams). [1] . Since 2015, the weight of a patty has been 4.25 ounces (120 grams).

Oct 28, 2024 · The Quarter Pounder is back on the menu at McDonald's as the company finds that the likely culprit of the E. coli outbreak was its slivered onions, sourced from California-based Taylor Farms.

Aug 6, 2024 · What makes the Quarter Pounder so iconic? The Quarter Pounder stands out due to its juicy beef patty, which weighs a quarter of a pound before cooking. Introduced by McDonald's in 1971, this burger quickly became a favorite.