I Made a $199 Illegal Burger. Then a $3 One Beat It

This burger with Foie Gras will get you fined in California and arrested in the UK. I made it anyway — and it cost me $199. I built two burgers from scratch and counted every single dollar. The expensive one: French brioche toasted in foie gras fat, farm-raised beef with butter and shallots mixed into the patty, melted brie, seared foie gras, cognac pear sauce, parmesan, and red caviar. Total: $199. The cheap one: dollar store buns, $3 smash patties, American cheese, fried onions, and a homemade sauce made from whatever was in the kitchen. Total: about $5. I rated both on the Burgerman scale. The foie gras burger scored 9.6 — the highest rating ever. The cheap smash burger? 8.4. The price difference is 1000%. The taste difference? Maybe 15%. Which one is actually worth your money? Watch and decide.