Best Burgers in Oklahoma

You would think it was a simple, straightforward question, but asking who has the best burger in Oklahoma is a very loaded question. And people are far more passionate about them than steakhouses.

That's understandable I guess. There are way less steakhouses across Oklahoma than burger joints. I'd wager every town with a population above 2000 has at least one restaurant with a burger on the menu that isn't Sonic.

Speaking of, what happened to Sonic? And what has happened to Braum's? They both used to be Oklahoma elite burgers, now they're just rated-M for meh.

Regardless, people typically love the burgers they're used to.

Case in point, I had two local burgers growing up. Jim's Burger Haven in Denver - still a banger twenty years later - and Dixie Dog up in Ponca City. They've switched ownership in the years I've been gone. It's just not the same anymore.

I tell you that so you won't instantly think "Well, they didn't include ______, so this list is incomplete" rabble-rabble I normally get. Believe me, I get it. My personal fav isn't on the list even though I know in my heart it should be confidently at the top.

So, without completely diving down a rabbit hole of vigorous and defended personal opinion, here are the assumed "best" burger joints in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma's Best Burgers

That may be a misleading title. With something so subjective to the individual, how can we universally declare any burger the "best" in Oklahoma? So maybe we should just call this a list of great burgers across the Sooner State.

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