About the Registry

Every entry gets a field report, a 100-point score across seven categories, and a verdict printed directly under the number. The Board ranks every burger we have entered, from the ones worth planning a day around to the ones we recorded and moved on from.

A score is one visit’s worth of evidence. If a burger changes, we go back and update the entry, and the report says so. We are not fully objective. Nobody eating a burger is. What we can be is consistent: same categories, same scale, same questions every time. Scores go to one decimal, because arguing over tenths is half the fun.

Burgers. Smashburgers, diner burgers, bar burgers, classic cheeseburgers, and specialty burgers that are still clearly burgers. No chicken sandwiches on the Board. If something outside the lines is too good to ignore, it gets its own special report.

Right now that means the DMV: DC, Maryland, and Virginia. The Registry is built to travel.

Burger Club DC is the group behind The Burger Registry. We eat burgers, argue about them, and keep the receipts.

Know a burger we should try? Send a tip.