2017 Burger Cup Enters the Final Four

Upsets continue in this year's Burger Cup at the hands of newcomer Cannon's Burgers, who continue their strong debut run, this time moving past former three-time Burger Cup winners Home Plate to claim a coveted spot in the Final Four. Cannon's will now face their biggest challenge yet, as they go up against popular burger pushers Great Leap, who placed third in last year's competition. However, with Cannon's having served over 1,000 burgers during the Burger Cup festival and with good reviews coming in from all sides, it's really anyone's game. 

The other Final Four match will see 2015 and 2016 champs Slow Boat go head-to-head with Q Mex. Both restaurants made it through to the final last year, so there's a lot at stake for Slow Boat to hold their advantage. In addition to Home Plate, we're also waving farewell to The Local, Fatboy's, and Plan B, all of whom put up a strong fight and are well deserving of their spots among Beijing's top 12 burgers.

To recap, the Final Four matches are:

Great Leap vs Cannon's
Slow Boat vs Q Mex

Voting for this round will close at noon on June 12, after which it will come down to a one-on-one battle between the final two burgers. The winner of the Beijinger 2017 Burger Cup will be crowned on June 15.

Vote for your favorite Beijing burger now by scanning or extracting the QR code below

Here's a full recap of the action in the Elite Eight:

BRACKET A
Slow Boat sailed past The Local

BRACKET B
Q Mex put Fatboy's on a diet

BRACKET C
Great Leap unraveled Plan B

BRACKET D
Cannon's blasted past Home Plate

Burger brands take note: the average price Beijing's Burger Cup voters feel is reasonable to pay for a decent burger (with no sides) is RMB 46.38, with 21.76 percent of voters saying they prefer to pay RMB 46-50 for a burger.

Here is a full breakdown of their price preferences:

RMB 46-50 – 21.76 percent
RMB 36-40 – 15.29 percent
RMB 41-45 – 15.29 percent
RMB 31-35 – 12.35 percent
RMB 51-55 – 6.47 percent
RMB 56-60 – 6.47 percent
RMB 61-65 – 5.29 percent
RMB 21-25 – 4.12 percent
RMB 26-30 – 4.12 percent
RMB 66-70 – 4.12 percent
RMB 76-80 – 2.35 percent        
RMB 81-85 – 1.18 percent
RMB 86-90 – 1.18 percent
RMB 71-75 – 0.59 percent

You chose french fries as your favorite burger side

Speaking of sides, we also asked you to choose your favorite side dish(es) to pair with a burger and, unsurprisingly, fries came out on top by a mile. On the healthy side of things, salad performed surprisingly well, placing third. Your editor is a fan of the salad side; more space in your stomach for the burger, I say. 

1. French fries
2. Pickles
3. Salad
4. Onion rings
5. Coleslaw
6. Baked potato
7. Kimchi
8. Carrot sticks
9. Nachos
10. Corn
11. Paihuanggua

Finally, as is our custom, we also asked you to rank the field that did not make it into the Elite Eight. Here they are along their final rankings in the 2017 Burger Cup:

9. Blue Frog
10. Jing-A
11. Katchup
12. The Big Smoke
13. Lily's American Diner
14. Biteapitta
15. Let's Burger
16. North Capital
17. Stuff'd
18. 4corners
19. Tim's Texas Bar-B-Q
20. Burger Break
21. Paddy O'Shea's
22. Caravan
23. Feast
24. Grandma's Kitchen
25. Lush
26. XL Bar
27. High Town
28. Ramo
29. Morton's of Chicago
30. Kenny's Burgers
31. 1F
32. VSports Bar and Restaurant

They join the previously ranked burgers from last round, to complete the "best of" list right through to 102 (asterisks indicate venue is currently remodeling, in the process of opening, or in the process of adding burgers served at the 2017 Burger Fest to their menus):

33. *Common Burger
34. Luga's Villa
35. 8-Bit
36. Andy's Craft Sausages
37. *Panda Brew
38. Nola
39. Dirty Duck
40. Bistrot B
41. Laker's
42. *Punjabi
43. Regain Element
44. Molly Malone's
45. Beer Mania
46. Grinders
47. Peter's Tex-Mex
48. Waspark
49. Blue Marlin
50. Veggie Table
51. *Frost Coffee, Cocktails and Dining
52. Village Cafe, Opposite House
53. Irish Volunteer
54. Drunk Craft Beer & Restaurant
55. Burger Counter
56. Café Flatwhite
57. He Kitchen
58. Eudora Station
59. The Bookworm
60. Tiger Pancake House
61. Uburgers
62. NBeer Pub
63. Dongli Brewery
64. Chat Room
65. Steamrhino Brewery Restaurant
66. The Granary Bar & Bistro
67. Hungry Horse
68. Park Side Bar & Grill
69. Old Bike Café
70. Four Ace
71. Beersmith Gastropub
72. The Cut, Fairmont Beijing
73. Ahava Bistro and Cafe
74. Buddy Bar
75. The Kitchen Table, W Beijing Chang'an
76. *Root Pop
77. Balmain Gourmet Meat & Grill
78. Fella's
79. Bunny Drop
80. *Mr. Charcoal
81. Nasca Café
82. City Wall Bistro, Marriott
83. The Garage
84. Nanluo Big Burger
85. O'Leary's
86. Landmark Café
87. Renaissance Beijing Wangfujing Hotel Food Studio
88. MustGuette
89. Paulaner Maximilian
90. Bobo
91. Rolling Rolling Craft Brewing
92. Park Square
93. Yuppie Yummy
94. Galleria
95. Fuel, Langham Place
96. Windy City
97. Hub Kitchen
98. Angel Burger
99. Craft, Crowne Plaza Lido
100. Steak Exchange, InterContinental Hotel
101. Loft Eatalicious
102. Pentalounge, Penta Hotel 

Now that your appetite has been piqued, vote in the Final Four by scanning/extracting the QR code below, or stay up to date with all the Burger Cup-related happenings on our blog here: thebeijinger.com/2017burgercup.

Images: the Beijinger, Pexels

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