--- title: Five Guys Beats In-N-Out for Best Burger, Internet Reactions description: Five Guys was ranked as the best burger chain, upsetting In-N-Out as the reigning champion and the Internet is an uproar about it. canonical: https://time.com/4784538/five-guys-beats-in-n-out-best-burgers/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-18T20:56:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:46.618Z og:title: Five Guys Beating In-N-Out in Burger Poll Divides Internet og:description: Fans are pretty passionate online og:url: https://time.com/4784538/five-guys-beats-in-n-out-best-burgers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ce5502333c7852d/6988cde886f68e83d56e4c32/five-guys-in-n-out-burger-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: An In-N-Out Burger Restaurant Location As Vegetarians Petition For More Option og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Five Guys Beating In-N-Out in Burger Poll Divides Internet twitter:description: Fans are pretty passionate online twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ce5502333c7852d/6988cde886f68e83d56e4c32/five-guys-in-n-out-burger-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Divided Over Five Guys Beating In-N-Out in This Top Burger Chain Poll  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 18, 2017 8:56 PM UTC  Signage is displayed outside an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016\. Good Food Institute has started a petition to pressure In-N-Out Burger to offer meatless options on its menu. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Signage is displayed outside an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016\. Good Food Institute has started a petition to pressure In-N-Out Burger to offer meatless options on its menu. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 18, 2017 8:56 PM UTC After two years as Harris’s reigning top burger joint, [In-N-Out Burger](http://time.com/money/4503959/in-n-out-burger-london-pop-up/) has been dethroned by [Five Guys](http://time.com/4288355/five-guys-burger-man-breaks-in/) and the Internet has plenty of feelings about it. According to the annual EquiTrend study from [Harris Poll](http://www.theharrispoll.com/equitrend-rankings/2017#Restaurants), which ranks how brands are regarded by the public based on familiarity, quality, and how likely respondents would consider purchasing items, Five Guys took the top ranking for burger brand from In-N-Out this year, bumping the famous California chain to number two. Naturally, this announcement polarizing on the Internet, which immediately erupted in hot takes and even hotter debates. While some were outraged at In-N-Out’s demotion, others were gleeful that Five Guys had usurped the throne in the quest to be the best burger. See the most conflicted tweets about Five Guys and In-N-Out Burger below. This Twitter user took In-N-Out being ranked as #2 very personally as a Californian. > [](https://twitter.com/The0riginalPK/status/864909751208955904) While others just stated their opinion. > [](https://twitter.com/Amy%5FMorenoo/status/865105604594999296) Some agreed with the Harris Poll results. > [](https://twitter.com/ryan%5Ffavale/status/865275019126951939) > [](https://twitter.com/heymermaid/status/864895590588710912) > [](https://twitter.com/nadavis47/status/864900041156116481) While others were just there for the trolling aspect of the debate. > [](https://twitter.com/iKyleMarino/status/864906098473435136) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4784538/five-guys-beats-in-n-out-best-burgers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4784538/five-guys-beats-in-n-out-best-burgers/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Divided Over Five Guys Beating In-N-Out in This Top Burger Chain Poll","datePublished":"2017-05-18T20:56:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:46.618Z","description":"Fans are not happy online","url":"https://time.com/4784538/five-guys-beats-in-n-out-best-burgers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ce5502333c7852d/6988cde886f68e83d56e4c32/five-guys-in-n-out-burger-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ce5502333c7852d/6988cde886f68e83d56e4c32/five-guys-in-n-out-burger-wars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An In-N-Out Burger Restaurant Location As Vegetarians Petition For More Option","caption":"An In-N-Out Burger Restaurant Location As Vegetarians Petition For More Option","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4784538/five-guys-beats-in-n-out-best-burgers/","name":"The Internet Is Divided Over Five Guys Beating In-N-Out in This Top Burger Chain Poll"}}]}] ```