Apple And Google Just Sparked A Very Important Debate About Burgers

Well, not until somebody started this debate.

I think we need to have a discussion about how Google's burger emoji is placing the cheese underneath the burger, while Apple puts it on top pic.twitter.com/PgXmCkY3Yc

— Thomas Baekdal (@baekdal) October 28, 2017

Apparently, two companies known for things much bigger than burgers, Google and Apple may have gotten their burger emoji wrong.

As you can see above, Apple’s burger emoji places the cheese above the patty and the lettuce right at the bottom (what?), while Google’s version places the cheese below the patty (double what?).

People were especially quick to jump on Google’s burger emoji that the CEO of the company himself, Sundrar Pichai promised to “drop everything else” and solve this world crisis immediately.

Will drop everything else we are doing and address on Monday:) if folks can agree on the correct way to do this! https://t.co/dXRuZnX1Ag

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) October 29, 2017

We’re still questioning which burger emoji is the lesser evil, but I think we can all agree that there is something wrong with both of them. And so does the rest of Twitter.

I wanna know why Apple's burger emoji has the lettuce on the bottom ? https://t.co/e7jG5yoWtv

— LENNY (@_Lennessy) October 31, 2017

In the burger-emoji situation no one has done it right for me; bun, patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato and onions. Sorry.

— Gustavo Rubio (@rubiocasillas) October 31, 2017

@GordonRamsay can you please weigh in on burger emoji-gate? Cheese on top or on the bottom? https://t.co/qoDjjNDvAc

— Teddy Thomas (@tthoma24) October 31, 2017

lettuce under meat keeps the bottom bun from getting (as) soggy with meat juice.

— ?DARK ALEX RISING? (@alex_insist) October 28, 2017

While we’re at it, we decided to take a look at the burger emoji designed by other companies.

Microsoft’s burger emoji takes the same approach as McDonald’s by going with the lettuce first, followed by the tomato, cheese and patty.

Some people agree that this is the best way to stack a burger because basically, you melt the cheese on top of the patty, place the tomato on top of the cheese to hold the slippery ingredient in place, and put the lettuce right at the top to retain its crunchiness and make sure the vegetable doesn’t wilt from the heat.

Following this global debate, Emojipedia also conducted a poll to help sort out this universal question and the results were quite obvious – first salad, then cheese, then meat.

? Poll: help @sundarpichai out here! The correct ingredient order for burgers from top to bottom is:

— Emojipedia ? (@Emojipedia) October 29, 2017

It is not recommended to place the tomato in direct contact with the bun to avoid eating soggy bread. Ugh. Also, how on earth do you cook the patty if the cheese is placed underneath?

Burger enthusiasts, can you attest to the theory above?

The self-proclaimed burger experts behind our very own myBurgerLab also decided to explain their burger logic amidst this controversy.

On the other hand, Samsung somehow thinks it’s a good idea to put the cheese in between the tomato and lettuce. Do Koreans eat cheese like this?

WhatsApp, good effort for the extra sauce on top. But are you trying to make soggy burgers here with both your vegetables at the bottom of the burger?