In-N-Out Secret Menu

An animal style burger with fries inside.

At In-N-Out you can order custom-made food. Some customizations are available at no additional cost; those that use inventoried items such as cheese, meat, and buns cost extra. While it's not on the printed menu, there are buttons on the cash register for these items. You can pretty much order anything you want, as long as they have the ingredients (e.g., putting onions in a milkshake). While the "secret" menu is listed on the In-N-Out corporate site, it is far from complete.

Also, keep in mind that since you can customize anything, you can feel free to order whatever you want and create your own "double-secret personal menu". Get a 0x3 with four slice of tomato on a double toasted bun and call it a "cheesy wiki". The following are just the custom orders that are popular enough to go by well known names.

• Stock: If you ordered your burgers off the menu they would come with:
  

• a spread similar to thousand island dressing.
  

• one slice of tomato (two if one won't cover the entire bottom bun)
  

• a portion of lettuce
  

• Onions are always offered when you order. They come as a fresh slice by default, but chopped and grilled onions are available by request. The amount is constant regardless of the number of meat patties unless you ask for extra or lite of a condiment.

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Note: Many of these styles can be ordered in combination (for example, Double-Double Animal Style No Salt).

• Animal style is the most popular "secret" style. In addition to the standard toppings, animal style burgers include:
  

• pickles
  

• extra spread
  

• extra grilled onions
  

• mustard fried onto each meat patty.

• Protein style, popular among Atkins dieters and no/low carb eaters:
  

• replaces the hamburger bun with large leaves of lettuce.
  

• It can be combined with other special orders, e.g., animal protein style.
  

• Lettuce is generally colder than buns, so beware of quickly-congealing beef grease in the sandwich.

• 3×3, 4×4, or generally M × C,
  

• Refers to a burger with a varied number of meat patties (first number, M) and slices of cheese (second number, C).
  

• For example, the popular Double-Double would be 2×2 (pronunced "Two-by-two" when you order it), while a burger with 6 meat patties and 3 slices of cheese would be a 6×3 (a "Six-by-three").
  

• If you are ever thinking of ordering a 20×20, look at This link to deter you. It is a photo essay of the terrible 20 patty journey. Or, to even better satisfy any curiousity you may have, the 100x100.
  

• As of August 2006, the largest burger that can be ordered is a 4x4. Only four slices of cheese maximum may be permitted on a single burger.
  

• Is that a Davis-specific rule, or an In-n-Out wide rule? (I checked on this, officially the largest you can order is a 4x6; 4x4 may be a Davis rule)

• One-by-Bitch (a.k.a. 1X0) is a One-By-One with no cheese. Not all employees will appreciate the term one-by-bitch, however, and will ask you to revise your order.
  

• This would be a "Hamburger" rather than a "Cheeseburger."
  

• Double-Meat (a.k.a. 2×0) is a Double-Double with no cheese.
  

• By definition a Double-Double automatically includes two slices of cheese; for two patties without the cheese, a double meat burger must be ordered.

• The Flying Dutchman:
  

• Two meat patties
  

• two slices of cheese
  

• no bun
  

• Note: other condiments (including lettuce, tomato, spread, and onions) are not included unless you request them.

• Grilled Cheese:
  

• a sandwich with two slices of cheese
  

• no meat
  

• the grilled cheese comes stock, with spread, tomatoes, lettuce, and onions if you would like.
  

• Like most orders, this can be combined with other styles such as animal style.

• Wish Burger or Veggie Burger:
  

• sandwich containing only vegetables, and no meat or cheese.

• Only designates no spread. Cashiers may ask if you want ketchup or mustard instead.

• "Chopped Chilis" adds some mild pickled peppers to the bottom of your burger.

• Mustard and/or ketchup can be substituted for the spread.

• No-salt has no salt added to the the patties. Once you add the condiments and cheese, you don't need the extra salt anyway and you can leave without feeling like a dried-out-but-satisfied lump.

• Toasted Bun will lightly toast each bun. This prevents sauces and toppings from excessively soaking into the bun, thereby avoiding the last-bites-are-soggy problem. This needs to be the first modification requested, based on keystroke order into the register.

• Extra tomatoes, extra lettuce, extra onion You can ask for all of these at no extra charge. They'll really fill out your burger and make it a more balanced meal. Especially if you're a veggie fan. I find extra raw onions to be a bit much, though. You can also ask for both raw and grilled onions.

• Fries well-done are extra crispy fries.
  

• Fries lite are fries that have been cooked less than normal.
  

• Fries animal style include two slices of melted cheese, grilled onions, and spread as toppings. You'll need a fork to eat them.
  

• Cheese Fries are fries with one or two slices of melted cheese.
  

• Fries no-salt have no salt added to them.
  

• Lemon fries you can make your own lemon fries—just grab a lemon slice from next to the ice tea machine, and squeeze it on your fries. It really livens things up.
  

• A root beer float is a concoction made of half vanilla shake and half root beer soda. Be sure to specify whether you want it more creamy or soda-ey.

• A neopolitan shake is a mixture of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavored shakes. If an order contains a shake of each flavor, this is called "Around the world."

• Strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla can be combined in any way, ie, just chocolate and vanilla, chocolate-strawberry, etc.
  

• You can ask for extra syrup in your shake (ie extra chocolate or strawberry) — not all employees know how to do this, but this option is available as of 9-05 in Davis
  

• Large and extra large shakes are also available. The cup sizes for these shakes are one below soft drinks (i.e. a large shake is a medium soft drink cup, while an extra large shake is a large soft drink).
  

• Milk. 2% lowfat is your only option. Yaaknow, it's for da kids.

These items are free:

• Spread - good with fries
  

• Side of pepperoncini - container of little un-natural colored mild and sweet peppers, like mini jalepenos but with a bit more kick.
  

• Water comes in a clear plastic cup to distinguish it from soda/shake cups.
  

• Creative Lemonade. Take your water cup, squeeze several free lemon wedges in, add a few free packets of sugar, stir well to blend. Fresh and tasty!
  

See also Secret Menus at Davis Restaurants.

Comments:

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2005-08-19 19:27:56   I recommend the animal style french fries. The cheese, spread and onions add a unique taste to the fries. —SimonFung

2005-08-19 22:17:36   i recommend getting a regular cheese burger with animal fries inside. They can do it. It's amazing. —JaimeRaba

2005-08-20 22:12:19   Fries well-done have the potential to be incredibly delicious. Unfortunately the amount of 'well-done-ness' is directly proportional to their busyness. If they're busy, they won't be well done. If nobody is there, you'll get burnt potato chips. During normal business hours, though. YUM! —MichaelGiardina

2005-11-03 00:21:37   I heard a rumor that must be varified that they will serve you filofel if you ask for it. —DanielGonzales

2005-11-03 17:31:24   Lettuce and tomatoes are not inventoried so I always ask for "extra lettuce, extra tomatoes" to fatten up the burger. —MelvinQuan

2005-11-03 17:46:03   What's the biggest burger you could do for free? Extra lettuce, tomatoes, (grilled?) onion, pickels, bun?, sauce?, .. —JaimeRaba

2005-11-03 17:46:18   For vegetarians.. how about grilled tomatoes? (grilled pickels?) —JaimeRaba

2006-02-18 16:28:59   Are the pickles frees? —SuBnorMal

2006-08-11 20:17:29   wow, I had no idea, this is amazing! learn something every day! —JoeRunnels

2006-08-11 22:04:11   If you eat protein style long enough (like me), you end up preferring hamburgers without lettuce as a matter of taste (not diet). —SaulSugarman

2006-08-12 03:17:39   The 5x5 spread only I ordered yesterday tasted so good! (not very healthy at all) —JeffKwong

2007-08-17 15:48:53   I have always wondered if the 4x4 version of the Flying Dutchman would be called the double dutch. Anyone tried it? —CraigFergus

2007-11-12 19:08:53   how do you order "fries inside?" would you just say, "one hamburger, fries inside, animal style, no salt?"
Also, is there an additional cost for "fries inside?" —ArianeMetz