Fresh beef, every morning
Ground daily by a family butcher in Plain City. It arrives at 7 am and it's gone by close.
Our story
Started in
Started in
a parking lot.
Two friends, one flat top, and a line that wrapped around the stadium. Eight years later we're still cooking the same burger, just faster.
2018First game day outside Ohio Stadium. Sold out in ninety minutes.
Why the burger is thin
Four bites and it's gone.
Jordan and Sam met working the fryer at a chain restaurant in Grandview. They spent every shift arguing about one thing: why a fast food burger couldn't taste like the ones their grandparents made on a cast-iron skillet. Thin. Crispy at the edges. Gone in four bites.
So in 2018 they bought a used trailer, a flat top, and a case of potato buns, and parked outside Ohio Stadium on game day. They sold out in ninety minutes. The next week they brought twice as much beef and sold out in two hours.
The rule that came out of that parking lot still runs both kitchens today. Nothing is cooked until you order it, and nothing takes longer than five minutes. If it does, your fries are on us.
2kitchens in Columbus
38people on the team
410,000burgers smashed since 2018
4.8stars on Google
2021The trailer's flat top is still bolted to the line on High Street.
How we got here
Mostly by accident.
2018
The trailer
First game day outside Ohio Stadium. Four menu items, one generator, zero change for a twenty.
2019
Epic sauce gets a name
A regular asked what the pink sauce was called. Sam said "epic" because he panicked. It stuck, and so did the brand.
2021
First walls
We took over an old dry cleaner on High Street in the Short North. The flat top from the trailer is still bolted to the line.
2023
Chicken joins the menu
Six months on a brine and a rub. Buckeye Hot Chicken launched in October and outsold burgers for a week.
2025
Dublin opens
A second kitchen on Sawmill Road with a drive-up pickup window and a patio big enough for a youth soccer team.
2026
Still five minutes
Two locations, a catering trailer, and the same promise as day one.
Non-negotiables
What we won't compromise on
Nothing under a heat lamp
We don't pre-cook for the rush. When the line is long we add cooks, not shortcuts.
Pay people properly
Every team member starts above a living wage for Franklin County and gets a free meal every shift.
Ohio first
Buns from Cleveland, cheese from Amish country, ice cream from Utica. Local is the supplier list, not a slogan.
Come taste the story.
Two kitchens, both open till late.
