Red Hot Ranch, Lakeview

Names Red Hot Ranch when asked for the best smash burger spots in Chicago.

Sees it as a good-value burger without much special about it; compares it to In-N-Out.

Preferred Hopleaf's smash burger after also visiting Red Hot Ranch.

Prefers it over Salt despite roughly the same distance.

Names it as their answer to the best-burger question.

Names Red Hot Ranch as the answer to the burger question.

Describes RHR as one of three nearby spots that together make up a burger paradise.

Praises Redhot Ranch as very good and very cheap.

Lists Red Hot Ranch among burger, beef and hot dog spots near Armitage and Western.

Loves Red Hot Ranch and says its double cheeseburger meal ranks among the city's best deals.

Implies RHR deserved to beat Kuma's.

Recommends Red Hot Ranch.

Says RHR is overhyped and not top-five material, though basic and good; rates it above In-N-Out.

Calls it best value, cash only, recommends the double cheeseburger.

Recommends Red Hot Ranch for an unfussy burger.

Loves RHR mainly for value; doubts it's a top-10 burger but says cheap fries and burger are hard to match.

Says they aren't a big fan and believes a similarly priced rival is better, competing with different spots in that tier.

Says several RHR doubles are a much better deal than one NADC burger.

Calls the burgers fantastic and ranks them above the hot dogs.

Says it isn't the top burger or a destination, but a dependable neighborhood standby, and praises the fries.

Has only tried the Ashland location and finds it worse than McDonald's.

Listed among the author's five favorite burgers in the city, with no further detail given.