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Taste Test: Smash Burger On SAS

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 21, 2024December 7, 2024 9 Comments

I’m live-blogging my SAS EuroBonus SkyTeam Million Mile challenge this week. Click here for background and route information.


I ordered a cheeseburger on SAS from London to Copenhagen. Could the Scandinavian carrier pull off what it calls a smash burger?

SAS Smash Burger – Yay Or Nay?

US readers may know that Smashburger is a US fast-food burger chain, but do not be confused…this was not an exclusive deal like Delta Air Lines announcement this week it would partner with Shake Shack. Instead, it appears that SAS has decided the term “smash burger” is general enough not to cause confusion…and at least in Europe, that may be the case.

While SAS offers a limited menu of buy-onboard items, it offers more from a pre-order menu, including heartier meals and more recently, burgers.

I ordered an SAS “smash burger” for 7EUR. There really was no other description beyond (“cheddar, caramelized onions, and burger mayo”) as well as the picture of the burger had cheese on it.

After we reached cruising altitude, flight attendants commenced service and my burger promptly arrived piping hot.

It was wrapped in a bag and had the ingredients listed, though no nutrition facts. While it seems that SAS has fewer preservatives or additives than the cheeseburgers that United Airlines served onboard, the ingredient list was still a bit long.

The burger definitely was not pretty…in fact, it looked pretty awful.

But I did eat it…and I did like it. Now I’m just a sucker for burgers so maybe that’s that, but I thought the meat patty and the cheese were fresh and the beef was certainly not the lowest quality cut.

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a burger on a paper wrapper

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a burger with a bite taken out of it

In short, a good effort by SAS and I appreciated the ability to have a hot lunch onboard during the short 90-minute fight from LHR to CPH.


Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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9 Comments

  1. Maryland Reply
    November 21, 2024 at 11:04 am

    Recipes for making a smash burger add sugar into the beef to get the caramelized crust on the patties. Why this cant be done with heat I don’t understand.

    • Dave W. Reply
      November 21, 2024 at 3:44 pm

      Sugar isn’t needed, just high enough fat content, the right griddle temperature, and correct technique.

    • ken Reply
      November 22, 2024 at 2:40 am

      It looks terrible, so much bun, white flour, that goes to the waistline; then, the slice of artificial cheese on such a small patty; I’d rather have a slice of meatloaf, served with potato & vegetable.

  2. Chi Hsuan Reply
    November 21, 2024 at 11:17 am

    Be careful or you’ll ruin your piping hot body with that airline food, pretty boy.

  3. Taxi Reply
    November 21, 2024 at 11:49 am

    Phrase smash burger is pretty common even throughout the United States, has to do with the patty preparation. That said I don’t understand how you can have a microwavable smashburger since the whole point is you create the patty on the grill but what do I know

    • Antwerp Reply
      November 21, 2024 at 12:42 pm

      Was going to comment on this as well. The term “Smash Burger” is actually referring to a technique and style of burger. You are seeing it used more and more at many places, especially at lifestyle hotels which try to make anything sound better. Reality is, it’s a burger. It fits in well with lifestyle branding in making something sound as if trending when it’s really, well, a “nothing burger” in difference.

  4. godzillafreeway Reply
    November 21, 2024 at 4:10 pm

    Looks like it got smashed!! I would still eat it.

  5. Dale Reply
    November 27, 2024 at 5:21 am

    The onions would be a deal breaker for me.

  6. The Jetset Boyz Reply
    November 27, 2024 at 9:10 pm

    Think we’ll stick with Qatar Airways’ seared beef cheeseburger with accompaniments & waffle fries.

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